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Beautiful Youth

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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.

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Peter Debruge Variety 05/18/2014
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. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 05/18/2014
4/5
Another deeply felt and deeply considered drama in a compassionate, realist style. Go to Full Review
Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 10/17/2023
3/5
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] Go to Full Review
Oliver Lyttelton The Playlist 05/22/2014
C
...it's decent enough, just thoroughly unexceptional. Go to Full Review
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12/03/2014 Undoubtedly it does reflect certain social phenomenon nowadays, the film however is so really tedious. See more 09/30/2014 "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/ See more camille l 05/19/2014 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. See more Read all reviews
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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