Madrid 1987 Imdb Fix

Trueba uses the space brilliantly. At first, the characters cling to the edges, afraid to touch. As the night wears on and alcohol flows, the clothes come off (literally and metaphorically). By the third act, they are curled up on the wet floor, naked and shivering, having torn down every social facade.

If you scroll through the IMDb "Reviews" sorted by helpfulness, 90% of them praise José Sacristán. At the age of 74 during filming, he learned the entire 100-page script, much of which consists of single uninterrupted ten-minute monologues. His performance won the Goya Award for Best Actor, and many critics argue his character’s final monologue about the death of print journalism is one of the greatest cinematic soliloquies of the 2010s. Madrid 1987 Imdb

María Valverde, then 24, held her own. Despite the inherent power imbalance of the script (a naked young woman with an older man), Valverde’s performance shifts the dynamic. By the third act, Ángela is no longer the student; she is the prosecutor, putting the entire Francoist generation on trial. Trueba uses the space brilliantly