One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
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Director:
Agustín Díaz Yanes
Stars:
Victoria Abril,
Pilar Bardem,
Federico Luppi
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Director:
Achero Mañas
Stars:
Juan José Ballesta,
Pablo Galán,
Alberto Jiménez
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Director:
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Stars:
Javier Bardem,
Luis Tosar,
José Ángel Egido
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Director:
Ricardo Franco
Stars:
Antonio Resines,
Maribel Verdú,
Jordi Mollà
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One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
Based on Bollaín's short "Amores que matan". Luis Tosar kept his role and Elisabeth Gelabert played a smaller one as a friend of the new leading actress, Laia Marull. See more »
There are for sure many other films dealing with domestic violence, but I bet no one is better than this one.
This is something that is said to happen quite often in Spain and the movie was shot in order to sensitize people for this issue and to bring to talk about it. It is the story of an ill jealous man, full of complex of inferiority, terrorizing his wife and son.
I loved the love scene between both, where he makes her repeat that she gives all her body to him (Te doy mis ojos, te doy mi boca etc.). It shows perfectly the mental state of the husband who sees his wife as his property.
This was as well an excellent performance of Laia Marull and Luis Tosar.
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There are for sure many other films dealing with domestic violence, but I bet no one is better than this one.
This is something that is said to happen quite often in Spain and the movie was shot in order to sensitize people for this issue and to bring to talk about it. It is the story of an ill jealous man, full of complex of inferiority, terrorizing his wife and son.
I loved the love scene between both, where he makes her repeat that she gives all her body to him (Te doy mis ojos, te doy mi boca etc.). It shows perfectly the mental state of the husband who sees his wife as his property.
This was as well an excellent performance of Laia Marull and Luis Tosar.