Synopsis
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
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Cast
- Romain DurisXavier
- Audrey TautouMartine
- Kelly ReillyWendy
- Cécile de FranceIsabelle
- Cristina BrondoSoledad
- Federico D'AnnaAlessandro
- Barnaby MetschuratTobias
- Christian PaghLars
- Martine DemaretLa mère de Xavier
- Javier CorominaJuan
Recommendations
- 90
Washington Post
In almost every way that I can think of, L'Auberge Espagnole is a perfect movie... It is a film that feels alive. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Exhilarating comedy...Its warm, embracing spirit is refreshing in these divisive times. - 80
The A.V. Club
Not since Lukas Moodysson's "Together" has communal living been depicted with such warmth and feeling for the entire ensemble. - 75
Miami Herald
Best of all, L'Auberge Espagnol uses Barcelona as a veritable character, a picturesque, vivacious place where, as one character puts it, ''No one eats before 10 p.m." - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is as light and frothy as a French comedy, which is what it is, a reminder that Cedric Klapisch also directed "When the Cat's Away" (1996). - 70
L.A. Weekly
The characters are well-observed and mercifully unrepresentative of their home countries. (Kevin Bishop is laugh-out-loud funny as a clueless British visitor who shows up to offend more than one national sensibility.) - 60
The New Republic
The pace is fairly hectic, which it needs to be. (Mustn't linger on bubbles.) The performances are warm, especially the tender Judith Godrèche as the doctor's wife. - 50
New York Post
At times, writer-director Cedric Klapsich seems to be trying to copy the frestyle of "Amelie," but L'Auberge achieves only a fraction of its charm.
