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| (left to right) Javier Bardem and Jordi Molla |
This sexually charged modern romantic triangle is a skillfully acted exploration of intimacy and deceit. Alberto, a successful engineer, feels stifled in his increasingly unsatisfying marriage to Elena. Right from the start we see that he has strayed, into the arms of the handsome and unapologetically gay surgeon Diego. As played by sexy Spanish heartthrob Javier Bardem (Jamón, Jamón, Boca a boca, Carne trémula), who practically smolders in his first big-screen gay role, Diego is a character who surrenders everything and then some in the explicitly rendered relationship. With shades of the classic Hollywood melodrama and the understated look of contemporary European cinema, writer-director Gerardo Vera's admittedly autobiographical tale offers no easy answers. Perfectly capturing the dilemma that exists for many men within Latin (and other) cultures, who cannot choose between the sanctioned norm of a heterosexual coupling and another man's unconditional love, the film steers down some dark but steamy passageways. With an acclaimed cast of well-known Spanish actors including Jordi Mollá as Alberto, from this year's Festival film Perdona bonita, Ariadna Gil as Elena, from Belle Epoque and Almodóvar regular Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother). World premiere Berlin Film Festival 2000. In Spanish with English subtitles.
7:00 PM Screening at the Colony Theater $10
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