The Laws of Thermodynamics (2018)

A neurotic scientist tries to balance his love story with a famous top model with his obsession about that Laws of the Thermodynamics rule their relation.

Director:

Mateo Gil

Writer:

Mateo Gil

Stars:

Vito Sanz, Berta Vázquez, Chino Darín

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vito Sanz	...	Manel
Berta Vázquez	...	Elena
Chino Darín	...	Pablo
Vicky Luengo	...	Eva
Irene Escolar	...	Raquel
Josep Maria Pou	...	Profesor Amat
Andrea Ros	...	Alba
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo	...	Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
Alicia Medina	...	Modelo Anuncio
Marta Aguilar	...	Chica Orgullo
José Javier Domínguez	...	Camarero
Txell Aixendri	...	Enfermera
Carlos Olalla	...	Psicólogo
Artur Busquets	...	Alumno 1
Albert Baró	...	Alumno 2

Storyline

In Barcelona (Catalonia, northeast to Spain), Manel is a neurotic scientist obsessed with the idea that the three laws of thermodynamics rules the daily life of all people, writing a thesis about it while he works as teacher assistant in the university. His happy life with his long-time girlfriend Raquel ends the day that casually he crashes in the street at the same time with Elena (a sexy and famous top model), Eva (a beauty young lawyer who recently has opened her own law firm) and his friend Pablo (an Argentinian CEO of an advertising company and an unstoppable womanizer). After the incident, Manel breaks up with Raquel and he starts dating with Elena, at the same time that Pablo dates Eva. Meanwhile Pablo and Eva's relation is based only in casual sex without engagement, Manel and Elena lives an idyllic love story, but when it starts to give signals to worse, Manel's neurosis frustrates Elena as well as his compulsive behaviors, in his belief that all is by cause of the ...

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Plot Keywords:

science | first law of thermodynamics | astronomy | physical relation | sex scene | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

User Reviews

Original Take

The movie certainly has an original concept, namely explaining human relationships through physics, and the way it's shot is different and fresh.

The story is also not bad. Although not very original, it shows us the beauty as a relatively sympathetic person, sorely misunderstood by our protagonist. This is a welcome departure from the standard of nerds being portrayed as the perpetual good guys, always misused by vapid beauties..

But what seems to be the movies strengths, are ultimately also the causes of it's problems Namely the big problem of pacing is partially owed to constructing the story in this extremely nonlinear mock documentary, which simply kills the tempo of the film. Secondly, with the pacing so uneven, the protagonist's neuroses become almost insufferable.

All in all a good fresh movie worth a watch, but unfortunately far from great.

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish English

Release Date:

31 August 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Laws of Thermodynamics

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

EUR3,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$405,269

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atresmedia Cine, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1