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The Spanish Apartment (2003)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:67
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: This multicultural comedy captures the chaos and excitement of being young.
Theatrical Release:May 16, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $3,752,818
Synopsis:
A fresh comedy from the new Europe, L'AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE is the story of a young man who, through cosmopolitan adventures and comic tribulations, finds his own unexpected place in a mixed-up,...
A fresh comedy from the new Europe, L'AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE is the story of a young man who, through cosmopolitan adventures and comic tribulations, finds his own unexpected place in a mixed-up, multi-cultural modern world. Bursting with energy, optimism and cinematic invention, the film was a runaway box-office hit in France and an award winner at festivals across the globe, ultimately garnering France's Oscar equivalent, the César, in the category of Best Female Newcomer for Cécile De France and receiving five César nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Editing and Best Supporting Actress for Judith Godrèche.
Rising director Cédric Klapisch uses a kinetic high-definition digital camera that plays with time, rhythm and space to reflect a year of wild parties, tumultuous love affairs, inspired friendships, sudden heartaches and unexpected connections that add up to a new view of the future. The film is accompanied by a global-music soundtrack that includes tracks from Radiohead, Daft Punk and Ali Farka Toure, along with flamenco, Afro-pop and even Chopin.
Set against the dynamism of one of Europe's hippest cities, Barcelona, L’AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE follows the fate of 25-year-old economics student Xavier (Romain Duris) who journeys there as part of the popular inter-European exchange program "Erasmus," named after the traveling Dutch scholar of the Renaissance. -- © Fox Searchlight
Starring: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Judith Godreche, Kelly Reilly
Starring: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Judith Godreche, Kelly Reilly, Cecile de France
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Screenwriter: Cedric Klapisch
Producer: Bruno Levy
Composer: Louis de Francesco
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
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Reviews for The Spanish Apartment
[Its] cheery characters are ultimately stuck wending their way through wackily contrived scenarios fit for a sitcom.
L'auberge espagnole or The Spanish apartment is a lovable, cozy mess just like its architectural setting.
...not a difficult movie to criticize, [but] a hard movie not to like.
There isn't enough story or character development to make this into the breathtaking escapade Klapisch seems to have aspired to.
The episodic L’auberge Espangnole is like a younger and European version of Friends.
Não funciona apenas como retrato da globalização e do choque de culturas, mas também como a jornada pessoal de um jovem rumo à definição de sua vida
Yet another example of writer/director Klapisch's way of finding fresh new insights within the most mundane of circumstances.
Klapisch has imbued the film with such energy and such insight that his themes linger on the palate, like the aftertaste of a fine French or Spanish or Italian or German or whatever wine.
Since for most of us, it's too late to pack a suitcase, spend a year in beautiful Barcelona, and fall so easily in and out of love, "L'Auberge Espagnole" is a lovely cinematic diversion.
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