Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Amorosa Soledad (2008)

English Title: Lovely Loneliness.

Young Soledad "wants to be alone" after her rocker boyfriend dumped her. She works at a decoration shop with a homosexual male couple (it seems all three are co-owners). She is a hypochondriac, and already a familiar face at the local hospital. A new guy becomes interested in her, an architect of very good manners. She is initially reluctant to commit to a new relationship.

Very correctly made, albeit a little dull, little character study which benefits from a phenomenal leading performance (her radiant smile at the end is practically worth the price of admission, or the pay-TV fee, depending on which is your case).

Two notes on the English title: "amorosa" means "loving", or "who has love to give", and not "lovely". And, although "Soledad" is both the name of the protagonist and the Spanish word for "loneliness", I think they should not have translated it.

Rating: 51

No comments: