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      Crossing Borders

      NC-17 2006 1h 45m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 73% Audience Score 250+ Ratings The elegant Martin (Carlos Iglesias) is a struggling migrant worker in 1960s Spain. He's in a difficult marriage to the fiery Pilar (Nieve de Medina) and has few job prospects. He and pudgy pal Marcos (Javier Gutiérrez) head for Switzerland and jobs as undocumented workers in a small village's factory. Just as things are getting interesting with the beautiful blonde (Isabel Blanco) who runs the inn where the men are staying, Pilar shows up with Martin's son, Pablo (Iván Martín). Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member cruda realidad,nadie parece ser feliz donde esta... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Iglesias' little film appealed to me primarily since I live in a country known for generations of "gastarbeiters"-men that went to work in countries like Germany or Austria since they couldn't find work in their homeland(or were not allowed to work). The story about two Spaniards who go to Switzerland to work as mechanics in a little village balances all the time between a situational comedy and engaged drama about the sad, nostalgic existence of immigrants in their new homes. At times, the film is hilarious- Martin and Marcos' reactions to the free coffee at Hanna's hotel and their attempts to communicate with the Swiss will definitely steal a few honest laughs from you. At other times, the film is about a kid's reluctance to go back to the country where he was born; he has a new life, a new social circle and suddenly all of that is taken away from him by the decision of his parents to go back to Spain. He's depressed and refuses to fit in in a country whose language he speaks but whose ways and values he no longer shares. This was a bit touching, since I experienced the same thing, only in my case it was Germany and not Switzerland. Nieve de Medina did an awesome job with her Pilar. She exudes an allure very akin to the one we already saw in Sofia Loren. Or, in a more contemporary version, Christina Hendricks of "Mad Men". "Crossing the Border" is definitely not a waste of time, but it's no showstopper either. The Swiss exteriors were used to the maximum, and rightly so: they're mesmerizing. The moral of the story: people are friendly almost everywhere in the world, if you don't let languages build borders between them. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Una película que deberían ver tooooodos los Españoles, para que no se les olvide que hasta hace muy poco ellos también estuvieron como nosotros. El tema muy bien abordado de un problema de ayer, hoy y siempre. Preciosa película. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Amazing film that shows you that, before, Spaniards who were inmigrants had the same problems, circumstances and situations that the ones the now migrate to our countries. Similarities are so intense that they scare you... Some scenes are wonderful... Spaniards looking at toilets that use soft paper to clean yourself, and bathrooms in which cool and hot water go by different pipes; getting used to people that consider a bad education gesture to throw rubbish to floor... Problems to get adapted, also problems to get back, the things you loose at home, the temptations in the new country... Some sentences are strong as stones: "Aren´t you ashamed of stealing?, I´m sorry, but I had never seen so much of everything", "Have you rented your room to Spaniards, what are you thinking at?" You understand that there are not so many differences from then to now. As one of the characters say, "People is not bad. What is bad is misery". Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Lo que mas me interesa es que habra gente que con este film aprenda que, antes de recibir inmigrantes, España exportaba emigrantes. Una historia cercana, que nos hace recordar historias personales, y de como el salir a buscarse las habas al final te deja sin saber tus raices. Uno es de donde nace o de donde pace?? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member una vision española en primera persona sobre la inmigracion Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis The elegant Martin (Carlos Iglesias) is a struggling migrant worker in 1960s Spain. He's in a difficult marriage to the fiery Pilar (Nieve de Medina) and has few job prospects. He and pudgy pal Marcos (Javier Gutiérrez) head for Switzerland and jobs as undocumented workers in a small village's factory. Just as things are getting interesting with the beautiful blonde (Isabel Blanco) who runs the inn where the men are staying, Pilar shows up with Martin's son, Pablo (Iván Martín).
      Director
      Carlos Iglesias
      Producer
      Mario Pedraza, Susana Maceiras
      Rating
      NC-17
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Runtime
      1h 45m