Fiction[1] (Catalan: Ficció; Spanish: Ficción) is a 2006 Spanish romanticdrama film directed by Cesc Gay. The film follows a couple in their thirties who fall in love during a brief encounter, while vacationing on the Pyrenees. It features dialogue in Catalan and Spanish.[2]
Àlex, a shy and reserved filmmaker suffering from screenwriter's block, goes on holiday to a village in the Pyrenees to stay with his old friend Santi, who has a cabin there. Together the two friends go to have dinner with Santi's lesbian neighbor, Judith, who in turn is receiving the visit of a Monica, a violinist. At Judith's house an attraction between Alex and Monica starts almost imperceptibly over the dinner table when Monica identifies with the character that Àlex describes at the protagonist of his next film project. The friendship between Monica and Àlex develops further when they go horseback riding.
During an excursion to the nearby lakes Àlex and Monica become separated from Santi and Judith on a mountain walk, and are forced to stay overnight in a mountain shelter. The wild setting is just right for romance and clearly there is a deep connection between them, but they do not act on their feelings of talk about them, instead their friendship deepens while talking about their lives. Àlex is married with two daughters. His wife, Silvia, was his high school sweetheart. Their marriage had not been an easy road and they even had to separate for one year. Monica has recently adopted a daughter from Africa. She has settled in the last two years with a journalist in the first steady relationship of her life.
Both Àlex and Santi ache to communicate but are embarrassed to do so. The usually carefree Santi has been re-evaluating his own aimless life in the face of mortality and is planning to have a child with Judith, a project that had to be postponed by Judith's recent health scare. Unable to find motivation in his self-imposed exile to finish his work, Àlex decides to return home early, and agrees to join Santi and the others on a final camping trip to the Pyrenees in a show of solidarity for their ailing friend before heading back to the city. However, when Alex and Monica become hopelessly lost after hiking on the wrong mountain on their way back to the base of the trail, the two find themselves drawn even further together by their shared misadventure. Similar to the unmotivated, 39-year-old protagonist of his latest film, Alex, too, faces a daunting blank page, vacillating between the commercial demands of his profession and integrity of his creative vision, youthful liberation and middle-aged inhibition. Like Àlex's unfinished script, their brief encounter, too, remains an unwritten fiction charged with imagined possibility and resigned regret.
When Silvia, Àlex's wife, surprisingly appears at the countryside retreat with the couple two daughters, the connection between Àlex and Monica seems to have come to an abrupt ending. Monica, strolling around town, meets Alex's family. Her trip is near its end and she plans to leave the area early the next day. That morning Àlex, leaving his family still sleeping, take his car and reach Judith and his lesbian girlfriend who are driving Monica to take the train. Stopping on the road, Monica and Alex confess to each other the love that they are feeling; they kiss passionately and continued their lives separate ways.
The film was theatrically released in Spain on 10 November 2006.[4]
It was made available in Region 1 DVD in Spanish with English subtitles.
Receptionedit
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "beautifully muted, minimalist take on two thirtysomethings tripped up by their unforeseen passion for one another".[1]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fiction film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Fiction 1 Catalan Ficcio Spanish Ficcion is a 2006 Spanish romantic drama film directed by Cesc Gay The film follows a couple in their thirties who fall in love during a brief encounter while vacationing on the Pyrenees It features dialogue in Catalan and Spanish 2 FictionSpanish film posterCatalanFiccioSpanishFiccionDirected byCesc GayWritten byTomas Aragay Cesc GayProduced byMarta Esteban Gerardo HerreroStarringEduard FernandezJavier CamaraMontse GermanCarme PlaAgata RocaCinematographyAndreu RebesMusic byCesc Gay Xavier SalvaProductioncompanyMessidor FilmsDistributed byAlta Films S A Release dates9 September 2006 2006 09 09 Toronto 10 November 2006 2006 11 10 Spain Running time107 minutesCountrySpainLanguagesCatalanSpanish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot editAlex a shy and reserved filmmaker suffering from screenwriter s block goes on holiday to a village in the Pyrenees to stay with his old friend Santi who has a cabin there Together the two friends go to have dinner with Santi s lesbian neighbor Judith who in turn is receiving the visit of a Monica a violinist At Judith s house an attraction between Alex and Monica starts almost imperceptibly over the dinner table when Monica identifies with the character that Alex describes at the protagonist of his next film project The friendship between Monica and Alex develops further when they go horseback riding During an excursion to the nearby lakes Alex and Monica become separated from Santi and Judith on a mountain walk and are forced to stay overnight in a mountain shelter The wild setting is just right for romance and clearly there is a deep connection between them but they do not act on their feelings of talk about them instead their friendship deepens while talking about their lives Alex is married with two daughters His wife Silvia was his high school sweetheart Their marriage had not been an easy road and they even had to separate for one year Monica has recently adopted a daughter from Africa She has settled in the last two years with a journalist in the first steady relationship of her life Both Alex and Santi ache to communicate but are embarrassed to do so The usually carefree Santi has been re evaluating his own aimless life in the face of mortality and is planning to have a child with Judith a project that had to be postponed by Judith s recent health scare Unable to find motivation in his self imposed exile to finish his work Alex decides to return home early and agrees to join Santi and the others on a final camping trip to the Pyrenees in a show of solidarity for their ailing friend before heading back to the city However when Alex and Monica become hopelessly lost after hiking on the wrong mountain on their way back to the base of the trail the two find themselves drawn even further together by their shared misadventure Similar to the unmotivated 39 year old protagonist of his latest film Alex too faces a daunting blank page vacillating between the commercial demands of his profession and integrity of his creative vision youthful liberation and middle aged inhibition Like Alex s unfinished script their brief encounter too remains an unwritten fiction charged with imagined possibility and resigned regret When Silvia Alex s wife surprisingly appears at the countryside retreat with the couple two daughters the connection between Alex and Monica seems to have come to an abrupt ending Monica strolling around town meets Alex s family Her trip is near its end and she plans to leave the area early the next day That morning Alex leaving his family still sleeping take his car and reach Judith and his lesbian girlfriend who are driving Monica to take the train Stopping on the road Monica and Alex confess to each other the love that they are feeling they kiss passionately and continued their lives separate ways Cast editEduard Fernandez as Alex 3 Javier Camara as Santi 2 Montse German as Monica 2 Carme Pla es as Judith 2 Agata Roca es as Silvia 2 Release editThe film was theatrically released in Spain on 10 November 2006 4 It was made available in Region 1 DVD in Spanish with English subtitles Reception editJonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a beautifully muted minimalist take on two thirtysomethings tripped up by their unforeseen passion for one another 1 See also editList of Spanish films of 2006References edit a b Holland Jonathan 20 November 2006 Fiction Variety a b c d e Cesc Gay muestra los sentimientos no vividos en su ultimo trabajo La Opinion de Murcia 6 November 2006 Riambau Esteve 29 May 2008 Ficcion Fotogramas J E 14 November 2006 No es correcta la sensacion de que no paro de trabajar Metropoli via El Mundo External links editFiction at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fiction film amp oldid 1165227042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
