Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes)

Fysh

UK trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee-T0Q5GP6c

I caught this on Tuesday and had a great time with it. It's a collection of stories that are connected thematically and geographically, but don't share characters. The dialogue in particular was great, with a lot of laugh-out-loud-funny lines - though I suspect Spanish speakers will get more out of it as some of the translations lose something along the way. For example, at one point a character's line is translated as "I tried to give you a good upbringing, but you always did whatever you wanted" while the original version of the latter line was "siempre has hecho lo que te cantaran las pelotas", which is more along the lines of "you always let your balls call the tune".

The opening sequence sets the mood and tone for the film fantastically, although

given recent events I'm impressed they didn't cut it completely

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Fysh

Another thing I forgot to mention is the final story - the tone threw me at first because it felt slightly at odds with the rest of the film, until I realised that

it's basically a plotline from a ridiculous telenovela (soap opera) played straight as a character drama

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Beersmith

Very enjoyable. The 3rd road rage story was the stand out.

SlipperyPeople

Beersmith wrote: »

Very enjoyable. The 3rd road rage story was the stand out.

Agreed on that. Very entertaining from start to finish.

I found that the opening story

was actually quite hard to watch with the recent events in france. The desperate banging on the door and pleas to get into the cockpit was pretty chilling.

two wheels good

Worth watching. Argentinian, Oscar nominee. 6 short tales. Funny, dark, quirky.
And if you miss it you're likely to find it on DVD in the library.

Elvisjuice

was excellent