Javier Bardem delivers a delicious turn as a narcissistic owner/boss of an industrial scale company in this delightfully subdued dark comedrama.
Unfolding like a mellow telenovela, the story is teeming with undercurrents of lust, egotistical illusion, infidelity, and touches on such cornerstone heavy topics as classism, racism, and integrity.
It’s got some wonderfully unassuming callbacks that resonate with quiet punches to both the guy and the brain, plus Javier B delivers a powerhouse performance.
While my main experience with Spanish cinema has been through the films of Almodovar, this effort is leaner and meaner, but no less captivating.
* [screening at select theaters (in Spanish w/subtitles)]
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