Olga
Marina Foïs
Olga
Overview
Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic except for their opposition to a wind turbine project that creates a serious conflict with their neighbors. The tension will rise to the point of irreparability.
Trailer
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Cast
Antoine
Denis Ménochet
Antoine
Xan
Luis Zahera
Xan
Lorenzo
Diego Anido
Lorenzo
Marie Denis
Marie Colomb
Marie Denis
Rafael
Machi Salgado
Rafael
Cabo 3 Alfonso
David Menéndez
Cabo 3 Alfonso
Madre Anta
Luisa Merelas
Madre Anta
Pepiño
José Manuel Fernández y Blanco
Pepiño
Cabo 1 Mariano
Federico Pérez Rey
Cabo 1 Mariano
Cabo 2 Xosé
Javier Varela
Cabo 2 Xosé
Sergento Espin
Xavier Estévez
Sergento Espin
Reviews
CinemaSerf
"Olga" (Marina Foïs) and husband "Antoine" (Denis Ménochet) have recently located to a remote Spanish farming community where they are trying to make their living in as organic fashion as they can. Their neighbours, "Xan" (an excellent Luis Zahera) and "Loren" (Diego Anido) immediately take against them as they are determined to accept an offer from a wind turbine company that will see them realise some money from their land and offer an alternative to their otherwise pretty subsistence living. What now ensues is one of the finest examples of cinematographic intimidation I have ever seen. Director Rodrigo Sorogoyen allows the tension to build without providing a spark-point. The angry characterisation of the bully that is "Xan" simmers as former teacher "Antoine" tries almost everything to avoid losing his temper. When the pot does over-boil - as is inevitable - the story starts to falls away for me a bit and the last half hour, though poignant, increasingly lacked plausibility. The said, there is a palpable degree of nastiness portrayed here that is way more effective than any you will see in an horror film. The writing is clever and sharp and the exposure it offers us to just how communities can turn on each other when money rears it's ugly head makes this a remarkably effective character study of human nature and venality. Some fine cinematography helps to deliver a perfect scenario for this menacing drama that sees a competent cast knit well and present a truly scary story.
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Living in a small town of retarded drunks who take a dislike to me for petty, subconscious reasons is probably my worst nightmare. This film brought my nightmare to life. Scary!
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How much spoiler you can put on a poster? All of it it seems... The movie exposes some of the xenophobe caused by material issues that can happen anywhere in the world, but in Spain in this case against a couple of French that survives by an ecosutenatible live. The tensions rise up to peak and unavoidable point. Good acting, believable story, hard to watch - but with and open end that we (hope) wish for justice. A 7.5 out of 10.0 for me, B+. But could be better.
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