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Madrid, 1987

Name: Madrid, 1987
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-04-13
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (75 Votes)

2012 ES 104 min

Overview

In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.

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Release date

13/04/2012

Votes

Popularity

4.3

Genres

Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

104 min

José Sacristán

Miguel

María Valverde

Ángela

Ramon Fontserè

Luis

Alberto Ferreiro

Hombre del patio (voice)

No photo

Bárbara de Lemus

Mujer autógrafo

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Madrid, 1987 is not what you’d call a #metoo-friendly film, which in and of itself is a good reason, though not the only one, to watch it. Miguel (José Sacristán), an old (not to say elderly) columnist, hopes to trick a beautiful young college student named Ángela (María Valverde) into having sex with him. There's nothing romantic about this situation, but then writer/director David Trueba is by no means trying to romanticize it. Ángela wants to be a writer and has written an essay about Miguel, which he has agreed to read; however, he is more interested in sexual than textual matters and …

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The movie is absolutely fantastic and I hope you download it. The film is set in Madrid in 1987, a period when Spain was still going through a transitional phase after Franco's death and its transformation into a democracy.

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