Carícies (1998)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Ventura Pons

Escritores:

Sergi Belbel (play)
Sergi Belbel (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 febrero 1998 (Spain)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

Eleven episodes portray different encounters in a large city during the course of a single night towards the end of the millennium...

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | City | Vignette | Blow Job | Male Nudity

Premios:

1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

How to become an overrated director

Reparto

David Selvas	...	Home jove
Laura Conejero	...	Dona jove
Julieta Serrano	...	Dona gran
Montserrat Salvador	...	Dona vella
Agustín González	...	Home vell
Naím Thomas	...	Nen (as Naïm Thomas)
Sergi López	...	Home
Mercè Pons	...	Noia
Jordi Dauder	...	Home gran
Roger Coma	...	Noi
Rosa Maria Sardà	...	Dona
Jordi Cercos
Sandra Pascual
Guillermo Pardevila

También conocida como:

Carícias (Spain: Castilian title)
Caresses (USA) (video title)

Duración:

94 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español | Catalan

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | France:U | Spain:13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Compañía:

Els Films de la Rambla S.A.

Citas:

Song at the end: I would surrender to whoever who would take me

How to become an overrated director

"Carícies" claims to be an adaptation of a famous catalan theatre play by Sergi Belbel. Once seen the film, and also read the play, I can't believe how much successful the film was. The critics loved it and I wonder why. Director Ventura Pons has found the phormula for instant success: filming an acclaimed play or book (as he did in "El perquè de tot plegat/ El porqué de las cosas", "Actrius"...). Motion pictures are suposed to be an art, not just a book or a famous play shot in 35 mm. In "Carícies", director Ventura Pons, uses the dialogues of the play almost word by word and his job consists on add music and a few continuity shots inserted among each scene. The plot (if there's is any) is very weak, as often occurs when adapting a character-based play. That's the case. And that's the problem. Pons is surrounded by few good actors but they seem undirected, and they act on their way. There is no sense of direction anywhere. No intentions, not a single idea on the screen. Ventura Pons is a smart producer but unoperative as a story-teller. "Carícies" has no soul, no blood. Just filmed words. And for me, this is not cinema.