Synopsis
Marga is having a streak of bad luck. Through her friendship with Rosa, she tries to regain her self-confidence, but love interests again create conflict. It is while developing a relationship with a handsome gay sculptor ten years her junior: Iñaqui, that she starts to improve. However, Marga and Iñaqui go beyond friendship, but are frustrated by their limitations. Ultimately, the two may have to settle for an "impossible" love relationship, as their unique best road to happiness
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Cast
- Emma SuárezMarga
- Juan Diego BottoIñaqui
- Mirta IbarraRosa
- Rosana PastorTrini
- Manuel ManquiñaRolando
- Maite BlascoCarmen
- Àlex BrendemühlJosé
- Javier MartínCarlos
- Elena IruretaMarivi
- Alberto San JuanOscar
Recommendations
- 90
New Times (L.A.)
A thoughtful, well-acted and well-observed (though bleak) look at what some people have to put up with to get through life. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Sobrevivire has a satisfying scope and substance with an appealing blend of warmth, humor and pathos with a dash of tartness. - 70
L.A. Weekly
The film's jarring shifts in tone ultimately serve well the complexity of the film's narrative entanglements; they feel more honest than similar Hollywood offerings. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
This is a shameless, straightforward soap opera (no Almodovarian excess here!), but it's pretty entertaining on its own sudsy terms. - 50
New York Post
Can't overcome the familiar, soapy script. - 40
Village Voice
Bears some resemblance to "All About My Mother," but lacks its compatriot's flamboyance, content to traffic in glib banalities and unwitting self-absorption. - 38
New York Daily News
Desperate for a slice of Spanish soap opera? You might try this misguided romantic melodrama.
