BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

tolgaozkurt The film crew has shot a poem rather than a movie. You would either love or hate this piece; there is most probably no middle ground. I am personally in the former camp. The story itself is as familiar as an ancient Greek tragedy: namely, the sinfully intense love and the revengeful fate. The images are so captivating that makes you feel the characters exist out of space-time. This is highlighted when the heroin encounters "herself" more than a few times throughout the film. If you love poetry in images, then you will not easily forget the beautiful scenes and that primordial sadness arising from the unavoidable fate.

MartinHafer "The Bride" is a film version by Paula Ortiz of the classic Federico Garcia Lorca tragic play "Blood Wedding". However, unlike the original play, the order of the story had been changed significantly and begins at the end of the story. Because of this, the audience is both confused and knows that some sort of murderous event has taken place. I found it helpful to read through a synopsis of the play before watching the movie.The Bride (she is given no other name) is going to marry the Groom (he also has no other name). However, Death (disguised as a poor beggar woman) has come to the Bride and begs her not to marry unless she is truly in love with the Groom. Apparently, she is not, as she has fallen for a married man named Leonardo. But, despite this, she marries. However, during the wedding party that follows, she and Leonardo run away together, leading, naturally, to disaster.The synopsis is simple…the film is not. As I already said, the order of the story has been mixed up in Javier García Arredondo's screenplay. This decision makes this a much artsier sort of picture…though also one that is difficult at times to follow. Additionally, the picture is full of the Bride staring into space, long extended takes and slow motion cinematography. The acting is very, very slow and deliberate as well and makes the film somewhat poetic. Some may like this…as for me, I would have preferred a more direct telling of the Garcia Lorca play—especially since it, too, has a lot of symbolism. Additionally, knowing that bloodshed is coming at the very beginning of the story seems to take away from the suspense of the tale. Overall, this is a nice looking but confusing and not altogether enjoyable film. If you want a Spanish language tale of fated romance and death, I suggest you instead try the Oscar-nominated picture "The Crime of Father Amaro" ("El Crimen del Padre Amaro"). I don't love that story either, but it is less confusing and enjoyable…if a story about death and romance can be enjoyable.

markpucuchu Clebras and Rgfraiz should probably stick to blood and gore Hollywood made crap and the ever overrated Tarantino. This is a beautiful movie which speaks many idioms and yet no particular language because you have to decipher it yourself and it relies on one's own experience of life, love, desire, valid or repressed and forbidden to associate with this movie and its author. And with the book in particular. Every single choice whether it be the location(the DRY WHITE desert) to the houses which look more like ruins to the underlying stories. There is more than just a blood feud between them and the story with La Novia's mother which none of the above have understood and the reluctance of Le Novio's mother for her son to marry this particular woman......etc. There is just an immensity of codes and ciphers that need to be heard, seen and understood to appreciate this film,i.e CULTURE. Which to my despair seems to be more and more lacking nowadays. Better watched and understood in Spanish, including the dialectic words used. Or read the book before watching the film. Agree, not for everyone. But good movie. And Inma Cuesta is so good.

rgfraiz Do not waste your time with this film. I saw it on an internet search, being cited as an award-winning film in Spain, I decided to take a chance on it. Bad idea. The story is utterly confused, full of metaphors and annoying music throughout the film. I was in doubt if I was not watching a Disney musical. The story cites a previous family conflict, which resulted in deaths, but there is no explanation of what actually occurred. Groom's mother makes several references to these deaths, but does not specify what happened. Another curious fact is that the characters has almost no names, which makes the understanding of history. The place where it was filmed even looks like a location in Spain. The characters appear amid the ruins in the desert. There's no way if you need that time the story goes. The desert environment seems to have been taken from the film Mad Max. One may wonder how a film like this could have been awarded in Europe.