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An eclectic mix of The Matrix, The Game and Groundhog's Day, this Spanish import was the winner of the Grand Prix award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. And if you've seen any Japanese psychological thrillers lately, you'll know exactly why.
Director Alejandro Amenábar, who co-wrote the script with Mateo Gil, casts Eduardo Noriega as César, a handsome, well-to-do bachelor that prides himself on never bedding the same girl twice. That is, until he meets Sofía (Penélope Cruz, The Hi-Lo Country). The trouble is that his previous conquest, Nuria (Najwa Nimri, Lovers of the Arctic Circle) is a bit of a wacko, continually stalking César and eventually disfiguring his pretty-boy face in an automobile accident/suicide attempt.
But is any of it real? César repeatedly wakes up to a world that is slightly different than that of the previous day. Was there really an accident? Is there really a Sofía? Were doctors really able to reconstruct César's face? You'll have to see it to find out, and even then you may not even know. It's tough to follow and the subtitles don't help. But it is sufficiently strange to whet this boy's appetite. (1:50 - R for nudity, strong sexuality, language and some violence – In Spanish with English subtitles)
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