It's a clever story to follow, though I found the ending to be frustrating, as everyone in the town who was at Severo's funeral knew that he had it coming, and so does the viewer. He tells Val to dress up and sends her and her younger sister Genia (spicy Clara Lago) off to a dance in town where he knows that Rai (Luis Tosar), Severo's son who is a hairdresser and has long since left the rural way of life, will be, hoping that Val will seduce him and thus remove any suspicion the police might have about who killed Severo.

Gildo has to rescue Val from Severo, and Severo gets killed, bringing in the police. This must be the old fashioned way to settle debts. However, in the current economic situation, calves aren't worth what they used to be, so Severo kidnaps Val for ransom, tying up her hands and locking her in his barn after he drags her through the mud. Juan Diego plays Gildo, who owes Severo (Celso Bugallo) and tries to pay him off with a calf from his beautiful milk cow Vanessa, which is brought over to his farm by his older daughter Val (Marta Etura). Two Cantabrian dairy farmers have a longstanding disagreement over a debt one owes to the other. The picture will appeal to Marta Etura and Eduardo Noriega fans. The motion picture was professionallly directed by Santiago Tabernero who previously made Vida y color (2005) and several episodes of TV series, such as : Torres y Reyes, Carta blanca, En familia, El blog de Cayetana, among others. And with the gorgeous l Lourdes Hernández, singer of Russian Red, who sings some catching songs and in a small role too. Support cast is pretty good such as : Alfonso Bassave, Gloria Muñoz, Irene Escolar, Jack Taylor, Denis Rafer, Silvia Tortosa and known director Jaime Chávarri. And accompanying her husband well performed by Eduardo Noriega. Of course, the efforts of the actors are extremely appreciated, especially Marta Etura,, as much as the main starring and giving a phenomenal interpretation as the unfortunate damsel in distress. Too much ambition can lead you to confusion and in this flick it happens at times. Freely based on Clara Sánchez's novel that inspired by the film's libretto with the script by director Santiago Tabernero and actor Eduardo Noriega himself. But it is not a completely negligible product, in fact the scenic presentation, photography by Pablo Rosso, soundtrack by Joan Valent and other technical aspects have a certain packaging and make the result enjoyable however, being a pity that it does not get attractivenes enough. Director Tabernero seeks to follow to classic sources with references in the dialogue to Stanley Kubrick himself and especially to his 'Eyes Wide Shut' and David Lynch and his ¨Mullholand Drive¨.

Filmmaker Tabernero's intentions are undeniable acceptable, but he relies heavily on a confusing intrigue with plenty of holes and various questions with no answers. There is a shortfall of contrast between reality and dream, there is a lack of grit in the drama, tension as well as intrigue, and there is an overwhelming simplification in the proposed metaphors as the Discoteque Felicidad, the Ring, etc. As the story does not get to excite us or disturb us as it intends, staying in an uncertain place and leading to nowhere. The result, then, is not as satisfactory as one would expect in such a sophisticated and pretentious movie, containing some flaws and gaps. 'Presentimientos' results to be a film that feels really twisted and forced at times, despite the fact that it's well paced and stylistically photographed. But their paths are seriously wrong, resulting in fateful consequences. Begins the anguished pilgrimage of Julia and Felix looking for each other in an unknown landscape to both, which will reveal essential secrets of the heart and will push them to make extraordinary decisions to regain their lost love. As if that were not enough, she cannot find the way to urbanization, she has been lost. Upon returning to the car, she discovers that her purse has been stolen with her documentation, money and her cell phone. To her surprise, she doesn't see anything strange. It is night, the violent roar of a car crash makes him stop on the road and go out to find out what happened. Along the way they're arguing and she escapes in the car. To get a peaceful family relation they go to a beach urbanization. It deals with Julia (Marta Etura) and Félix (Eduardo Noriega), they're a young middle-class couple with a baby, whose relationship is going through a delicate moment. An intriguing and Hitchcockian thriller with suspense, tense and unpredictable conclusion with unanswered replies.

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