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10
Drama. Romance Maurice (Peter O'Toole), Ian (Leslie Phillips) and Donald (Richard Griffiths) are three semi-ancient retirees who meet every day at their favourite pub to raise a glass, commiserate about the state of the world and trade good-natured barbs. Age has slowed their bodies but not their agile minds. The film begins with the somewhat old-maidish Ian eagerly awaiting the arrival of his niece's teenaged daughter, who is coming to care for him. ... [+]
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  • es
March 28, 2013
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Un anciano lleno de vida enseña a una adolescente cansada del mundo a amar la realidad a través de su pasión por el arte, el sexo, el teatro... Le enseña a mirar a través de sus ojos, anhelantes de existir; en una magistral atmosfera decadente, con un fondo de luz tenúe.

Impresionante trabajo el de todos los actores, que deja la babosa ñoñería americanoide de Nothing Hill a la altura del betún. ESTO ES AMOR, ESTOS SON ACTORES Y ESTO ES CINE DE VERDAD, no figurines de un amor abúlico, previsible y ramplón como el de Julia Roberts y Hugh Grant.
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