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Unconscious
A Freudian comedy set in Barcelona, 1913, that playfully questions sexual taboos through a Sherlock Holmes-style investigation.
Release : | 2004 |
Rating : | 7.2 |
Studio : | Tornasol Films, Madragoa Filmes, Messidor Films, |
Crew : | Director, Producer, |
Cast : | Leonor Watling Luis Tosar Mercedes Sampietro Juanjo Puigcorbé Àlex Brendemühl |
Genre : | Comedy Mystery Romance |
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the leading man is my tpye
Wonderfully offbeat film!
From my favorite movies..
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
I saw this film twice, and twice I don't get the fuss. Leonor Watling is so distractingly gorgeous as a pregnant woman there's no way one can pay attention to anything else. Luis Tosar is neither charming nor funny. Actually, that goes for all the characters. The suspense and pursuit of the truth seems such a boring drag. The story is divided into several chapters each unrelated to another and they all contribute to nothing but the obscenity in the hope of making it funny. Since when does one become Freudian simply by ridiculing sexuality, adultery and incest? There are at least 5 occasions when the penis size is the source of the so-called humour.... This is nothing but a Carry-On (which are immensely sillier and funnier) film in disguise.
This movie was a pleasant surprise. Spanish movies can often be of quite variable quality, however this movie was excellent in virtually every respect.The movie is a comedy set amongst a range of characters who are all psychologists. Accordingly, most of the humor relates to psychological issues and characters. A fairly good knowledge of psychology will help in getting a number of the jokes. One of the funniest moments is when one of the characters tries to shoot Dr Freud and Dr Freud asks the would be assassin whether they are a follower of Jung.I found the plot to be very good, with quite a lot of twists and turns, all the major characters were excellent and the production values were also very good. Enjoyable fun.
When Freud is going to visit Spain, the most known psychiatric doctor disappears and his wife and his brother-in-law start a research in his last cases in order to discover what has happened to him. With a tendency to absurd all the cases presents us a group of crazy people obsessed with something: sex. The research will continue as they both discover things about themselves that they didn't know, all mixed with great and funny jokes and a delicious script that makes the spectator to enjoy himself during all the time of the film. In addition to being funny, actors are very good and they make great parts. This is a great comedy, ideal to laugh a lot as we think about our taboos in our lives; unluckily, this great film has passed by totally undiscovered for most of the Spanish people and it has not had the success it deserves. I highly recommend to see it in order to spend a great, funny time.
So I got to see this movie at the Sundance Film Festival and I'll admit, I bought tickets to this film because it was in Spanish and I wanted to practice my skills in that language, but, man, was I more than pleasantly surprised by this film. It was hilarious and beautiful and did I mention hilarious and beautiful? The set decoration was amazing, as was the costuming and cinematography, they were all so Art Nouveau and muted with amazing decoration, even if you don't like the story, you'll appreciate the visual beauty of the film. The story itself is so crazy and complicated that I don't think I could explain it, other than it makes fun of Freud, Spanish society pre-WWI and all sorts of other institutions and will make you laugh out loud, even if you don't speak Spanish. I wouldn't recommend this film to younger children, some teenagers might appreciate it, it's engaging enough to hold their attention, but they might not understand all of it. Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys film and fun.