Life Marks
2003 film
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Life Marks[1] (Spanish: La vida mancha) is a 2003 Spanish drama film directed by Enrique Urbizu, who has also written the screenplay along with Michel Gaztambide, and starring José Coronado, Juan Sanz and Zay Nuba.
- Enrique Urbizu
- Michel Gaztambide
- Gerardo Herrero
- Fernando Victoria de Lecea
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| Spanish | La vida mancha |
| Directed by | Enrique Urbizu |
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| Cinematography | Carles Gusi |
| Music by | Mario de Benito |
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| Distributed by | Alta Films |
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Running time | 107 min |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
Fito and his wife Juana live in the suburbs of Madrid. He drives a truck for a living and has a gambling problem. Daily, he loses money playing poker. One day, his older brother, Pedro who had spent his last years living in London comes back to his homeland and visits Fito's family. This visit will change the life of every member of the family.
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Reception
Reviewing for Fotogramas, Fernando Méndez-Leite rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering it a "strange and evocative approach to an intimate story", highlighting the "elegant" mise-en-scène by Urbizu, the boldness of the proposal and Coronado's performance to be the best about the film.[4]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed it to be a "delicately impressive, offbeat drama", writing about the "commanding, impassive presence" of Coronado's performance, contrasting with the exuding "freshness and enthusiasm" by Sanz and Nuba.[1]
