Beautiful Youth

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Beautiful Youth

2014

1h 42m

Drama

Romance

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Natalia and Carlos fall in love and struggle to survive in modern Spain, and decide to make an amateur porn film to earn extra money.

Peter Debruge

Variety

Apathy is perhaps the least attractive trait in any protagonist, and Natalia doesn't start to become interesting until the moment she takes responsibility for her child.

May 18, 2014

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Another deeply felt and deeply considered drama in a compassionate, realist style.

Rated: 4/5

May 18, 2014

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

With his trademark rigor and austerity, [Jaime Rosales] returns to Cannes with a more than commendable movie, reminiscent of Larry Clark's films, that isn't quite a big leap forward. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Oct 17, 2023

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Oliver Lyttelton

The Playlist

...it's decent enough, just thoroughly unexceptional.

Rated: C

May 22, 2014

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Audience Member

Undoubtedly it does reflect certain social phenomenon nowadays, the film however is so really tedious.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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"Beautiful Youth neither glorifies nor frowns on the actions of Natalia and Carlos, it simply presents an unabashed look at coming of age under difficult circumstances and it does so with a glint, however small, of hope." Festival review: http://www.rowthree.com/2014/09/30/viff-2014-review-beautiful-youth/

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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camille l

Hermosa Juventud de Jaime Rosales est une catastrophe espagnole qui raconte l'histoire d'un jeune couple de tocards madrilènes qui décident de faire un porno pour assurer leurs arrières. Voici le synopsis du film. En théorie. En pratique, le réalisateur filme de longs plans vides pendant de longues secondes sans réellement donner du sens aux images et on finit par s'ennuyer fortement après 15~20 minutes. Jaime Rosales a bien une bonne idée (montrer le temps qui passe à travers les écrans d'un smartphone, avec les jeux, les sms, les vidéos) mais il les fait traîner en longueur jusqu'à ce qu'elles deviennent odieuses. Le film dure 1h40, ce qui est à peu près 100 minutes trop long. Le premier vrai navet de mon Cannes 2014.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Carlos Albert

Carlos

Inma Nieto

Dolores

Fernando Barona

Raúl

Juanma Calderón

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Synopsis

Natalia and Carlos fall in love and struggle to survive in modern Spain, and decide to make an amateur porn film to earn extra money.

Director: Jaime Rosales
Producer: Jérôme Dopffer, José María Morales, Jaime Rosales
Screenwriter: Jaime Rosales, Enric Rufas
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: European Spanish
Runtime: 1h 42m