Beautiful Youth

(Hermosa Juventud)

Jaime Rosales / Spain / 2014 / 102 min
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Spanish with English subtitles

With Ingrid García-Jonsson, Carlos Rodríguez

Carlos (Rodríguez) and Natalia (García-Jonsson) are a young Spanish couple who have been together for over two years. They drift along with ambition-less lethargy, picking up odd jobs and trying to keep each other happy, but circumstances change when Natalia becomes pregnant.

The naturalistic film charts the first few years of their little girl’s life and is, for the most part, a straightforward look at the shifting dynamic between Carlos and Natalia. Art house auteur Jaime Rosales presents this slice-of-life drama with compassion and honesty, ultimately presenting a grueling study of the unemployment crisis endemic to the youth in Spain. As the years pass, Natalia is confronted with the realities of her options, and must contend with the difficulties of finally growing up.

About the Director
After receiving a degree in Business Economics from ESADE, his devotion to film was fostered when he won a scholarship in 1996 to study film at the prestigious International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in Havana and then at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney. Since 2000 he has developed all his projects as a director with his production company Fresdeval Films. His films are about our inability to communicate with each other, the complexity of the family universe and violence that bursts unexpectedly into everyday life. His filmography includes The Hours of the Day– Cannes Festival 2003. Directors’ Fortnight FIPRESCI International Critics’ Award; Solitary Fragments– Cannes Festival 2007. Un Certain Regard; Bullet in the Head- San Sebastián Film Festival 2008. In Competition FIPRESCI International Critics’ Award; and The Dream and The Silence – Cannes Festival 2012. Directors’ Fortnight,
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