Madrid, 1987

Name: Madrid, 1987
Genre: Drama
Released: October 12, 2012
Rating: 61

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Efish Entertainment | Release Date: October 12, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: On a hot day in July 1987, in a vacant Madrid, Miguel, a feared and respected senior newspaper writer, sets up a meeting in a café with Ángela, a young first-year journalism student. From the first instant, there develops between them an unevenly matched duel that encircles desire, inspiration, talent and professional perspectives. ForcedOn a hot day in July 1987, in a vacant Madrid, Miguel, a feared and respected senior newspaper writer, sets up a meeting in a café with Ángela, a young first-year journalism student. From the first instant, there develops between them an unevenly matched duel that encircles desire, inspiration, talent and professional perspectives. Forced to remain together on a very particular day, both will try to survive the emotional friction. In the environment of Spain at that particular time, they won’t be able to avoid the head-on collision of their personalities. The country had just emerged from the dark chapter of Franco’s dictatorship and was placidly joining the ranks of a democracy but personal values and social hierarchies lagged far behind. (Breaking Glass)… Expand

Director: David Trueba

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

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Rene Rodriguez

Oct 19, 2012

Madrid, 1987 operates on a dizzying number of levels - as a romantic comedy, a sex farce, a study of culture clash, ageism and idealism - and the highest compliment you can give this ridiculously talky movie (which plays better if you speak Spanish) is that you're a little sad to see the characters go on their way once they part, probably forever. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Oct 10, 2012

A perceptive, ultra-wordy stab at catching the zeitgeist at a time of change in Spain, David Trueba's two-hander nonetheless feels like a working-out of social and personal themes that hasn't quite achieved the full leap from page to film. Read full review

Chris Packham

Oct 10, 2012

Miguel uses her beauty and placid demeanor as a screen against which to project his memories of past adventures and the ghost of his libido. Read full review

John DeFore

Oct 10, 2012

An engrossing two-hander combining the smart-talk microcosm of "My Dinner With Andre" and the sexual dynamics of a Philip Roth novel, David Trueba's Madrid, 1987 is more universal than its title suggests and holds a strong art house appeal. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Oct 25, 2012

Deserves commendation for its fearless bravado, if for little else. [25 Oct 2012]

Sheri Linden

Oct 25, 2012

The actors give their characters a resonance beyond the symbolic, but the action doesn't quite transcend the stagy setup. Read full review

Jon Caramanica

Oct 12, 2012

Sweet, sometimes dull and certainly overlong. Read full review

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