What evolves is a deeply felt and rendered encounter which changes both of them. I passed on watching this movie several times because I could not believe that such a wry, thoughtful, and engaging film could be based on an absurd mishap, locking the two virtual strangers together for 24 hours in a bathroom- both completely nude, but for a shared bath towel. The tension is this film is generated by a sexual tryst going appallingly wrong. But this is also a sensual, very erotic meditation on love and the sexual intimacy that that grows between the two characters, separated both by age and by the very different sensibilities of their generations. It is full wry, at times cynical commentary on historical events and politics- specifically the post-Franco politics of the Spain of 1987, a nation still divided along the fault line of the Spanish Civil War and its fascist legacy. The script is highly intelligent, literate and cultured. The performances of the two actors- Maria Valverde and Jose Sacristan- are subtle and accomplished and fully inhabit their roles- an aging, now famous political journalist and intellectual and a beautiful young journalism student, who meet in a Madrid bar for an interview. One of most intelligent films I've encountered in many years.
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