Caótica Ana (2007)

Director:

Julio Medem

Writer:

Julio Medem (writer)

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A countdown, 10, 9, 8, 7... until 0, like in hypnosis, through which Ana proves that she does not live alone.

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Manuela Vellés	...	Ana
Charlotte Rampling	...	Justine
Bebe	...	Linda
Asier Newman	...	Anglo
Nicolas Cazalé	...	Said
Raúl Peña	...	Lucas
Gerrit Graham	...	Míster Halcón
Matthias Habich	...	Klaus
Lluís Homar	...	Ismael
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Bellido
Leslie Charles	...	Jovoskaya
Sue Flack	...	Tourist
Giacomo Gonnella	...	Bodygard
Juanma Lara
Diego Molero
Filippo Morelli
Antonio Vega	...	Himself
Valeria Vereau	...	La inca

Also Known As:

Chaotic Ana (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Alicia Produce

Trivia:

All the paintings by 'Ana' in the film were actually painted by Julio Medem's sister Ana Medem, who died just on the eve of a big exhibition of her work.

Soundtrack:

Agárrate a mí, María

The most intense movie I've ever seen

I have been lucky to see Julio Medem's films at several film festivals over the years and he always manages to captivate his audience. I was fortunate enough to attend the UK premiere of his new masterpiece Caotica Ana at the London Film Fstival recently. He is arguably one of Spain's all time most important film makers, for example Stanley Kubrick said that Medem's "The Red Squirrel" was one of his all time favourite films and Steven Spielberg offered Medem the chance to direct "Zorro", which he later turned down to spend more time developing his own movies.

Caotica Ana is one of Medem's best films to date, beautifully filmed, beautifully acted and with an intensely captivating story of reincarnation and never ending love. Manuela Velles as Ana is enchanting and lights up the screen, Charlotte Rampling turns in a good performance in her first ever Spanish speaking role, Bebe provides much laughter and Asier Newman is simply hypnotic, exuding vulnerability and charisma. Sequences are at times "Chaotic" as per the title but are necessary to build emotional attachment to the story. The change between chaos and calm being personified in many ways through Ana's final journey to New York by boat, travelling on stormy and more tranquil waters. Overall a must see movie, very different to anything you have ever seen before and a real homage to the importance of women in society throughout the ages.