Nico and Dani (2000)
6/10
One Summer of Experimentation
19 March 2001
Two under-age Spanish youths spend a week's summer vacation together, while the host youth's parents are away on a trip. The youths do things that some kids this age would do.

There are no special obstacles to overcome, nor do the youths have any clearly set goals to accomplish. There's just a lot of talking, going out with girls, sunning on the beach, and experimenting with drugs and amorous exploits.

It's all rather harmless fun, until one youth decides to spike drinks at their party and take advantage of a female guest while she's under the influence. But she recovers, and the slight story ends with the visiting youth returning back home.

There is a strange air of indifference to the direction and script, leaving the viewer longing to have had a bit more involvement in these youthful hero's plights. One also would have appreciated a much more clearly defined objective than merely showing a brief "slice of life."

What did these boys learn during these ten days together? That their amorous inclinations may be moving in different directions as they develop their respective natures?

It may be a small-scaled awareness depicted here, yet interest is maintained by the honest depiction of youthful unfoldment. Fernando Ramallo as Dani and Jordi Vitches as Nico give competent performances.
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