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Film · 2018

Casi 40

starring Carolina África and Vito Sanz

  • 1 h 27 min
  • Comedy · Romance
  • Spain
  • 4.9 Users3 votes

Synopsis

The return of the winner Goya director David Trueba after 'Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados', is 'Casi 40', a romantic comedy that competes at the Malaga International Film Festival in the Official Feature Film Section.

Starring Lucía Jiménez ('The two sides of the bed', 2005) and Fernando Ramallo ('Sexykiller', 2008), with Carolina África and Vito Sanz.

'Almost 40' tells a modest tour of concerts in the Iberian Spanish geografic, which reunites two young friends. She, successful singer, already retired from the scene. He, who survives as a seller of cosmetic products, intends to relaunch the musical career of his adolescent love.

The essentials

Runtime
87 min1 hour and 27 minutes
How long is Casi 40?
1 hour and 27 minutes (87 minutes).
Who is in Casi 40?
It stars Carolina África and Vito Sanz.
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Reviews

All 2 reviews
4.9 3 votes

What the critics say

  • El PeriódicoOlga Pereda Auntenthic Cinema. A song to the bookstores, the small cities, the melancholy and the abyss that supposes to turn 40 years and to verify that the life is not what you had waited for. Read
  • FotogramasBeatriz Martínez Sometimes the relationship between the characters is too artificial (...) The best: The return of Lucía Jiménez and that monologue that elevates her to the interpretive heaven. And the romanticism… Read

Soundtrack

All 5 songs
  1. Probablemente esto sea amorLucía Jiménez Spotify
  2. MiedoLucía Jiménez
  3. Despertarme contigoLucía Jiménez, Jorge Jiménez Spotify
  4. Casi 40Lucía Jiménez

Trivia

  • The return of the protagonist couple

    Fernando Ramallo and Lucía Jiménez meet again in the film, having starred more than 20 years before 'La Buena Vida', David Trueba's debut feature, which brings them back together in the film playing adult characters that seem to come from this previous film.

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