It's not clear when you look at the cover but it's a drama – comedy that takes places in Germany just before the World War Two. As the Reich had ties with Franco's Spain, the story is about a movie co-production which happens in Berlin, so at the heart of evil.
At first, I wasn't convinced because I don't really like movies about movies. But, here, the fact that the crew arrives in Nazi Germany colors everything: At the beginning, the differences are funny but the more they stay, the more they discover that the place is just like hell. They face an unchecked power so it's hard to cope with its degenerate whims: anti-Semitism, sexual harassment
I found the movie bright as the crew is split to answer: some care about what happens, other prefer to focus on their art and avoid politics. But finally, closing eyes is a bad choice because fighting an abusive power (as building one) is only the sum of individual choices. So as soon as you have got an opportunity, you have to react because as one said, after they have taken all your neighbors, nobody is left to help you when they come to take you!
Here, this dramatic conclusion is well directed as what happens to Penélope slowly affect all the crew and beyond: Slowly but surely, the tension rises and becomes almost suffocating. But, all along, the crew still find the courage to find funny lines as to take a breath.
Maybe the only regret is that's it's a fiction and not based on true facts but at least, it gives a good lesson of how to behave in bad times and just for that, it's worth the praise.
With this movie, i end my collection of Penélope's DVD. I just thank her for all the good moments she brought me: she is a talented actress, an honest woman and as she is faithful to her roots, she really made me like Spanish culture and just that, is an astounding feat! Hasta la vista, Baby !
At first, I wasn't convinced because I don't really like movies about movies. But, here, the fact that the crew arrives in Nazi Germany colors everything: At the beginning, the differences are funny but the more they stay, the more they discover that the place is just like hell. They face an unchecked power so it's hard to cope with its degenerate whims: anti-Semitism, sexual harassment
I found the movie bright as the crew is split to answer: some care about what happens, other prefer to focus on their art and avoid politics. But finally, closing eyes is a bad choice because fighting an abusive power (as building one) is only the sum of individual choices. So as soon as you have got an opportunity, you have to react because as one said, after they have taken all your neighbors, nobody is left to help you when they come to take you!
Here, this dramatic conclusion is well directed as what happens to Penélope slowly affect all the crew and beyond: Slowly but surely, the tension rises and becomes almost suffocating. But, all along, the crew still find the courage to find funny lines as to take a breath.
Maybe the only regret is that's it's a fiction and not based on true facts but at least, it gives a good lesson of how to behave in bad times and just for that, it's worth the praise.
With this movie, i end my collection of Penélope's DVD. I just thank her for all the good moments she brought me: she is a talented actress, an honest woman and as she is faithful to her roots, she really made me like Spanish culture and just that, is an astounding feat! Hasta la vista, Baby !