Impressive follow-up to Mondays in the Sun by Fernando León de Aranoa. Competently directed, emotionally engaging drama about a pair of Madrid prostitutes who find friendship in the least pleasant of circumstances. Despite the difficult subject matter, there's colour and e...( read more)
Candela Pena, Llum Barrera, Mariana Cordero
A sometimes hilarious, sometimes emotionally gripping, realistic look at the world of prostitution that convincingly demonstraes that we are all looking for the same things--self-respect, love and hap...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
Stats: 306 reviews
Flixster Reviews (306)
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September 24, 2008
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July 10, 2008
Mixes styles with reasonable success and Pena gives a believable nuanced performance but some of her flights of fancy are a little contrived.
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April 29, 2009
This is a very well written movie based on reality. Actor's performances are great. I like the movie because is a drama of an immigrant whom driven by the bad economic situation of her country, was forced to leave the homeland and work as a prostitute in Madrid Spain. She was pro...( read more)
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April 21, 2008
An interesting drama that portrait the lives of immigrant women who are forced by the bad economic situation of their respective countries, to leave their homeland and work as a prostitutes in Madrid, Spain. Great acting, script, as well as, the music and editing.
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October 15, 2009
Boring! But well made if you want to know about the trials and tribulations of Spanish hookers.
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September 7, 2009
An absolutely, amazing example of good European cinematography. It shows amazingly, the street and dirty side of the luxurious and full of lifestyle Barcelona. A great movie with tremendous performances, my own favorite was Blanca (María Ballesteros) the junkie, she is nothing le...( read more)
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August 6, 2009
Good movie. Fairly realistic, (or appeared to be), portrayal of prostitution. I liked the ending and the sense of hope for the main character instead of the usual, wound up dead or may as well be. The other lead character did not fare quite as well, but that's where the realism...( read more)
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July 11, 2009
La trama parece facil pero tiene mil mensajes que te hacen reflexionar . Muy buena actuacion
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