Barrio (1998) Neighborhood
Barrio (1998)
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Genre: Drama
DVDRip | MKV | 712x420 | x264 @ 2183 Kbps | 93 min | 1,57 Gb
Audio: Spanish AAC 5.1 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Writer: Fernando León de Aranoa
Stars: Críspulo Cabezas, Timy Benito, Eloi Yebra
It is August in Madrid, and the heat bears down unrelentingly on the bleak streets of the housing projects, far from the parks and tree-lined avenues of the city center.
Three fifteen- year-olds, Manu, Rai, and Javi, always together, always on the move, struggle with the age-old problems of class, the season, and their age: lack of money and opportunity; boredom; and sex, or, more accurately, thoughts of sex.
With a perfect ear for adolescent dialogue, director Fernando Leon de Aranoa takes us inside the lives of Manu, Rai, and Javi.
Barrio, his second film, is a fresh and perceptive study of the adolescent quest for identity in a troubled setting of family strife, petty crime, drugs, and marginalization.
IMDB - 14 wins
The director creates a sort of Spanish Neo-Realism by tackling the Spanish way of life of a group of teenagers in the streets from a sociological point of view ; being rightly portrayed the city of Madrid of the late 90s , in the so-called popular neighbourhoods . His style is pretty much urban and realistic as well in the atmosphere as in the fresh dialog and attempted to take a position in favor of outcast people .
Filmmaker Fernando Leon shows the ugliness of those "barrios" , toughness and cold existence along with some nice scenes when the boys assemble themselves and deal with jokes , sex , dirty humor and tiny thefts . The main cast is pretty well , including young and rookie actors . The support cast is formed by experienced players such as Alicia Sánchez as Carmen , Enrique Villén as Ricardo as Francisco Algora as Ángel and Chete Lera as Pólice Inspector .
Colorful and evocative cinematography by Alfredo Mayo , being filmed on location in Madrid . Atmospheric as well as lively musical score plenty of catching songs .
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Barrio (1998) Neighborhood
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