Clandestinos

A decent story of love, with few nice sparkles. A teenager, with two mates, escapes from jail . His purpose is precise and some moving - to impress his boyfriend. Some violence, some sensuality , some houmor and a simple story, with few dramatic and few sweet moments working just well.

Israel Rodriguez knows, very well, to explore his character and, in good measure, this is the main virtue of film.

Because it is only the story of a kind of honest young guy looking for fix the past , seduced by paternal figure and making not the most inspired choices.

The result, just a nice film for precise way to remind simple but significant things defining the univers of an age.

A story well told, easy to follow and that gives a different perspective on controversial topics: immigrants, young offenders, terrorism, homosexuality, pedophilia, male prostitution, marginalization, police corruption etc. It addresses these issues with delicacy and intelligence. Perhaps most striking of these film is the way it is capable of leading the plot for controversial issues, walking in the slums of Madrid, with some sinister characters that are mixed with other more humanized, all a bit like life itself. The film, even when it is notorious its low budget, is very well done and manages to keep watch following it. It's almost perfect from A to Z, except for one last scene over at the end. Highly recommended.

Thriller? Drama? No way! This is a quirky, totally unbelievable but totally charming little romantic comedy about an extremely dumb, naive but earnest gay kid who wants to impress his middle-aged terrorist ex-lover by blowing up a flagpole in Madrid, but he gets just about everything wrong.

If you watch this expecting a thriller, you'll be badly disappointed. If you take it seriously AT ALL, you'll be badly disappointed, especially at the end. But if you let Israel Rodriguez's devastatingly sexy and sweet and clueless Xavi get under your skin and work his magic on your imagination you'll have as good a time watching this delightful little movie as I did.

I had seen Rodriguez before only in a short called Doors Cut Down, when he was about 17; it was okay, but not great. Man, has he aged well! The long hair is incendiary, and he's turned from a cute, skinny kid into one of the sexiest men on earth. On top of that, he's smart and he's a great actor. Where are the American actors like him? Answer: There aren't any.

I found the characters very difficult to believe, overacted and tremendously stereotypical.

It seems like the person who wrote this movie has no contact whatsoever with the realities it seeks to portray.

The screenplay has mistakes all over (I won't go in detail): many questions remain unanswered. The way the characters behave in different situations is incoherent. The situations and scenes are plain unbelievable (in short, the teenagers get away with just about anything, as if the police didn't exist and the people around them were blind).

Don't waste your time watching this film.

This is a curios movie about love, homosexuality and (basque) terrorism. All these issues are treated somehow lightheartedly but still with feelings. I get the vibe of a movie made for young people. I watched it years ago and I enjoyed it but it's probably not for everyone.