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Barcelona (A Map)

Original title: Barcelona (un mapa)
  • 20072007
  • 1h 30m
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6.1/10
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Núria Espert and Josep Maria Pou in Barcelona (un mapa) (2007)
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6 characters--contemporary archetypes of urban solitude--in an old Barcelona building: an old husband and wife, her sister, and 3 tenants: a teacher of French, a young ex-footballer, now sec... Read all6 characters--contemporary archetypes of urban solitude--in an old Barcelona building: an old husband and wife, her sister, and 3 tenants: a teacher of French, a young ex-footballer, now security guard, and a pregnant Latin American girl.6 characters--contemporary archetypes of urban solitude--in an old Barcelona building: an old husband and wife, her sister, and 3 tenants: a teacher of French, a young ex-footballer, now security guard, and a pregnant Latin American girl.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
185
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  • Director
    • Ventura Pons
  • Writers
    • Lluïsa Cunillé(play "Barcelona, mapa d'ombres")
    • Ventura Pons(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Núria Espert
    • Josep Maria Pou
    • Rosa Maria Sardà
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  • Director
    • Ventura Pons
  • Writers
    • Lluïsa Cunillé(play "Barcelona, mapa d'ombres")
    • Ventura Pons(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Núria Espert
    • Josep Maria Pou
    • Rosa Maria Sardà
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    • 2User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 9 nominations

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    Núria Espert in Barcelona (un mapa) (2007)
    Núria Espert and Pablo Derqui in Barcelona (un mapa) (2007)
    Núria Espert in Barcelona (un mapa) (2007)
    Josep Maria Pou in Barcelona (un mapa) (2007)

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    Núria Espert
    Núria Espert
    • Rosaas Rosa
    Josep Maria Pou
    Josep Maria Pou
    • Ramonas Ramon
    Rosa Maria Sardà
    Rosa Maria Sardà
    • Lolaas Lola
    Jordi Bosch
    • Santias Santi
    María Botto
    María Botto
    • Violetaas Violeta
    Pablo Derqui
    Pablo Derqui
    • Davidas David
    Daniel Medrán
    • General Sánchezas General Sánchez
    Ramon Villegas
    • Xaperas Xaper
    Miranda Makaroff
    • Rosa adolescentas Rosa adolescent
    Alain Hernández
    Alain Hernández
    • Juan Rubioas Juan Rubio
    Salvador Téllez
    • Pare Rosaas Pare Rosa
    Janis Ases
    • Rosa nenaas Rosa nena
    Àlex Gil
    • Santi nenas Santi nen
    • (as Álex Gil)
    Jaume Borràs
    • Avi Rosaas Avi Rosa
    Germán Parreño
    • Fill Lolaas Fill Lola
    Agustí Sanllehí
    Agustí Sanllehí
    María José Teruel
    Aina Huguet
      • Director
        • Ventura Pons
      • Writers
        • Lluïsa Cunillé(play "Barcelona, mapa d'ombres")
        • Ventura Pons(adaptation)
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      6 characters--contemporary archetypes of urban solitude--in an old Barcelona building: an old husband and wife, her sister, and 3 tenants: a teacher of French, a young ex-footballer, now security guard, and a pregnant Latin American girl.
      • male frontal nudity
      • male nudity
      • gay interest
      • male objectification
      • travesty
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      • Soundtracks
        Cant del Barça
        (uncredited)

        Music by Manuel Valls Gorina

        Lyrics by Josep Maria Espinàs and Jaume Picas

        Performed by Pablo Derqui

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      8/10
      Four lengthy dialogues and a revelatory epilogue
      Rosa and Ramon are an old couple. They own an old building. They rent rooms. The renters are single persons.

      The film is simply structured as five lengthy dialogues over the course of an evening. The first three are between either Rosa or Ramon and one of the renters. The fourth is between Rosa and a relative that does not live in the building. The fifth is an epilogue where Rosa and Ramon engage in revelations that answer some of the questions raised by the previous dialogues.

      It does not take long to find out that the couple is evicting all the renters. But why?

      One of the renters is a middle-aged woman that gives private French language lessons in her apartment. The first dialogue is between her and Ramon. The subject is eviction but as is typical of unhurried dialogues, topics drift into others with facility. Even a bit of opera, La Boheme, comes into play via a radio program.

      Rosa is the one to inform a second renter, a man who works as a night security guard in a shopping mall, that he is to leave the premises by Monday (as all the others, by the way). Similarly to the previous dialogue, this one also meanders meaningfully. In the same way that La Boheme was a crucial tidbit in the first dialogue, now it's a gun.

      The third renter is an Argentinean woman who works in a restaurant. If the pattern is not apparent by now, it should be when you see Ramon giving the woman the bad news of eviction. Yet this gender hetero-matching is about to be subverted in this and especially the following dialogues.

      The fourth dialogue is more enigmatic. A man is called to have a dialogue with Rosa. I won't say anything, except that you should trust your first impression.

      The fifth and final dialogue is between Rosa and Ramon. We are coming to the end of the opera (on the radio). It's time for some answers, even some magical dramatics and costumes. The neat gender equation of the first two, not quite three, dialogues is upturned. Some truths are averred, others are hinted. Curtains. Bravo!

      The delight in watching this film comes from enjoying the dialogues, observing how topical transitions occur, picking cues out of small talk and appreciating fine actors deliver their lines. The mystery elements are icing on the cake.

      The reason for the title is twofold. First, it takes place in Barcelona. Second, the dialogues are complemented by grainy images of locations in that city, such as the famous Sagrada Familia, when they are mentioned. It is a technique that is also used a few times throughout to give image to what's being said in the dialogues. It helps in breaking up the otherwise uniform visual texture of the brownish interior scenes of the building's rooms that are the only venues for the dialogues.

      My single, major complaint is poor lipsynch. Evidently the voices were recorded in a studio. The audio is therefore excellent. But seeing lips move not in harmony with what is being said is profoundly annoying.
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      • Dec 22, 2007

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      • Release date
        • October 19, 2007 (Spain)
      • Country of origin
        • Spain
      • Languages
        • Catalan
        • Spanish
      • Also known as
        • Barcelona (un mapa)
      • Filming locations
        • Sala Beckett, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
      • Production companies
        • Els Films de la Rambla
        • Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC)
        • Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $182,030
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 30 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital

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