Pilar, a writer for a Madrid based magazine, catches her boyfriend cheating on her. Sometime later, while having dinner at a restaurant she notices two couples at the next table, obviously two friends and their dates. While the women go the bathroom, Pilar listens in disbelief what the two men are planning to do with the women. As the girls return to the table, Pilar joins them and proceeds to tell her, point blank, what they can expect from these men.
Something funny happens when Pilar is told by her boss she has to cover a pilgrimage some kind of a guru is planning to take couples in Northern Spain on a trip of discovery about themselves, a sort of therapy that is worth a mere twenty thousand Euros to join the group. Little does Pilar know the photographer assigned to accompany her for this experience is Nacho, one of the two guys she help unmask at the restaurant!
This is the weak premise of this Spanish comedy directed by Roberto Santiago, who also worked on the scrip with Javier Gullon. The problem with this film, as most of the comedies from that country, present situations that show some promise, but in the end, the whole thing is bogged down by a situation that sounds ridiculous, at best, with characters that are poorly written. The setting is obvious because of the financial help from the government of the province of Galicia, probably to show the glorious backgrounds where the film was shot.
Malena Alterio shows the makings of a good screen comedienne, and it would be interesting to see her in a better vehicle. Diego Peretti, the Argentine actor is totally wasted as Olmo, the guru.
Something funny happens when Pilar is told by her boss she has to cover a pilgrimage some kind of a guru is planning to take couples in Northern Spain on a trip of discovery about themselves, a sort of therapy that is worth a mere twenty thousand Euros to join the group. Little does Pilar know the photographer assigned to accompany her for this experience is Nacho, one of the two guys she help unmask at the restaurant!
This is the weak premise of this Spanish comedy directed by Roberto Santiago, who also worked on the scrip with Javier Gullon. The problem with this film, as most of the comedies from that country, present situations that show some promise, but in the end, the whole thing is bogged down by a situation that sounds ridiculous, at best, with characters that are poorly written. The setting is obvious because of the financial help from the government of the province of Galicia, probably to show the glorious backgrounds where the film was shot.
Malena Alterio shows the makings of a good screen comedienne, and it would be interesting to see her in a better vehicle. Diego Peretti, the Argentine actor is totally wasted as Olmo, the guru.