Porque "Todas las canciones hablan de mi".
Pelicula de Jonàs Trueba
Espana 2010
107 min
I am pretty sure that there is only one interrogation in your mind right now: what is it about? Instinctively, you're probably seduced by the thought that this film might be some other narcissistic film about love and separation, due to its self-centered title ? Well, this isn't far, but because it is not exactly what it is, this film - that I discovered thanks to A.R - is a wonder, a bizarre but oh so pleasant trip to life.
Ramiro (Oriol Vila), a poet in his late twenties, wanders in Madrid, thinking about his only love, Andrea (Barbara Lennie), who left him to enjoy life and experiment new things - the letter she writes to him to let go of their story, which happens to be a quote from a writer she likes, is simply entirely true, honest, and touching. Lazy, he doesn't try much to improve his poetry and works in a bookshop with his uncle. At night, he meets with friends in bars, goes dancing and flirts with a different girl each time to forget about his pain and ease his sadness.
However, memories of architecture student Andrea are everywhere. They even meet again to share a coffee, a laugh, a kiss, a night together, which makes the whole healing process impossible for Ramiro. Because even if the poet can enjoy sex with ex-schoolmates, strangers and beautiful women, the one he really loves is Andrea.
The pleasures found in this film are undefinable somehow. The retro aspect of it is touching, well used - and gives us a wonderful and lighted up view of the city of Madrid, which is shown for one of the first times as the extraordinary city that she is. Dialogues are funny and clever at the same time. The soundtrack is very interestingly used. And characters exist, over all, without a lie, without a temptation of trying to draw things with a perfect and dishonest line. They are self-centered and neurotic, but God, they're so representative of a generation : the twenty-something generation. And it feels good to be a witness of such a powerful mise en scene of these people !
Sometimes a reminder of some of Despleschin's work, but much more humble and lyric, EVERY SONG IS ABOUT ME announces one simple thing: that Trueba will have to be followed closely because of his human qualities, his sensitivity and his numerous qualities in filmmaking.
(he was nominated for Best New Director at the Goya Awards, and it's a shame he didn't win!)
MJ.
