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Daniel Brühl | ... | Alex Garel | |
Marta Etura | ... | Lana Levy | |
Alberto Ammann | ... | David Garel | |
Claudia Vega | ... | Eva | |
Anne Canovas | ... | Julia | |
Lluís Homar | ... | Max | |
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Sara Rosa Losilla | ... | Prototipo 519 (as Sara Rosa) |
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Manel Dueso | ... | Profesor (as Manuel Dueso) |
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Ona Casamiquela | ... | Dorotea |
Peter Vives | ... | Eric | |
Jordi Díaz | ... | Médico | |
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Oscar Valsecchi | ... | Camarero |
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Bernat Saumell | ... | Alumno Laboratorio #1 |
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Juan Campavadal | ... | Alumno Laboratorio #2 |
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Harris Gordon | ... | Policía (as Harris James Gordon) |
Set in 2041, Alex Garel is a well-known robot programmer who after 10 years returns to his home town to work in his old university when his friend Julia brings him a project to create a new line of robot child. There Alex meets his brother David, Lana (Alex's former lover and David's current wife), and Eva, Alex's 10-years-old niece. Looking for inspiration, Alex asks Eva to be the muse of the new robot, watching her attitude and behavior during the time they spend together, making emotional tests to configure its personality. The relationship with his niece gives Alex doubts about finishing the project and awakens old feelings for Lana. At the same time he starts suspecting that perhaps the lovely and imaginative Eva is hiding an important secret about Lana and herself. Written by Chockys
This movie is a European take on artificial intelligence- less action, more interaction.
I found the special effects in this film beautiful and mesmerizing, just enough to engage the imagination in terms of what a robot could and should be and do...
There are two plots- one is that a software engineer is trying to design the perfect robot for entertainment that is free (can do what it wants) and is looking for inspiration in a girl he meets called Eva, the other is that this software engineer is coming back to an awkward situation involving his brother and an ex-girlfriend of his, whom he worked with. Despite other reviews I found it quite well done how both plots intertwined.
As an audio professional I found some sound parts of the film difficult to stomach, especially the party scene where slow-dancing and speaking at the same time-here rough cuts are clearly audible and it's enough to take away from the great use of David Bowie's music in this scene, a real shame.
Beyond that thought I was very impressed with Brühl, that quatri-lingual dreamboat, whom I have until now only seen on German films. It's rare to find somebody who can master and work in fluency. He's definitely found a new fan in me.