Valentín

2002 1h 50m ES

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3.3

SKIP

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63%

FRESH

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6.5

IMDB

★3.3TMDB · 3🍅63%Rotten Tomatoes★6.5IMDB · 92

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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A Spanish theatre company is rehearsing Shakespeare in the original style using young men to play the women's roles. Complicating their endeavors is the previously straight director's infatuation the new young man whose charming everyone except the slightly older young man who he's replacing. When the young man on the way out decides to settle the score with the young man on the way up, he draws on what he's learned in the theatre. Enter Iago.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lluís Homar
Ricardo
Iñaki Font
Valentín
Armando del Río
Jaime
Elisa Matilla
Lola
Jorge Bosch
Albert
Alberto San Juan
Raúl
David Selvas
Ramón
Roberto Álamo
Eusebio

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Juan Luis Iborra
Writers: Juan Luis Iborra, Juan Gil-Albert, Marc Cases
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Spain

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Juan Luis Iborra, shot by Porfirio Enríquez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Antonio Pérez Reina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Lluís Homar and Iñaki Font and Armando del Río carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0324408 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Juan Luis Iborra directs. Porfirio Enríquez behind the camera. Antonio Pérez Reina cuts. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Spanish.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 24 years ago.
2Directed by Juan Luis Iborra, shot by Porfirio Enríquez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Antonio Pérez Reina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Lluís Homar and Iñaki Font and Armando del Río carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0324408 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.