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Spain Spain · Castellón
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6
Comedy. Drama In his early 50s and divorced, Rémy is in the hospital. His ex-wife pleads with their son Sébastien, a very successful businessman in London, England, to come home. Sébastien hesitates — he and his father haven’t had much to say to each other for a very long time — but ends up agreeing to return, along with his French wife, to help his mother out. As soon as he arrives, Sébastien does everything in his power to get a clear diagnosis of ... [+]
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December 15, 2014
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El hijo rico, la ex-mujer, dos antiguas amantes y viejos colegas de un enfermo terminal se reúnen entorno a éste en sus últimos días de vida...

Secuela de "El declive del imperio americano", con aquellos personajes casi veinte años después. Apunta diversos temas -desde el choque entre socialismo y capitalismo hasta la eutanasia, pasando por las drogas- a través de las interminables conversaciones de este grupo cultureta. Una película un tanto sobrevalorada, pues algunos puntos del guión no resultan del todo creíbles, pero que goza de un tratamiento desdramatizador y otros aciertos de tipo formal.



"La historia de la Humanidad es una historia de horror."
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