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Candela Pena, Llum Barrera, Mariana Cordero, Micaela Nevárez, Monica Van Campen
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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Id: 10890748
expected it to be a bit shoddy and alot sexy. although micaela nevarez is da bomb it turned out to be really well made. one of the best dramas i've seen in ages! it's up there with volver (the connection being the spanish). it has equal parts serious, funny and imaginative. infac...( read more)
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)
Mixes styles with reasonable success and Pena gives a believable nuanced performance but some of her flights of fancy are a little contrived.
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)
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)
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)
La trama parece facil pero tiene mil mensajes que te hacen reflexionar . Muy buena actuacion
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It has a wonderful script, that shows what we all try to hide. Our incredible hypocrecy. Our loose of sense of humanity. The fractures in our values, principles, confidence. World seen throught the eyes of an incredible character, Caye,...( read more)
