There's an old joke about Michael Caine that works perfectly for Xavier Cámara. Like Michael Caine, Xavier Cámara is loved by almost everyone and seems to be in almost every film these days.
"I was watching a video of my niece's first communion and I saw that Xavier Cámara is in it."
Xavier Cámara has a face like an artist's canvas. I've never seen a face that can express so much. You could repeat everything I just wrote about Argentina's go-to guy, Ricardo Darin.
There isn't much of a script in this film but these two fine actors make some great lemonade. A man who has little time left. His best friend arrives for a visit. They both go to see his estranged son. It sounds like paint-by-numbers scenario but these great actors make the most of it, and by "the most" I mean a very fine film.
Two minor players in this movie are the wonderful cities of Madrid and Amsterdam, two of my all-time favorites. I don't know what it is about Spanish film but they just seem to have a knack for showing cities like they really are and not some air-brushed version like you see in big Hollywood productions that seem to think that middle class life is somehow shameful.
"I was watching a video of my niece's first communion and I saw that Xavier Cámara is in it."
Xavier Cámara has a face like an artist's canvas. I've never seen a face that can express so much. You could repeat everything I just wrote about Argentina's go-to guy, Ricardo Darin.
There isn't much of a script in this film but these two fine actors make some great lemonade. A man who has little time left. His best friend arrives for a visit. They both go to see his estranged son. It sounds like paint-by-numbers scenario but these great actors make the most of it, and by "the most" I mean a very fine film.
Two minor players in this movie are the wonderful cities of Madrid and Amsterdam, two of my all-time favorites. I don't know what it is about Spanish film but they just seem to have a knack for showing cities like they really are and not some air-brushed version like you see in big Hollywood productions that seem to think that middle class life is somehow shameful.