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I think it is unbelievable that these actors participated in the bull runs in Pamplona. This is a really cruel event: the bulls are forced to run to the arena (they break their bones and their muscles get damaged, while being kicked and hit by the human participants) and that same night, they are killed in a bullfight. Why do film makers still promote this bloody event? I really don’t understand! I know a lot of people won’t be seeing this movie, because of the animal suffering involved.

Bullfighting and fiestas with animals are cruel and unnecessary! How could you have filmed the bullfight, while looking in the eyes of these beautiful, innocent, dying animals? You are sick!

As someone who just returned from 8 months in Spain, I hoped this film might invoke some of those ephemeral emotions I experienced as a traveller on the flip-side of a culture, the frustration, confusion, and victories of living abroad.  However, my memory must be foggy, because I don’t remember the Spain of my experience peopled with such horribly cardboard cutout “characters”, Spanish women taking off their tops at the mere sight of water, or anyone resembling Dennis Hopper(actually, that’s not true). 

I do wish the people I met in Spain constantly spouted allegorical life-affecting drivel under the influence of absinthe and seduced me after making me wash their feet in their enormous villas.  Unfortunately, Leonor Varela’s character has probably done more to hurt the image of the Spanish woman than anything since Penelope Cruz opening her mouth to speak in any English-speaking film. 

Even more sadly, Director/Writer/Culture Pirate Noland seems to believe all españolas are gorgeous, flirtatious, come from incredibly wealthy families whose parents aren’t home, and exist purely to help us Norteamericanos ‘find ourselves’ in their mythically indefatigable style while waxing metaphoric about bullfights and serving us endless glasses of rioja.  Viva el estereotipo.  Well done.

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looks like good film ı will try to watch

thanks.. good