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Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle

Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo

2017

Gustavo Salmerón

Documentary, Self: Julia Salmerón, Gustavo Salmerón

7.2

10,381

Documentary. Comedy Julita always wanted lots of kids, a monkey, and a castle. After finally realizing these wishes, however, her family loses their property in the economic crisis. But they have not lost the disarming ease and kindheartedness that mark their domestic squabbling. A film chronicle with elements of absurd humor that serves as a madcap allegory for the contemporary situation in Spain.

	Author	Review
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"[It] is destined to please crowds (...) all because of the irrepressibly oddball and frankly hilarious matriarch around which it revolves (...) There’s something a little bit magic about Julita"	POS
United Kingdom	Ben Croll Screendaily	"A winsome, big-hearted documentary (...) After spending ninety minutes in close contact with them, viewers might feel like they’re also part of the team"	POS
United States	Jonathan Holland The Hollywood Reporter	"A celebration of the life of an extraordinary woman with whom most viewers will probably also have fallen in love by the time the credits roll."	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"[A] frank and affectionate portrait (...) Along with the loving portraiture are elements of peculiar mystery"	POS
	Alfonso Rivera Cineuropa	"Salmerón entertains and moves us with his portrayal of an era with a story of the social advancement of his own family, captained by a fascinating mother"	POS

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