Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Leonor Watling | ... | Elvira | |
Rosa Maria Sardà | ... | Sofía (as Rosa María Sardá) | |
María Pujalte | ... | Gimena | |
Silvia Abascal | ... | Sol | |
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Eliska Sirová | ... | Eliska |
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Chisco Amado | ... | Miguel |
Álex Angulo | ... | Bernardo (as Alex Angulo) | |
Xabier Elorriaga | ... | Carlos | |
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Aitor Mazo | ... | Ernesto |
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Sergio Otegui | ... | Javier |
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Gabriel Garbisu | ... | Raúl |
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Nicolás Quirós | ... | Benja |
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Thomas Obermaier | ... | Vaclav |
Carla Calparsoro | ... | Gloria | |
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Ana Goya | ... | Carmen |
In Madrid, the divorced middle-age pianist Sofía discloses to her daughters Elvira, Gimena and Sol on the day of her birthday that she is in love with the talented Czech pianist Aliska, who is twenty-years younger than she. The bigoted sisters are shocked with the revelation and do not accept the idea that their mother is lesbian. Elvira is an insecure and neurotic young aspirant writer that has a lousy job in a publishing house; Sol is the singer of a rock band; and Gimena is married with a boy and has a troubled marriage with Raúl. When they discover that her mother has lent all her savings to support the education of Aliska, they decide to seduce the girlfriend to make her leave their mother. But when Aliska returns to her country alone and their mother is very depressed, they need to try to revert the situation. Meanwhile the nervous Elvira meets the writer Miguel and has a clumsy relationship with him. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This is a comedy that is best flavored in its original language. Subtitles do not give full credit to the Spanish clever dialog. This is a movie for everyone. Who would not go crazy if your mother do something assumed drastic and unexpected? The reactions of Sofia's daughters when encountered with her mother's new love are funny, then dramatic but finally leveled at the end. I laughted most of the film and the mixed audience at the theater was laughing loud too. I liked the film because it is original and funny. The acting of Leonor Watling is superb. Leonor plays Elvira, the middle daughter of Sofia. Elvira has a bag of insecurities but her sensibility is more keen than that of her sisters. She will join Sol and Gimena, her sisters, in plotting to ruin their mothers love affair with Eliska. Eliska is a talented foreign pianist about the age of Elvira. The unexpected situations created are well presented in the film. This is a wonderful comedy.