Se arrienda

Fuguet is not a good writer. His stories are not good. He has no style, though i cannot get rid of each of the characters that appear in his stories. Same thing with "Se Arrienda". Braun and Saavedra perform as awful as one can expect of them. Cruz-Coke is not that bad (he was good at "dos hermanos". He was outstanding at "largo viaje del día hacia la noche", he was so bad at "Señorita Julia" -which was directed by Braun-, and please let us forget, "Enigma"). Evidently, Francisca Lewin and Ignacia Allamand are the one making the best effort here. The story is simple. Those of you who know by heart "una Vida modelo" will recognize some of the characters. But even if you feel something is missing here, that is not well solved or settled, the film still works, as Fuguet's books. The music is outstanding! And there are some details that one can forgive because of the needed marketing, as Villouta's (each day in a more Viñuela way) appearing talking about nothing. Fuguet is great. Don't know why really, but his stories and "se arrienda" worth the while, definitely.

Dude... This movie identify most of the creative minds in actual Chile, is the image of what new Chile "lolosaurio" is made,the actual creative mind, the new mind involve, is what is really involve, here is crappy edition work but the story... marks a difference, the generational scene..., every professional,every passion 5 years university geek who believes in somethings and followed to the end, but surrender to the merchandise power of money and recognition should see this movie, we are week and we have our needs, at the end you surrender to maturity of the being! to being a mature person who have needs... a new horizon a new world in front our nose and we have to recognize it. this is an inspirational movie... this is a take out of the hole movie!

This movie is total rubbish!!! Honestly. This is Fuget's first time as director, and I really hope the last one. His script here is much worse than his novels: frivolous, inexpressive, irrelevant. His direction is superficial, plenty of unconnected scenes with no sense of rhythm at all. Minutes and minutes of pointless, affected (and definitively too long) chats are filmed with a poor sense of cinematography. The product of this childish Tarantino's wannabe gives you time even to go to the toilet without missing anything important. Its framing is as bad as its photography. The soundtrack is predictable, plenty of hyper-known 1980s songs; absolutely no contribution to popular music culture. Light direction is deficient: in some night scenes you simply can't recognise faces or tell who's talking; in others, light is so bright that actresses look like corpses and actors like Dracula. The whole thing is pathetic. I gave two stars just to the few good actors performing here (Cruz-Coke, Lewin, Saavedra). Half additional star could go for Ignacia Allamand's nice-nice bottom.

It's a pity that this movie has came back to Chile empty handed from the ELCINE FESTIVAL here in Peru. But if Alberto Fuguet happens to read this comment I would like him to know that his movie has a desperate fan in this overcrowded city. My favorite movies before "Se Arrienda" were: The Deer Hunter, Barry Lyndon and Adaptation. Se Arrienda has taken my breath away. In my opinion this movie is beautiful. Fuguet must be proud to have made this. "La Elisa" is a gorgeous character. And "Gastón Fernandez" is just so beautifully simple an complicated at the same time... He is beautiful, perfect. Congratulagions Fuguet. I would love to write this in Spanish, though.

I don't know exactly how to comment this movie 'cause i've been waiting for it from a long time ago. I was afraid that all my expectations were fake and that the movie was a bad one, but all can i say is that i really like it. I'm not gonna tell the story 'cause others guys already done, but i can tell you that is a deep look to many of us, like Gaston(Luciano Cruz-Coke) who is really scared about the future, the way his life is going to turnout,how to make his dreams come true, become the one that he wants to be and not the one who they want him to be. I believe that something happens to many of us, in different levels. Gastón speaks through the music and through the images of "las hormigas asesinas" (an already classic history for the ones who have read Alberto Fuguet's Books). Is the story of a reconciliation with yourself and your world, of knowing yourself and what you want, is a story of many of us that doesn't always know how the tomorrow is going to be, that has a believe. Go to see this movie, enjoy it, "it's a long story".