Solas [DVD]

I love this film. I saw it once and then bought it for both myself and my daughter because of the profound yet simple message of the life altering nature of being willing to be there for another human being. I know that when a woman is pregnant and considering abortion, that even ONE person supporting the woman to have the child, can make the difference between her aborting the child or keeping the child. This is been shown to be true, and my daughter has volunteered at a pregnancy center and shared this very truth with me. That is why I am so moved by this wonderful film about a damaged struggling woman, who grows from being with her loving supportive mother, and then benefits from having the neighbor come through for her in an unexpected way. It is heart warming.

This is a great foreign film! The characters are flawed yet strong and this film proves that just sometimes you get a second chance and can pick your family members. The main character has a troubled relationship with both parents but loves her mother in spite of what she sees as weakness. Her father is another story and in the end the main character gets to finally have a father figure that she and her mother both would have loved. I loved this film perhaps the most because I myself have learned over the years that what we're born into and what we would have picked are vastly different. The acting is strong and believable. I recommend this to everyone.

This is a somber and troubling film, about an angry, single woman in her 30s, whose mother comes to live with her while the older woman's husband recovers from surgery in a hospital. The mother is long-suffering and patient, rarely objecting to her daughter's bitter outbursts, rudeness, and drinking, while not yielding to her pessimism and anger. It is a collision of opposites until the daughter discovers that she is pregnant by an unsympathetic long-haul truck driver. A gray-haired widower with a German shepherd who lives in the same building completes the set of characters, and we wait with considerable patience as the resolution we yearn for eventually plays itself out and brings a measure of happiness for at least some of them. This is a thoughtful film, painful to watch at times, with fine performances, illustrating E. M. Forster's belief that people would be better off if they would only "connect."

As a Spanish student, I enjoy Spanish-language films (with subtitles, of course). I saw this movie in Spanish class and enjoyed it so much that I wanted my own copy. The three main characters, Maria, her mother, and the neighbor, are endearing and you can really connect with them. The mother is the central figure -- strong, stoic. Quiet but determined, she keeps reaching out to her prickly, hostile daughter. She makes friends with the elderly neighbor in his solitude. Her introduction of the neighbor to the daughter just before she returns to her country village changes the daughter's life.

"Solas" is -- hands down -- an outstanding film that paints a realistic portrait of some of the contemporary issues in Spanish culture. This version of the DVD, however, is totally worthless. For one, the presentation is a poorly mastered 4:3, with a large, distracting black bar running along one side of the screen. The sound is nothing special (2 channel), and it is impossible to turn off the subtitles, which is annoying if you speak Spanish and don't want to look at them. There are no extras beyond a few trailers. Overall, this DVD does not do this incredible film justice, especially when you factor in its relatively high cost. This is an unfortunate delivery system for a brilliant film.

This is unusually fine written Spanish film. Anyone interested in foreign movies ought to check it out. There is no boring moment from the beginning to the end.

Good movie

Muy buena

El vendedor encantador y el DVD en perfectas condiciones.

I'd agree wholeheartedly with the other reviewers of this film. It is dark, and in parts quite depressing. The ending is uplifting, the film makes it plain that even if opportunities lost cannot be recaptured, second best may be good enough and happiness can come in unexpected forms and from unexpected places.One word of warning, the subtitling is pretty naff. The letters have no black background or edging, and are practically invisible in some scenes.Even so, it's well worth watching.

La vi en los cines Renoir cuando se estrenó, es una obra maestra.En blu-ray está bien. La he buscado durante años.

I bought this film several years back and loved it, lost it, so bought again. Set in the city, the film confronts the issues of female suppression and the conflicts of outdated, yokel ideas and modern culture. It probes to the very depths of human weaknesses and inner strengths. I have shown this to my A level Spanish students who sit in silence throughout, totally drawn into the story and the characters who are portrayed. Very moving, disturbing and upsetting at times, but ultimately uplifting.. I would definitely recommend a look.

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