Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Luis Tosar | ... | Martín Urales de Úbeda | |
Pilar Castro | ... | Helga Pato | |
Ernesto Alterio | ... | Ángel Sanagustín | |
Quim Gutiérrez | ... | Emilio | |
Belén Cuesta | ... | Amelia Urales de Úbeda | |
Macarena García | ... | Rosa | |
Javier Godino | ... | Cristóbal de la Hoz | |
Javier Botet | ... | Gárate | |
Stéphanie Magnin Vella | ... | Doctora Linares (as Stéphanie Magnin) | |
Gilbert Melki | ... | Leandro Cabrera | |
Ramón Barea | ... | Padre Martín | |
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Iñake Irastorza | ... | Madre Martín |
Alberto San Juan | ... | W | |
Manuel Morón | ... | Hombre canoso | |
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Maiken Beitia | ... | Mujer delgada |
Separated in three apparently independent chapters, Advantages of Travelling by Train tells the story of editor Helga Pato, a forty-something woman who by chance meets psychiatrist Ángel Sanagustín in a train ride, who tells her (first chapter) the story about one of his patients, Martín Urales, who enlisted in the army was sent to fight in the Kosovo War where he met Dr. Linares, a determined and compassionate woman that trying to create a child hospital to heal war damaged is forced to make a terrific deal: in exchange to have the hospital she wants, Linares must bring a child per month to her benefactors to film adult and snuff movies. Returning home after he was fired from army to attempt alert his superiors, Martín's aging father rejects the story and rejects his son, forcing Martín to the exile. In this point Sanagustín downs in a train station to buy candies but have no time to return, and Helga finds Sanagustín's folder in front of him. Reading the medical record of the ... Written by Chockys
Bunuel meets Borat with the story telling structure of the Saragossa Manuscript. If one of those three hints triggers something, this might be a strange and bizarre ride for you into the realm of Spanish post surreal movie making. Interesting cinematography, but not entirely consistent.