Los amores cobardes (2018)

Los amores cobardes: Directed by Carmen Blanco. With Blanca Parés, Ignacio Montes, Anna Coll Miller, Tusti de las Heras. Eva is a young and independent cartoonist who returns to Málaga (Spain) to spend the summer holidays. There she meets her mother and Gema, her best friend. What she does not expect is to meet again with Rubén, her old boyfriend, with whom she has not had any contact since he broke off all relations with her unexpectedly, without farewells, six years ago. Eva will have to think about whether to give Rubén a second chance while she remembers her past, as well as the reason why the young man decided to get away from her.

“Eva, a woman in her twenties is a successful graphic designer and a visual artist in search of recognition. She goes back to her birthplace, the Andalusian coastal city of Málaga for a vacation. She rekindles (to a degree) her uneasy relationship with her mother and reconnects with her adolescence friends, especially with her best friend Gema. She also faces (by chance or by choice) Rubén, a member of her former circle of friends, with whom she had a friendship/love liaison that ended abruptly for no clear reason.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI liked this film. It touches upon subjects of human interest such as the intersection of friendship and love, the difficulties of commitment, the awkward passage from post-teenager to adult and the search for a place of oneu0026#39;s choice in society. I did not particularly care for the music, but this is probably a generational opinion. The movie depends critically on acting, and the protagonists (Blanca Parés, Ignacio Montes) rise brilliantly to the challenge. The rest of the cast is also excellent. Cinematography by Jacobo Herrero fits the action perfectly.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is the the first feature movie by director Carmen Blanco, who also wrote the script. A very auspicious debut. I hope to see more of her work soon.”