Rarely have more in-your-face blow jobs and murders gone into the first ten minutes of a serious picture than in Agustin Diaz Yanes' noisy, fast-paced directing debut, Nadie hablara de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (Nobody Will Talk About Us When We're Dead).
Abril plays a prostitute who witnesses the murder of a policeman who has infiltrated a gangster ring. On to this thriller-ish skeleton Diaz Yanes grafts a moralistic analysis of the hardships of being impoverished, poorly-educated and female in 1990s Spain.
It looks like early 70s Scorsese: Victoria Abril even chats insanely to herself for a few moments like De Niro in Taxi Driver. "There are easier films to watch than this one," Diaz Yanes points out. "But I'd like people to be moved and excited, and to think a little about the state of Spain. I have tried to make a film for people to reflect on." Jonathan Holland
Prod: Jose Luis Escolar
Dir/Scr: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Ph: Francisco Femenia
Cast: Victoria Abril, Federico Luppi, Pilar Bardem
Running time: 104 mins
Screenings: Thursday 14 November, 13.15 and 18.15, Odeon West End 1
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