Anita no perd el tren (2001)

Voti degli utenti:

7.1/10   

Regista:

Ventura Pons

Writers:

Lluís-Anton Baulenas (novel)
Lluís-Anton Baulenas (screenplay)

Data di uscita:

26 gennaio 2001 (Spain)

Genere:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Fifty-something widow Anita loses her lifetime dream job as a cinema attendant when the new owner wants...

Plot Keywords:

Movie Theater | Aging | Unemployment | Middle Age | Movie Reality Crossover

Premi:

9 wins & 5 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Comedy, almost comical

Cast

Rosa Maria Sardà	...	Anita
Isak Férriz	...	Dependent
Jade Pradas	...	Bessona 1
Arlem Pradas	...	Bessona 2
Sònia Colom	...	Anita nena
Mercè Arànega	...	Mare
Josep Costa	...	Client peixateria 1
Maribel Altés	...	Clienta peixateria 2
Jordi Dauder	...	Sr. Leyva
Aina Clotet	...	Anita jove
María Barranco	...	Natalia
Roger Coma	...	Cambrer
Albert Trifol	...	Empleat INEM
Santi Ibáñez	...	Espectador 1 (as Santi Ibàñez)
José L. Sansalvador	...	Veu de cine 1 (voice) (as José Luis San Salvador)

Alias:

Anita Takes a Chance (International: English title)
Anita amorosa (Spain)
Anita no pierde el tren (Spain)

Durata:

89 min

Nazionalità:

Spain

Lingua:

Catalan

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital

Divieti:

Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-11 | Spain:T

Luoghi delle riprese:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Canal+ España

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a Queen Christina (1933)

Comedy, almost comical

I do not generally appreciate light-weight attempts at creating humourous stories, which means that "Anita no perd el Tren" cannot score very high for me. The story is good: a middle-aged but still good-looking woman finds a new love. But the attempts at making this film as a romantic comedy only managed at times to be somewhat comical.

Rosa María Sardà has ably demonstrated that she can be a serious actress in such productions as "Amic/Amat" (qv), "Todo Sobre mi Madre" (qv), "Las Amargas Lágrimas de Petra von Kant" (qv) and "El Embrujo de Shanghai" (qv). However the powers that be have over the years dished her out a lot of trivial stuff, for the cinema and for TV. Something similar could be said of José Coronado: perfectly able to produce serious performances. María Barranco belongs safely in this grouping.

Such that, in the end, I was left with the feeling that I would be real pleased to see a new making of this film, in a serious tone, which would allow the actors to really show their performing skills. And the curious thing is that it should be done with exactly the same leading actors. Wasted talent on a rather silly film that could have been very promising indeed.