I have long been going to see the film of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose films I like, made by him on his own script in Spain, Todos lo saben (in translation – Everyone knows this), 2018. It turned out to be a crime drama.
Laura (Penelope Cruz) comes with her teenage daughter and young son from Argentina, where she has lived
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I have long been going to see the film of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose films I like, made by him on his own script in Spain, Todos lo saben (in translation – Everyone knows this), 2018. It turned out to be a crime drama. Laura (Penelope Cruz) comes with her teenage daughter and young son from Argentina, where she has lived for a long time, to Spain for her younger sister’s wedding. My husband couldn’t come with me this time. Her old friend and former lover Paco (Javier Bardem) is also present at the wedding, along with his wife. The daughter quickly meets a local guy and has fun with him, then suddenly complains that she did not feel well, and goes to bed, the girl actually had health problems. Arriving after a while, Laura discovers that her daughter has disappeared, and on her bed are clippings from old newspapers, which talk about the abduction and death of a girl many years ago. After some time, Laura receives a message saying that her daughter has been kidnapped, and is ordered not to go to the police, threatening the death of the girl. And then the story begins to spin, which will stir up old grievances and claims, old secrets will emerge (however, they were not for everyone, as it turns out). Attracted by the husband of one of the daughters, a retired police officer, having read the history, suggests that, judging by the handwriting, criminals should be sought in the immediate environment, primarily among relatives. And then he will be right, but during this time a lot of things will happen, and the husband of Laura Alejandro (Ricardo Darin), who for some reason will be sure that God will help and a daughter will be found. True, the girl will be released with the help of money, ahead of the participants of the events waiting for more new discoveries, but how it will continue to unfold, we will not know. Asghar Farhadi, of course, is a good director, I can’t say how accurately he portrayed Spanish realities, because I’m not familiar with them, the actors also play good, the film is also quite good, although I liked his Iranian films better.
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