B-Happy, j'ai peur de rien

I really enjoyed this movie. It gives you a glimpse of the poor, rural and less known Chile. The actors in the movie are very credible and give you a sense of very "ordinary" people. I watched the movie in Spanish and even their accent/dialect feels genuine. Manuela Martelli (Kathy) has the power to absorb you completely in the story and her performance justifies well the various international awards for best actress. In the story you see Kathy as a very strong, independent woman who has learned not to fear anything. She repeatedly says in the movie "ya no le tengo miedo a nada" (I no longer fear anything) and she adds her unsettling/scary new experiences to her list of things she does not fear. She is a child forced to grow really fast and to face circumstances that will break many of us--yes she relies on her inner strength to overcome her circumstances. At the same time you are able to see Kathy's vulnerability and her longing for love and affection. This is a drama with strong scenes that at times made me uncomfortable--but nevertheless a very well done film.

This comment is for those movie people that have not try to watch a foreign film yet. This is a very good film from Gonzalo Justiniano. He brings a story that looks real, with real situation, and real characters. Characters that you have to give them a chance to show you that life is life as is. This might just be happening next door to you and you do not know it.

Although the cinematography looks and feels like we are in a place where the sun rays hit differently, it hits you with a new fresh look at life. The real life we do not want to face sometimes.

This movie has so many characters that each one of them give you a touch of life that makes it rich on the screen.

I was able to enjoy this movie very, very, very much. Give this movie a chance. Give yourself a break into a new perspective in life. Real life is out there and Gonzalo Justiniano was able to put it on a film.

Lorene Prieto(Kathy's mother) gives a powerful performance and Manuela Martelli (Kathy) is the greatest.

Rent this movie. You will not be disappointed. Give real life a chance.

Life is simple sometimes. But you have to live it.

Cut! Print! That's a rap!

Some times I don't follow these foreign films that well but I have to say that Manuela really played the part. I would love to see her in an American film......she can speak the whole movie in Spanish if she wants I don't care. She will grow up to be a fine woman and actress if she should continue with acting. Maybe it's me alone but what ever age she is at the time of the film she can portray a very mature young lady in the film. I'm glad that HBO showed B-Happy and I was able to view it in it's entirety. I don't know the language that well but if there were no sub-titles I probably could have followed the film very easily and understood it.

Justiniano gave us a real one this time. This movie is shocking, frightening, and sometimes depressing, but the main character Martelli (Kathy) is always looking, without any fear, the way to survive the tragedy that the life can be for someones. Located in Valparaiso, the landscape are beautiful and the different rural locations are just like Chile really is. The director gave us a realistic view of Valparaiso, not the glam side of the city, but the dark and gloomy part of the harbor, that Valparaiso is. This movie is a great opportunity to entrance to the chilean movies, and I think that this movie it's a must seen for every chilean. Because you can recognize and watch a very accurate point of view of the people of the lately '90.

If you are a lover of good performances and simple histories, this is a real must-see movie. It is a very sad history, but in the same time it is real history that maybe happens all days in different parts of the world. The promising debut of Manuela Martelli open a new era in latinamerica actresses, she supports almost perfect the movie on her shoulders with a unique charisma not seen in a chilean actress for many years. The movie fits perfect in Manuela, her baby face and sometimes inexpressive way of acting are the perfect combination for a terrible but powerful history. Her performance is brilliant, and i am sure that she will be a important cinestar very soon.