Mataharis
Icíar Bollaín / Spain / 2007 / 95 min
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No other Spanish filmmaker bravely portrays the untouchable issues concerning Spanish comptemporary society better than Icíar Bollaín. Her previous powerful feature Take My Eyes won every major Goya award. This time, Mataharis has been nominated in six categories, including Best Director, Screenplay, Actor and Actress. Bollaín dives into the lives of three private investigators. Inés (Maria Vazquez) is working undercover at a corporation, ostensibly to weed out corruption but actually to report on workers’ efforts to unionize. Eva (Najwa Nimri), recently back at work after maternity leave, struggles to juggle her caseload with family life, when she accidentally discovers a secret her partner has long kept from her. Carmen (Nuria González), investigating a case of adultery, starts reflecting on her own loveless marriage. “Bollaín, a pure storyteller, has made a very complete and alive film. (The film) is an inusual magic trick’: (Jordi Costa: Diario El País)