Castles in the air
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Castles in the air |
| Original title | Castillos de cartón |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Salvador García Ruiz |
| script | Enrique Urbizu |
| production | Gerardo Herrero |
| music | Pascal Gaigne |
| camera | Teo Delgado |
| cut | Berta Frías |
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Castles ( Castillos de cartón ) is a Spanish erotic film from 2009 in which Adriana Ugarte an art student between two men playing. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Almudena Grandes , which appeared in 2004 and was translated into German a year later.
action
The art student Maria-José is accepted as a new roommate by her fellow students Marcus and Jaime. When they think they are undisturbed by Jaime, Maria-José and Marcus get involved, but Marcus cannot get an erection. Jaime, who has observed her through the crack in the door, offers himself as a helper and sleeps with her. From now on, the three live together in a ménage à trois .
The erotic life of the shared apartment consists of sex, during which Maria-José alternately sleeps with one of the two students. At one point she confesses that she never climaxes during sex. Jaime wants to find a solution to the sexual problems of his two roommates and recommends copulating as much as possible. Marcus doubts himself, but Maria-José is enthusiastic about his artistic talent. Maria-José takes both men along to visit her parents. Marcus creates a stand in the kitchen and sleeps with Maria-José. Jaime is increasingly concerned because he feels that the other two are emotionally closer to each other than he is. Marcus, the more sensitive, tells Maria-José that he thinks Jaime is untalented and that he would never become a painter. The woman repeatedly states that she loves both equally. Jaime runs away full of envy and anger from a vernissage at which Marcus' pictures are recognized by gallery owners and other professionals. When their studies are over, Marcus declares that he loves the other two and that he cannot live without them. He suggests that they continue to live together. While Maria-José shows understanding, Jaime refuses and leaves.
criticism
The film service calls Luftschlösser a "psychologically differentiated, visually appealing erotic triangle story". It would "capture the atmosphere of optimism after Franco's death in 1975 as well as its limitations by the" real world "and unacknowledged feelings of jealousy". The “explicit chamber play” does question conventions, “but remains pale - also in terms of socio-political time reference” is the opinion of Cinema . Bertolucci's The Dreamers succeeded much better.
Web links
- Castles in the air in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Castles in the air in the lexicon of international film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for castles in the air . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2011 (PDF; test number: 129 417 V).
- ↑ Brief review of castles in the air (2008). In: film service. Online in cinOmat (access only for subscribers).
- ↑ Castles in the air . In: Cinema . Retrieved July 13, 2015.