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Director: Ana Belén
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From Time Out Film Guide
This sweet film probably meant so much more in its native Spain, where director Belén is a film star and singer, and writer Carmen Rico-Godoy is a well-known novelist and journo. It's presumably autobiographical: the heroine (Maura) is also a journalist called Carmen, and the film has an episodic structure similar to a series of gently humorous newspaper columns. Carmen's husband (Resines) is a genial-slob record producer. It's up to Carmen to clean up, deal with the kids and the maid, and work. The point is hammered home quite relentlessly, but it's a mid-life crisis without the crisis. Maura is as watchable as ever, even when the material is as desultory as this.Author: SFe
Cast & crew
Director: Ana Belén
Cast: Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines, Carmen Conesa, Tina Sainz, Juan Diego Botto, Paca Casares, Victor García, Juanjo Puigcorbé full cast
Duration: 89 mins
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