20 centímetros (2005)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ramón Salazar

Writer:

Ramón Salazar (writer)

Release Date:

10 June 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

A narcoleptic transvestite who yearns to become a transsexual dreams up elaborate musical numbers in which she's the star.

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Savings | Operation | Narcolepsy | Transsexual

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Mónica Cervera	...	Marieta
Pablo Puyol	...	El reponedor
Miguel O'Dogherty	...	Tomás
Concha Galán	...	Berta
Macarena Gómez	...	Rebeca
Lola Dueñas	...	Hermana de Rebeca
Pilar Bardem	...	Candelaria
Juan Sanz	...	Gustavo
Rossy de Palma	...	Ice Box
Najwa Nimri	...	Bunny
Geli Albaladejo	...	Empleada ETT
Fany de Castro	...	Fruit Stocker's Mother
Vicente Haro	...	Fruit Stocker's Father
María Lalane	...	Maestra
Pep Noguera	...	Superior

Also Known As:

20 Centimeters (International: English title)
20 Centimetres (Australia)
20 centimètres (France)

Runtime:

Spain:112 min

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

English | Spanish | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:18 | Italy:VM18 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:R | Spain:18

Company:

Aligator Producciones

Soundtrack:

Changes

and I loathed 16 Blocks....

Imitating another person's already successful work does not automatically make yours the same... here we have a film that is an imitation Almodovar pic from about 1989.. a sort of musical version of WOMEN ON THE VERGE mixed with ideas from MY PRIVATE IDAHO and imagery from The UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG or the mid 60s Mediterranean musicals from Italy or even Greece (Aliki Vougyouklaki, all is forgiven)... 20 CENTERMETERS is actually a funny/charming idea in that it is about someone desperate who has narcolepsy and when asleep imagines big musical numbers... but that is the extent of the funny or genuinely attractive part. sadly, guess what, and yes no surprise, it is set in the world of street prostitutes, selfish squabbling misfits and shabby apartment blocks with miserable squalor. Why? This film could be more like CLUELESS for adults rather than obvious extensions of already grimy scenes copied from Almodovar. I wanted to like this film but I became tired of it and found the musical numbers, whilst slavishly amusing just became tiresome. The sexual content is far too explicit and the bathroom scenes while our 'leading actress' is alone and getting off on herself are truly disgusting. 20 Centimeters is a disappointment... and I never thought I would ever say that.