Extraterrestrial
Extraterrestre
Spain
2011
90 Min
Color
2.35:1
Spanish
Synopsis
When strangers Julio and Julia wake up together, groggy and hung-over from the night before, the last thing they are expecting is to discover that an alien invasion has taken place. In Extraterrestre, Nacho Vigalondo melds science fiction, romance and black comedy in his latest feature about the darkly fascinating aspects of the human psyche. –TIFF
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Nacho Vigalondo
Cabezón de la Sal, 1977. Nacho’s short film 7:35 de la mañana (7.35 In The Morning), which he wrote, directed and starred in, not only won more than 60 national and international awards but was also nominated as best short film by the European Film Academy and the Oscar Academy Awards in Hollywood. His first feature film, Los Cronocrímenes (Timecrimes), is a sci-fi story about time travel. He is currently combining his film projects with the production of advertisements and various screenwriting and acting tasks for theatre, radio and television. —kimuak.com
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Rabbit Room
26May12
Vigalondo transplants romantic comedy behavior into an insular situation between four characters during an alien invasion, and the result is brilliant. Really, really funny, inventive and original.
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What if you slept through the alien invasion?
By Michael Harbour on March 4, 2012
What if you slept through the alien invasion?
I mean, you hooked up with a hot girl so the night was well spent. Probably. Neither of you remember for sure how far it went. But you did wake… read review
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