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| ACTORS: | Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Reilly, Kelly, Tautou, Audrey |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2002 |
| MANUFACTURER: | 20th Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Humor, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Brief Nudity, Catalán, College Life, Color, Comedy Drama, Drama, Dutch, English, Ensemble Film, Extramarital Affairs, Faltering Friendships, Feature, Foreign, Foreign Film - French, France, French, International |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | TWE |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 024543095965 |
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Customer Reviews of L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)
no serious conflicts... I thought tht *L'Auberge Espagnole* would have an international mixture of "Real World" drama. Nah, these roommates are too mellow for drama. There was no serious conflicts that would appeal me to the movie. It seems that their conflicts or serious issues were cheating on their boyfriends or girlfriends because of the long-distance thing. Ok, is that the message? If you go abroad for a long period of time, you're gonna end up having affairs with other people? <
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>With a promise of a lucrative job related to Spanish economics, Xavier takes advantage of an Erasmus program which allows students to study abroad. It's sort of like a foreign exchange program. Xavier leaves behind his hippie mother and girlfriend (Audrey Tautou) in France for a year in Barcelona. <
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>After 2 brief stays with a family friend and strangers, Xavier finally lands an apartment with international roommates. All seems to be fine and dandy. They get to know each other and talk about each other. However, some of the roommates start to have affairs behind their boyfriends and girlfriends that they've left behind in their homeland. Xavier is no different. He falls for the lonely wife of the stranger that he first met at the airport when he landed in Barcelona. <
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>There's no real story plot. There's no story on Xavier's schooling or for any of the roommates. There's no stories among the roommates other than feeling the temptation to cheat on their significant others. There is a variety of conversation among the roommmates. Some are hilarious and some are thought-provoking in regards to idioms and language barriers/overlaps. <
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>When the year is up, Xavier returns to France. However, he soons realizes that life in Barcelona has changed him and therefore changes his relationship with some people. He also realizes that his career goals have changed as well. He closes the film with a sort of epiphanies. <
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>So, I wasn't impressed with this movie. I've seen better foreign films than this. It was slow paced and directionless. It's just a movie filled with a variety of topics among the roommates of various nationalities.
"I'm not one, but many."
This charming movie is clearly trying to paint a rosy picture of how well the EU can work despite the challenges of different ethnic identities and halfwitted British neo-hooligans. (In case the viewer doesn't pick up on this, the message is made quite explicit by film's end.)
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>But despite this pamphleteering, I didn't mind a bit. The fact that "L'Auberge Espagnole" can turn a skeptical smirk into an open smile is a credit to how appealing the movie is. It's foolish, naive, and our protagonist learns an unrealistic number of "life lessons" in a year's time. No matter: Bravo!
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>TRIVIA: This film was released in England under the name "Pot Luck." And it was originally going to be saddled with the unmarketable title "European Pudding."
Auber-genius
Despite the sinister European Union funding of this film (there is no doubt that it promotes an unrealistically rosy view of European integration), it is an extremely enjoyable viewing experience.
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>The acting is good, lines are witty, and the dialogue is equally amusing in English, Spanish or French.
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>I recommend a purchase!