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I love this movie so much

People are voting emotionally.

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Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

the music. the inspired delicacy to give honest, direct portrait of an unique age. poetry of a summer holiday of few teenagers. words, temptations, desires, gestures. and a surprising director who does more than a good adaptation but a touching message about the fragility of small things who become support of the next ages. this is the most important detail of this modest film. a film about ordinary aspects of the lives of teenagers. it is not a great film. only useful. for remind. for explore. for propose a way to self definition. characters. and the air of summer. and the dreams. and need to escape from a too small universe. from yourself. so, see it !

An advice to many actors trying to go into directing would be: Stay in front of the camera! This could well be what one would wish Antonio Banderas, a performer that has enjoyed a good career both in his native Spain and in America. His directorial debut, "Crazy in Alabama" was not the success we are sure he expected. With his new film "El camino de los ingleses", or "Summer Rain", the English title, will not add anything for his resume. We could suggest that Mr. Banderas keeps his daytime job where he has done well.Mr. Banderas working with the Antonio Soler novel, which we have not read, goes back to the not too distant past to Malaga, his birth place, with a story that is confusing, at best, because this story of coming of age does not go anywhere the way it is presented on the screen. One had all the intentions of enjoying it, but the story is simply too local to transcend into audiences of other countries.The most interesting of the different friends that hang out together is Barbirusa, a confused young man that has to come to grips with reality when he visits his mother in London, only to realize she is a prostitute working the sex trade in an explicit way. Miguelito, the young man who falls for Luli, gets our attention, at times. He has an awakening to sex with an older teacher.One can only hope Mr. Banderas finds better material when he decides to try his hand at directing again, and to keep it simple. A lot of would be directors like to go for an artistic look that frankly doesn't add anything to what they are trying to present. That seems to be what happened to Mr. Banderas with his second film.

First of all, this is the first Antonio Banderas film I've ever seen. It never crossed my mind that he could be a great director. I loved his vision; and he gained my respect for making such a beautiful film. I was blown-away, I really was.The dialogue was sublime and 'clever'; and let's take into account that the screenwriter was Antonio Soler himself, author of the homonymous book, El Camino de los Ingleses. Never thought that the dialogue could be so strongly poetic and passionate and therefore I was touched by it. I think that the voice-over was absolutely necessary and never found it annoying. It didn't bother me, as opposed to others. The acting was superb. They all were convincing and true to themselves and to the film. They all delivered a great performance; especially Raul Arevalo (Babirusa), which I must admit, he was my favourite of all. He managed to transmit a great feeling to the film. I believed him; **(here's the spoiler)** particularly when he's burning his magazines and he tells Miguelito that they're the type of people who don't forget, that they're the type who get their precious belongings and burn them.** You'll understand it better if you watch this film.The photography was completely breath-taking and awe-inspiring; the landscape (Malaga--Bandera's place of birth), the use of vivid colors, angles, pretty much everything was magnificent. The music was great, too, and very inspirational. The score was composed by Antonio Melieveo, in case you needed to know.I felt that El Camino de los Ingleses is, perhaps, the most honest work of the director. I could see that he delivered not only a great work, but passion and the best of intentions.Hope you enjoy it, (and play close attention). Thanks!(Uh, this is my first time posting a review for a film, so I hope you forgive me for not writing an exceptional one.)

I approached my viewing of this film with trepidation. The preview description I had read filled with me little confidence that I would enjoy it as I was expecting something quite sentimental. Also, films directed by actors often disappoint as their focus is usually on the acting performances and not the appearance of the film. But, to my surprise, what was most impressive about Summer Rain was the strong visual style of the director Antonio Banderas. His use of vibrant colours, striking vistas, dream scapes and powerful, haunting imagery made the film a true delight. Based on a prize winning Spanish novel and set in Banderas' home town, Malaga, it is apparent that the novel resonated deeply with Banderas. His passion for the work is evident in every scene. The cinematography is superb and the use of the widescreen aspect ratio contributes significantly to the rendering of what must have been rich source material. I now long for an English translation of the novel. Based on what I've seen Banderas attempt to do in this film, it seems that the book must have been a challenging adaptation. Voice-over is something I don't care for normally, but the elusive nature of the voice-over text in Summer Rain was a major factor in making this film such a pleasure. Rather than explain actions and motives, the periodic comments by the narrator (called Throat) heightened the atmospherics of the film. The choice of actors was excellent and all turn in performances that serve the themes of the film. Special mention has to go to Victoria Abril, who has played opposite Banderas before so many years ago. She is marvellous and lights up the screen with her evocation of the alluring older woman. I hope Antonio Banderas can find more projects to immerse himself in. His passionate rendering of Summer Rain suggests that he is a director to watch out for.