A hippie couple in the late 1960s end up in Finisterre, Galicia, in Northern Spain, where it was believed the world ended before that idea was proved wrong. They love the setting and settle in a lonely house facing the ocean. After producing two sons, the father one day decides he has had it and leaves the family to fend for themselves.
Years later, the eldest son, Berto, now in his teens, decides one day to follow his father's footsteps. Mario, the youngest one stays home. Nothing is known about Berto, but Mario gets involved in a radical cause and lands in jail. As he is being given a week's leave, he finds Berto waiting for him outside the prison's gates.
Little prepares Mario for what his brother has become. Berto moves in a world of crime and drugs. In addition, he tells Mario he has been with their father, something that confounds the younger sibling. Mario stays because he feels he will have a chance to get to see his old man. The story ends in Lisbon where Berto and Mario, together with Laura, a girl who has had sex with the brothers, get to meet the father. The old man shows no redeeming qualities, all he wants to do is keep living his newly found freedom.
The idea for the film showed some possibilities, but the treatment it gets from director Xavier Villaverde. This is the first time for the director to be behind the camera, but sadly, the film does not go anywhere because we never get a feeling of involvement. The characters of Berto and the father are, to put it mildly, repulsive. Berto is a scumbag who will never amount to anything in life. Mario, for that matter is an enigma to get our full attention. Nothing makes much sense, let alone the motivation for the drama.
The best thing in the picture is the excellent cinematography by Javier Salmones.
Watch it at your own risk.
Years later, the eldest son, Berto, now in his teens, decides one day to follow his father's footsteps. Mario, the youngest one stays home. Nothing is known about Berto, but Mario gets involved in a radical cause and lands in jail. As he is being given a week's leave, he finds Berto waiting for him outside the prison's gates.
Little prepares Mario for what his brother has become. Berto moves in a world of crime and drugs. In addition, he tells Mario he has been with their father, something that confounds the younger sibling. Mario stays because he feels he will have a chance to get to see his old man. The story ends in Lisbon where Berto and Mario, together with Laura, a girl who has had sex with the brothers, get to meet the father. The old man shows no redeeming qualities, all he wants to do is keep living his newly found freedom.
The idea for the film showed some possibilities, but the treatment it gets from director Xavier Villaverde. This is the first time for the director to be behind the camera, but sadly, the film does not go anywhere because we never get a feeling of involvement. The characters of Berto and the father are, to put it mildly, repulsive. Berto is a scumbag who will never amount to anything in life. Mario, for that matter is an enigma to get our full attention. Nothing makes much sense, let alone the motivation for the drama.
The best thing in the picture is the excellent cinematography by Javier Salmones.
Watch it at your own risk.