Km. 0 (2000)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Yolanda García Serrano
Juan Luis Iborra

Writers:

Yolanda García Serrano (writer)
Juan Luis Iborra (writer)

Release Date:

30 June 2000 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

A comedic look at the love lives of 14 different people and how they interconnect during one hot August afternoon around the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, Spain.

Plot Keywords:

Spain | Flamenco Dancer | Madrid Spain | Mistaken Identity | Actress

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Concha Velasco	...	Marga
Georges Corraface	...	Gerardo
Silke	...	Amor
Carlos Fuentes	...	Pedro
Mercè Pons	...	Silvia
Alberto San Juan	...	Sergio
Elisa Matilla	...	Tatiana
Armando del Río	...	Máximo
Miquel García Borda	...	Benjamín (as Miquel García)
Jesús Cabrero	...	Miguel
Víctor Ullate Jr.	...	Bruno
Cora Tiedra	...	Roma
Roberto Álamo	...	Policía 1
Tristán Ulloa	...	Mario
Roberto Álvarez	...	Policía 2

Also Known As:

Kilómetro cero (Spain) (alternative spelling)
Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

108 min | USA:100 min (DVD)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Spain:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Cuarteto Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Movie Connections:

References Pretty Woman (1990)

Soundtrack:

No me gusta que me mientan

Misconnections Lead to Happy Endings

This movie is an utter delight that is bound to leave you with tears of joy or at least a broad smile. Kilometer Zero is where one begins to measure the roads in Madrid Spain. Located on the central Puerto Del Sol Plaza, it provides an obvious rendezvous point for anyone making a connection -- or in this case, mis-connections, where people supposed to meet, wind up meeting people they were not supposed to meet, but perhaps they needed to meet them anyway! Farcical perhaps, but in this case most of the characters seem trapped in a rather unhappy places in their lives, victims of their own disillusionment, or forced choices from the past. These range from strained marriages, to work as a handsome gigolo with a heart, to a hooker with a lack of self confidence, to a young gay man abandoned by his mother, a flamenco dancer, hot as a fire cracker, who lost his parents and seeks a partner on the internet, a would be bridegroom and a won't be bridegroom, with a bride to be that yearns for a boy from her youth, and her sister who yearns more passionately for her boyfriend, an actress without a part, and a director trying to cast a musical as he works out the drama of his own life. Liaisons, gay and straight, take on an almost, well an angelic quality. In the end, our friends find themselves in a much happier place because of their open hearts and these misconnected encounters that change them forever. A strange title, but this movie thoroughly enraptured me. Do not miss it.