Bajo la Rosa

Spanish directors have given a huge leap in the past 10/15 years in regards to movies, especially the Thriller genre. Hollywood has a steady rival in Spainwood!

Great photography, simple but extremely original and well developed plots, excellent actings and absolute tense moments make this, along with several other Spanish thrillers, a great and pleasurable movie to watch.

Not advancing much of the story, a family's daughter disappears and a stranger seems to be the lead to bring her home. However, things won't be as easy as they seem, and a lot of uncomfortable moments will pop out like popcorn, one after another. Yes! This movie intends to be uncomfortably macabre; on purpose. And while we'd swear never to agree with the scenes before us, we'd never knew we'd be so close to aprove them in the end! Worth a try for thriller lovers.

I wasn't expecting much from Bajo la Rosa as, at the time I saw it, it was only rated 6.3 on IMDb. Was it an intense film? Yep. Everyone played their parts with great ferocity. Even though the film and pacing were stagey in parts, it still held my interest.

I gotta admit, though, that there was some predictability to the outcome of Bajo la Rosa. If you've seen enough films, it practically telegraphed where it was headed.

That said, what kept the movie from being a run of the mill kidnap film were the trials and tribulations of the family whose child was kidnapped. Plus, the antagonist was devilishly wicked. Recommended.

Sure, this is a chef d'oeuvre. The scenario is of a rare quality, and the actor's play deserves such a compliment. Bajo la Rosa is somewhere between "Theorem" of Pier Paolo Pasolini, and "Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie" of Luis Bunuel. Bajo la Rosa retrieves the complexity and the mastership of the times when great european masters were able to make true Art on screen. Besides the depicts of the lies that lurk behind a model family life, the author drives the characters toward a surrealistic level : the mysterious visitor of the night acts as the angel of Pasolini, and the familly members are progressively extracted from the daily reality to a nightmare that could be the gates of a Doomsday...

Very good plot and excellent performances. The soundtrack could have added another star, as well as photography. For those who like films that portray the reality, this is a must-see film. The end took away his last star .. 7/10 a movie to watch!

Der Film beginnt mit der Entführung eines Mädchens, aber dieses ist nur der Anfang einer spannenden Story, um das Leben einer Familie auf überraschendste Weise infrage zu stellen, ein Wirklich tolles Drehbuch. Was der Regisseur mit einer Handvoll Darsteller und als Schauplatz nur ein Haus gezaubert hat ist der Wahnsinn, vor allem wenn man bedenkt, dass es sein Erstling ist. Mich hat die Story von Anfang an gepackt und bis zum Ende war der Film wirklich Spannend. Die Schauspieler verdienen ein großes Lob vor allem Ramiro Blas fand ich einfach super, was er allein durch seinen Blick hier Schaft ist der Wahnsinn, dazu kommt ein toller Soundtrack. Ein Film den ich nur weiterempfehlen kann.

Von mir 8/10