Una studentessa francese dai capelli stretti si trasferisce in un appartamento a Barcellona con un cast di altri sei personaggi provenienti da tutta Europa. Insieme parlano la lingua interna... Leggi tuttoUna studentessa francese dai capelli stretti si trasferisce in un appartamento a Barcellona con un cast di altri sei personaggi provenienti da tutta Europa. Insieme parlano la lingua internazionale dell'amore e dell'amicizia.Una studentessa francese dai capelli stretti si trasferisce in un appartamento a Barcellona con un cast di altri sei personaggi provenienti da tutta Europa. Insieme parlano la lingua internazionale dell'amore e dell'amicizia.
- Premi
- 8 vittorie e 9 candidature totali
- Wendy
- (as Keilly Reilly)
- Isabelle
- (as Cécile De France)
- Alessandro
- (as Fédérico D'anna)
- Neus
- (as Irène Montala)
- Flamenco Teacher
- (as Paulina Galvez)
Recensioni in evidenza
Protagonist Xavier (Romain Duris) is moving from Paris (a city against its type here-repressive and decidedly unromantic) to Barcelona for a year in order to qualify for a business job that demands immediate experience in Spain. Leaving his girlfriend (Audrey Tautou) and his hippie mother behind, he witnesses love in forms his shy French persona would have never encountered, including adultery and lesbianism. That he will be different, more urbane and wise, is preordained by the decision to move; that the director wishes us to see the allegory of a polyglot Europe is all too obvious.
But the photography through the narrow streets, even in the barrios, is muscular and lyrical, especially when it takes us all to the top of the Gaudi Cathedral to survey the messy world below (Xavier eventually comments the world is `badly made').
Beyond my affection for Spain, this film reaffirms for me the salutary effect travel has on the uncertain heart. After one year on his own, Xavier is ready to make a serious decision, but not about Paris vs. Barcelona-it's whether the corporate world that started this string of events is the one he wants or the artful one in his heart. Tennyson's Ulysses says, `I cannot rest from travel.' Xavier, on the other hand, found his rest in travel.
The idea itself with all the different languages is great and gives the film an original atmosphere. There are some clichés about the countries but most of them are true! The characters could not better represent their different countries.
Having experienced "Erasmus" on myself during my exchang semester in Italy I can say that is movie is incredibly authentic. I had many experiences which were similar to the characters (except I didn't get laid as often). The movie is also quite funny yet not like all those stupid American college movies.
Finally the movie touches also some important issues like the change from student to work life.
9/10 (I may not be very objective though)
The Spanish Apartment rings especially true for me. Almost ten years ago I moved from NYC to Antwerp for one year then on to Barcelona, where I am living still. I was a bit older than the film's characters (late 20 's) but my experience was eerily similar. I lived just blocks away from their apartment, in Raval, and recognized many of the streets and locales. Myself, a Slovak girl I was dating, three male apartment mates from Bolivia, France and Italy. I made tons of expat friends from all over Europe (many of whom departed long ago) and eventually Spanish friends as well.
I'm older now and settled down but watching this, I was overwhelmed with nostalgia and wished that I could travel back in time if only to relive one of those glorious weekends.
If you've never done anything like this watching The Spanish Apartment may be the next best thing.
The Barcelona tourist office should probably pay me for this.
The main character of the film is a French student of economy Xavier. For his future carrier his is sent for one year of studying to Barcelona. In Spain it turns out that the lectures are being given in Catalonian language. That probably doesn't help the increasement of knowledge. But it helps in tightening the relationships inside the group of foreign exchange students. Especially if they rent a big flat together. There are 3 girls: English, Belgian and Spanish, as well as three boys: German, Danish and Italian. Our French guy will also get there. A year is a very long time. Long enough to get close and make friends. And get to know some European stereotypes while trying to break them apart.
Klapisch treats this special case of a process of uniting Europe with humor and without pecky didactism. He comes out of the idea that young people are everywhere just the same. They like jokes. They like to make irresponsible relationships. But they don't neglect their aspirations. The most interesting is the sum of experience of this little community. They live together in the fire of everyday tasks fighting with the surrounding reality. They are full of unusual ideas for life. Young Europeans come back to their countries to take up a life of an adult on their own. They are Europe's hope to fight the many problems of the Union. For example, the terrifying administration system. In the end they proof that not only can they communicate and make friends despite the many differences. But they also now how to live the full of life. And they won't allow taking that full of life away from them.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizThe first instalment of a trilogy written and directed by Cédric Klapisch, which follows the journey of Xavier from student to family man. This is followed by "Les poupées russes", released in 2005, and completed with "Casse-tête chinois", released in 2013.
- BlooperNext to the telephone, on the board indicating how to say a roommate is not there in many languages, the colors on the German flag are wrong. (It looks like a Belgian flag rotated 90 degrees clockwise.)
- Citazioni
Wendy: Xavier's gone to school. Okay?
Xavier's Mother: Ah, oui! Il est à la fac.
Wendy: What?
Xavier's Mother: La fac!
Wendy: LA "FUCK"?
Xavier's Mother: Yes. After fac he can telephone maman.
- Curiosità sui creditiIn the opening credits, each actor is credited along with the flag of the country where their character is from.
- ConnessioniFeatured in European confusiòn: Making-of 'L'auberge espagnole' (2002)
- Colonne sonoreL'Auberge Espagnole
Performed by Mathieu Dury (as Kouz-1) Feat Ardag
( Ardag / Loïc Dury (as L. Dury) / Mathieu Dury (as M. Dury) )
Simon Andrieux / Guillaume Dutrieux / Cyril Guiraud: Brass
Didier Combrouze: Guitar
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- 5.300.000 € (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 3.897.799 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 57.692 USD
- 23 mar 2003
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 33.272.835 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 2 minuti
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- 1.85 : 1