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
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
Something like the rom-com child of Burn After Reading and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
It is hilarious and it is smart and it is so very simple and unpredictable in it's amazing but limited premise that it only reassured my love for all things Vigalondo. And I'm glad he didn't act cos he's not very good at it.
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What if you slept through the alien invasion?
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