75 días

I was lucky to get to see 75 Días at the Malaga festival, I say lucky because the tickets sold out very quickly, I wanted to see it, I was pleasantly surprised to be the director's first film, for his daring in telling a story that no one had dared to speak. Despite its 2 hours duration, it wasn't long because it kept me tense all the time.

If you know the story, it leaves you touched when you leave the cinema and makes you think, especially because of what those girls can go through, which must be said that despite being unknown actresses, for now, they do it masterfully and you feel the terror that happened, but without going into the morbidity of what they actually suffered. It is a film with many characters, who, together with the best-known actors, are very good. We think we know everything about this story but the ending will surprise you.

Without a doubt, a brave film that will not leave you indifferent.

I saw this movie at the London Film Festival and I was impressed.

It was a case no Spaniard would ever forget. In 1992, three teenage girls from Alcàsser, Valencia, aged 14-15, disappeared one night after hitchhiking to reach a nightclub in the nearby town of Picassent, only for their bodies to be discovered two months later. Nearly thirty years after the case of the Alcàsser girls, Marc Romero revisits the story that shook a nation due to the extreme brutality of the crimes, the highly criticised police investigation, and the extensive, venal media coverage that trailed the story. With documentary-style rigour, the film steers clear of gory sensationalism or melodrama, focusing instead on the incompetence and lack of empathy with which the case was handled.

Marc Romero surprises in his first film with a more than acceptable job.

And something very important in this story, he has done it with tremendous respect.

It was not easy to tell it without falling at some point into bad taste or morbidity. And he succeeds in spades. Respect prevails over everything.

The technical work has pleasantly surprised me. Atmosphere, times, rhythm, photography, sound... All gratifying. I don't know why I expected something of lower quality.

Very well done script.

Nothing easy to structure due to the complexity of the story and all the inexplicable data that surround it.

The performances are mostly good. Removing some secondary character, everyone has done an excellent job and in some cases magnificent.

Brutal "True Crime".

The plot is very intriguing but the majority of the actors are doing their job very poorly affecting the movie badly. They are acting like in a cheap soap opera especially the two fathers and the cop and in way that seems forced and robotic.

Towards the end I felt that the director rushed to finish it even though he seemed to take his time during the movie. Because of that I got pretty bored and could not understand what was happening.

I would not suggest someone to watch this film on account of all the above. There are way better Spanish crime films that include good acting and a suspenseful plot.

Remarkable recreation of the infamous Alcásser crime, which shocked Spanish society in the 90s. The film is remarkable for various aspects: the fluidity of the narrative, with an intelligent use of ellipsis; the appropriate grayish tone; the sobriety in the treatment, away from the harshness, and the acting work, with the magnificent Ana Fernández at the head of the cast. As its title suggests, 75 days focuses on the investigations carried out following the disappearance of the ill-fated Miriam, Toñi and Desireé, combining objectivity with speculation, but without this becoming sensational. Second film by Marc Romero, a director to be reckoned with.