2019 · drama · romance
End of the Century
Directed by Lucio Castro1h 24m2019
When Ocho, an Argentine poet on vacation in Barcelona, spots Javi from his balcony, the attraction is subtle but persistent. After a missed connection on the beach, a third chance encounter escalates to a seemingly random hookup. But are they part of each other’s histories, or maybe even destinies?
Our read: End of the Century (2019) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, inventive drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- gentle
- intimate
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