Lorena's Epiphany

Una Palabra Tuya

December 2, 2009 at 10:19 pm Leave a comment

The European Film Festival is screening all week at Sofil theatres, and today I caught my first film: “Una Palabra Tuya” (A word from you). I’d been watching Almodovar and whatever else the 2,000 LL DVD guy sells up until now. After a few films about transvestites, it gets a bit old..

Directed by Ángeles González Sinde, the story plays out against the familiar Madrid backdrop. Everyone always gushes about Barcelona, but I secretly enjoyed Madrid more when I visited.

I can’t talk too much about this film, because, well, I didn’t get to finish it. An hour into it and I had to run to Spanish class. It was such a tease! The movie is very interesting. The story revolves around the complex friendship between two women – an odd couple – each on her own personal quest for meaning in a life of solitude. Milagros (Esperanza Pedreño) plays the wacky, carefree spirit whereas Rosario (Malena Alterio) is the repressed, over-analytical one. The exchange between them is intense and you actually start the film thinking they are both lesbians.. Aha, the plot thickens!

Here’s a preview of the film:

Please don’t tell me how it ends just yet!!!

Entry filed under: Floating. Tags: 2008, Ángeles González Sinde, Esperanza Pedreño, film, loneliness, Madrid, Malena Alterio, Spanish, Una Palabra Tuya.