Monday, November 12, 2007

Silvia Prieto (1999)

Synopsis (spoilers): Silvia works at a restaurant. She quits her job and gets another one of handing over soap samples to street passers-by. She befriends Brite, who is in this job too. Brite starts dating Marcelo, Silvia's ex-husband. Brite sets Silvia up with Gabriel, Brite's ex-husband. Silvia buys a canary. She asked for a silent one but gets a singing one instead. One day it stops singing and Silvia is upset about it. Garbuglia, another friend of Gabriel's, is dating Marta through a TV show. Gabriel gets arrested for smoking hemp. Brite gets pregnant. Gabriel is upset about his old nickname "lamp shade". Silvia is obsessed about the existence of namesakes of herself. She finds one out on the phonebook and calls her. They meet. She is displeased with sharing her name with others. One day she loses her purse containing all her documents. At the police station, when asked about her name she answers "Luisa Ciccone". This is the name she will use from then on.

Appraisal: It's similar in style to the TV sitcom "Seinfeld" except without interesting characters or anything funny, which is to say it's rather pointless.

Rating: 26

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