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    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

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    Date: 20 Dec 2014 14:41:00
    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    Life Marks (2003)
    DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 16:9 | Cover | 01:42:48 | 4,35 Gb
    Audio: Spanish AC3 5.1 @ 256 Kbps | Subtitles: English
    Genre: Art-house, Drama

    Director: Enrique Urbizu
    Stars: May Pascual, Gabriel Moreno, Alfonso Torregrosa

    Fito, a truck driver, and Juana, an administrative assistant, live under the heavy pressure of the debts he has to pay off. After ten years of absence, during which he has remained silent, Pedro, his elder brother, shows up in Madrid, freshly arrived from England and eager to spend some time there with the excuse of re-establishing the brotherly ties and settling an account from the past. However, we assume he has more down-to-earth and darker motives, like erasing his own footsteps to prevent being tracked down by the police and by his accomplices in the diamond-dealing business. While Fito muddles through life and tries to make money outside the household, Pedro gracefully takes on his role by looking after his son, Jon, while a powerful attraction appears between him and Juana.

    IMDB

    Life Marks appears passionately divided between genre and melancholy. The recognized taste of its director, Enrique Urbizu, for Hollywood genres, and in particular for the generation of violence, is translated into a well-crafted script by Michel Gaztambide with a true crime-genre flavour and a good ear for popular speech, also based on hard-hitting dialogues spoken by credible characters. But at the same time it also wants to be a reflection about the passage of time, giving off a whiff of Zen. In this respect, the conversation about the dead and headstones in the oriental restaurant or the meeting in the park between the leading character and Charo, a former girlfriend from the neighbourhood and now a mother, are illustrative.

    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    The story, scrupulously linear and at the same time circular – from the time Pedro lands to when he takes off – approaches the identity of two men who are brothers less through blood – in fact they are so only through their mother – than through mutual envy. It is made with an essential, direct, stripped-down style, although it does not turn up its nose at dreamscapes: that epilogue with Juana walking on the water showing a vision of Fito to identify Pedro as its dreamer. There is a symbolic, fetishist subplot exemplifying the subtlety with which these two a priori antagonistic dimensions are woven together: involving the underslip that Pedro, not knowing that Fito is married, sends him from abroad to give to ‘his favourite girl’. The little brother gives it to his wife, who does not put it on for her husband, but does for her brother-in-law, reserving it for him. Later, he clandestinely exchanges the cheap jewellery decorating the slip for real diamonds. When he leaves, instead of taking it with him as he had planned, he tells Fito it conceals precious stones and that he is giving it to them ‘as a wedding present’. In exchange, his brother promises not to exchange them for paper money.

    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    The way the film works is, therefore, both traditional and elliptical; it is no coincidence that it is a ONCE lottery ticket that makes it possible to date the action to the early days of July 2002. Life Marks is firmly anchored in the peripheral urban Spain of the turn of the millennium, showing a very uncomfortable picture of unemployment queues, requests for advances, lorries transporting fruit to the other side of the French border being overturned, and so on. Rooted to this clear reality, it gives a poetic treatment to a dark truth hidden beneath the blanket of appearances: the ox-like Fito and the laconic, angelic Pedro are not so different. This can be seen because the younger man has imbibed the passion for cards from his much-admired older brother, who is no more than a master cheat, whose security and untainted appearance are down to training in repression. Exchanges of roles and life histories on planes and on the road – a correlation of the frustrations, internal bankruptcies and gestures of nobility concealing great betrayals – ultimately weave the structure of a film with a strong story including a deep meditation about second chances and loss.
    WorldCinema
    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    We almost missed seeing this film because of the schedule at HBO. Some important movies are shown at times that are only suitable for insomniacs! "La Vida Mancha" is one of the most interesting movies that have come from Spain lately. Enrique Urbizu directs with restraint and elegance. The screen play by Michel Gaztambide shows intelligence. The story is different from most of the Spanish films that reach these shores.

    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    At the center of the story is Pedro, Fito's half brother. Fito was seen before at the local cafe gambling his wages in a game of poker, that by all accounts seem to be rigged. It's obvious Fito has a big problem, but he keeps it away from Manuela, his wife. When a package is delivered to Fito, it contains a red gown for Manuela and a letter informing Pedro will be coming to visit.

    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    Pedro is an enigmatic figure. We watch him as he settles into a routine in Fito and Manuela's apartment. He is unobtrusive, but why has he chosen to come back after so many years of absence? In a way, Pedro comes to rescue his half brother from his gambling addiction, but ends up falling hard for the lovely Manuela.

    Jose Coronado was a revelation in this film. His take on Pedro is right. Mr. Coronado's performance shows a restraint and discipline, not common among actors from Spain. This actor goes deeply into Pedro's soul because he understand this man.

    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    Equally effective is the lovely Zay Nuba. She plays Manuela with an economy that is amazing, yet she reveals what's inside this woman's soul. Not having seen her in any films before, she shows a beauty and an understanding for this woman she is portraying. Juan Sanz, as Fito, and the rest of the cast give convincing performances under Mr. Urbizu's direction.

    We'll be looking forward to Mr. Urbizu's next film anxiously because he shows lots of talent.
    IMDB Reviewer
    Life Marks / La vida mancha (2003) [ReUp]

    Set in industrial Spain, this subtle variation of the 'cuckoo in the nest' story is distinguished by a clever, observant script on the theme of sibling rivalry and by its smoothly confident direction. It's powered, too, by the gripping, controlled performance of José Coronado, as Pedro, with his mysterious past, who returns after 14 years to visit his now married brother Fito (Sanz). Fito can't keep up the payments on his lorry and is trying to keep secret from his wife his destructive downhill slide at the local gaming table. Meanwhile, the confident, fastidious, highly elegant Pedro (everything Fito is not) impresses Fito's wife with his considerate treatment of her son. Urbizu captures the manners and mores of his working class/criminal characters with something of Jacques Becker's easy élan, and shows he's learnt a trick from Buñuel in twisting the psychological knife.
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