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6/10
Extremely stagy and talky drama about three unemployed friends , being well played by magnificent actors
ma-cortes10 December 2021
Under the bright summer sky and at an ordinary Madrid neighbourhood , three friends : Andrade (Raúl Arévalo) , Paco (Antonio de la Torre ) and Ramón (Chema del Barco) have been newly fired from the company where they worked , as they join at a flat to deal with the unfortunate happenings . The three working-class friends are extremely demoralized due to their unemployment situation while holding disappointment , frustration and depression . In these circumstances the offbeat , stressed trio Paco, Ramón , and Andrade meet to undertake a peculiar purport . The companions meet to come up with a special plan , that mentions the title , but an unpredictable setback confines them at the apartment . As they get in a trouble : the car with which they would travel has broken down and the crane must wait . Step by step the troubled friends are looking for an alternative solution , but things go wrong.

This interesting movie contains dramatic events , suspense , tension , and plot twists . The picture packs long set pieces in an only locked room with continuous tension maintained throughout and surprising ending . The film displays superb performances from the the main characters , three colleagues who bear a bitter frustration , stressing lives and all of them have fallen in deep distresses . Besides , it has a literately witty dialog by screenwriting by Ignasi Vidal and Polo Menárguez himself . In fact , its origin results to be a very represented play that firstly was played at a flat where the spectators watched the narrowed threatical stage nearly the actors . Subsequently , the representation moved to a theatrical scenario where had success enough , and acted by the same actors as the cinematic interpretation . Drama movie based on the play by Ignasi Vidal dealing with three recently unemployed and damaged friends , as the trio has come up with a plan to get out of the tight spot , as they're really demoralized because of their unemployment status , as they have been fired from their company , along the way they talk , they become involved into an endless series of intense arguments and some uncomfortable moments of their unsettling lives begin to emerge to the light and finally takes place a terrible , unexpected denouement when is discovered a horrific event . They are excellently played by Raúl Arévalo , Antonio de la Torre and Chema del Barco , all of them give terrific acting .

The motion picture was professionally directed by Polo Menárguez , though a little bit boring , heavily claustrophobic and slow-moving . Polo Menárguez is a writer and director from Madrid, Spain, known for his awarded fiction short film Si tuvieran ojos, and his shocking feature documentary Winter in Europe about the dramatic situation of afghan refugees in Serbia. He has also directed the fiction series C. R. A. K. S for Disney Channel and subsequently shot this his first fiction feature, El Plan, and Hit TV series . The plan 2019 got some awards and nominations such as : ASECAN 2021 , Winner ASECAN Award Best Lead Actor Chema del Barco , Nominee ASECAN Award Best Lead Actor , Antonio de la Torre , Best Cinematography Alejandro Espadero , Best Production Design Enrique Mellado. Cinema Writers Circle Awards , Spain 2021 Winner CEC Award Best New Actor Chema del Barco , Nominee CEC Award Best Adapted Screenplay Ignasi Vidal , Polo Menárguez . Feroz Awards, ES 2021 Nominee Feroz Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role , Chema del Barco , Nominee , Special Award Polo Menárguez Nacho La Casa Capitán Araña . Goya Awards 2021 Nominee Goya Best New Actor , Chema del Barco , Best Sound Mar González , Francesco Lucarelli , Nacho Royo-Villanova . Valladolid International Film Festival 2019 Nominee Golden Spike Best Film Polo Menárguez.
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7/10
Melo Drama
vrcritique24 June 2020
When the curtain raises, Three close friends Roman, Andrade and Paco who recently lost their jobs reuniting at Paco's home to go for a match on Andrade's car, since Andrade's car got broken down, they want to spend their day in Paco's home. What happens next is the plot.

Roman was elder than the other two, hence showing expression towards a comedy was matured and we will laugh when he gives a sneering look on the other two when they did something. Paco was a short temper guy who will easily get angry if his plan goes wrong. Andrade is pity among them all.

The Movie was taken inside the home, Cinematography has done a great work. The last twenty minutes of the movie were unexpected and nail-biting. The acting of the three was splendid, Roman's character portrayal, the end was meticulous. The way the expression was given by the three was punctilious.

Overall, the spectators will be confused about the plot and the name of the movie, but it will gives us the importance of friendship and a strong message on gender equality and masculinity (That is the plan of the director)

Likes and Dislikes The screenplay was draggy at first but went interested in the last 20 mins. Message on how unemployment changes one's life was explained very clearly if he is emotionally weak. The acting was engrossing. The humor in the movie was good which goes passably but the expressions will surely make us to laugh.
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7/10
Spanish Melo Drama.
vrcritique24 June 2020
When the curtain raises, Three close friends Roman, Andrade and Paco who recently lost their jobs reuniting at Paco's home to go for a match on Andrade's car, since Andrade's car got broken down, they want to spend their day in Paco's home. What happens next is the plot.

Roman was elder than the other two, hence showing expression towards a comedy was matured and we will laugh when he gives a sneering look on the other two when they did something. Paco was a short temper guy who will easily get angry if his plan goes wrong. Andrade is pity among them all.

The Movie was taken inside the home, Cinematography has done a great work. The last twenty minutes of the movie were unexpected and nail-biting. The acting of the three was splendid, Roman's character portrayal, the end was meticulous. The way the expression was given by the three was punctilious.

Overall, the spectators will be confused about the plot and the name of the movie, but it will gives us the importance of friendship and a strong message on gender equality and masculinity (That is the plan of the director)



My VR Critique Rating: 6.9/10

Story: 7/10 Screenplay: 6/10 Cinematography: 7/10 Acting: 8.6/10 Background Score: 6/10



Likes and Dislikes

The screenplay was draggy at first but went interested in the last 20 mins. Message on how unemployment changes one's life was explained very clearly if he is emotionally weak. The acting was engrossing. The humor in the movie was good which goes passably but the expressions will surely make us to laugh.
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4/10
the three wise men...
ops-5253510 December 2020
That never found jesus, because their mobilephones were dead, due to lack of money, due to out of work, and as much as they try to get out to find work and cellsignal they dont have a car that works. they have all got wifes that treats them as they were stray dogs and due to psychoanalytical gifts at minor level they try to find out how to solve the blurry of a life when loosing work after 50 years of age...

its a slow and boring socialrealistic film and if you are looking for comedy, there are nonsoever. its a 1 location scenario, cant have cost more to make than the mens empty wallets, and a pretty mediocre drama with overfilled dialouges like the director waves a gun shouting ''venga venga'', just like when my wife and her girlfriends occupy my house for their monthly gettogether, we call it ''klubb/forening'' here in norway, were everything from a to æøå, are on the agenda. so a male klubb of men at standstill, not an unusual sight of working men in spain, but its shows the strains of unemployment.

its an anticlimax of male menopause, and nothing more than empty words and thats about it, and smoking weed and drinking beer at 9.35 am . it doesnt deserve a recommend thinks the grumpy old man
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