Los Amantes Pasajeros

This week this post is about "Los Amantes Pasajeros", the new film of Pedro Almodóvar. The movie is a Spanish comedy with very famous actors like Blanca Suárez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Paz Vega, Hugo Silva, Cecilia Roth o Javier Cámara. First of all, this is a little technical guide of the movie:

Original Title: Los amantes pasajeros
Year: 2013
Duration: 90 minutes.
Country: Spain
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar
Music: Alberto Iglesias
Photography: José Luis Alcaine
Actors: Javier Cámara, Carlos Areces, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas, Raúl Arévalo, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Guillermo Toledo, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Blanca Suárez, José Luis Torrijo, José María Yazpik, Paz Vega, Laya Martí, Cote Soler, Pepa Charro, Nasser Saleh, Concha Galán, Susi Sánchez, Carmen Machi, Violeta Pérez, Bárbara Santa Cruz, María Morales, Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz.
Film Production: El Deseo S.A.
Film Genre: Comedy

The film takes place in a plane to Mexico City. During the flight, a serious breakdown causes panic on the passengers and they think that they are going to die. So they reveal the most intimate affairs of their life.

Despite of being a film directed by Pedro Almodóvar, the opinions about the movie have not been very good. The intention of the director and screenwriter from Castilla-La Mancha was to return to his roots with this film and also capture the current situation in Spain. This is very difficult for Almodóvar after having been twenty years doing other kind of movies, in the jet-set.

On the one hand, some of the reviews said that the comedy bordered on the ridiculous and it is so absurd, manufactured for the large audience. They say that the idea is not very original and the viewer might have the feeling of having seen something like this before and done better.

On the other hand, positive reviews consider it a good movie for evasion of the times that Spain is living and also quite accurately reflects the situation in the country.