El camino de los ingleses (2006)

Director:

Antonio Banderas

Writers:

Antonio Soler (adaptation)
Antonio Soler (novel)

Release Date:

1 December 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A coming-of-age tale charting the first loves, lusts and obsessions of friends on vacation at the end of the 1970s. |

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Female Masturbation | Fascism | Voyeurism | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Alberto Amarilla	...	Miguelito
María Ruiz	...	Luli
Félix Gómez	...	Paco Frontón
Raúl Arévalo	...	Babirusa
Fran Perea	...	El Garganta
Marta Nieto	...	La Cuerpo
Mario Casas	...	Moratalla
Antonio Garrido	...	Cardona
Antonio Zafra	...	Enano Martínez
Berta de la Dehesa	...	La Gorda de la Cala
Victor Perez	...	González Cortés
Cuca Escribano	...	Fina
Lucio Romero	...	Abuelo
Romay Rodríguez
Pepa Aniorte	...	Fonseca

Also Known As:

Summer Rain (International: English title) (USA) (festival title)

Runtime:

USA:118 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Country:

Spain | UK

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:R21 (cut) | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Ciudad de la Luz, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Green Moon Productions

too pretentious for its own good

The beginning was interesting and promising. Dreamy and surreal. Great. BUT as the story progressed, it became an endless free fall. The use of voice over is too extensive (Somebody should teach Mr. Banderas about the value of silence. Not everything has to be blatantly explained) and tiring (even corny sometimes) and the script is simply ridiculous. It pretends to be intense and dramatic but it goes overboard towards the end, stripping it off of any dramatic feeling. It's laughable when it's supposed to be sad and it's unbelievable when it's supposed to be serious. Too bad for the actors, who deliver a good performance, in spite of such awful script. The photography is well done. But these two factors alone won't add up to a decent movie. That's why I rate it 1-awful.