Drama
This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”. Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture – something that makes the film itself personal and unique.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Grainne Uaile: The Movie
The Vicious Kind
Jake's Closet
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
Listen If It's Raining...
Children of the Night
Wrestling
Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards Women
Tidal Wave
Dar-Dar
A Touch of Vengeance
Motel
Aramane
Madea's Family Reunion
Departures
Saving God
Clair Obscur
Guilty Men
Spell Your Name
You Can Choose Your Friends
SIMILAR MOVIES
Grainne Uaile: The Movie
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2024
A violent and gritty retelling of the life of Grainne Uaile, the 16th century Pirate Queen from Ireland. She was a fighter, a pirate and a tough woman, carving her mark in a mans world. This exciting film is violent, dark, brutal, exciting and often darkly comic. The ultimate female action hero steeped in ancient Irish history.The Vicious Kind
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 2009
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.Jake's Closet
IMDB 4.1 | Oct , 2007
Jake's Closet takes you back through childhood in a suspenseful and deeply moving story that dives deep into the mind of a little boy under the stress of a fractured family.My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
IMDB 4.9 | Jan , 1975
Susan has chosen a hermit's life on a dilapidated farm over the shallowness of her previous jet set modeling life. When Anton, a hunky courier, comes along to pick her up for an assignment on the French Riviera, he's so fascinated by Susan's odd assortment of house guests that he decides to stay with them for a couple of days.Listen If It's Raining...
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1999
Follows the present and past, and in a surreal environment where the motifs of Kazakov’s stories intersect. The hero can easily meet with Stalin or drink vodka with a homeless person in the basement.Children of the Night
IMDB 5.5 | Nov , 2016
17 years-old Giulio is sent by his mother to a boarding school for difficult offspring of rich families. The institution is sort of a “golden prison”, isolated in the Alps, to which inadequate parents delegate the task of educating the ruling class of the future. In this cold and ghastly place the boys are cut off from everything. Adhering to the strict rules of the boarding school is hard, but Giulio finds a good friend in Edoardo, who is maybe a little crazy, but who seems the smartest of all. They find out that security becomes more relaxed at night and they start running away to a nightclub in the middle of the woods. There they meet Elena, a young prostitute whose destiny will be unforgettably linked to theirs. The night is a space of freedom, of new and perturbing experiences for Giulio and Edoardo. But what they don’t know is that their transgressions are part of the educational program of the school.Wrestling
IMDB 2.5 | Jun , 2008
In the summer between high school and college, a group of kids try to gain control of their relationships, emotions and lives for the first time.Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards Women
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 1984
Ki-rye, from a respectable but poor family, is married off to the deceased son of a powerful government official. Her father-in-law takes pity on her miserable and lonely condition and helps her to run away. She becomes a servant in Minister Choi's house. She marries again to a low-level noble, but finds herself in dire straits when it appears that she is unable to produce a male child to carry on the bloodline.Tidal Wave
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 2009
On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker falls in love with a rich city girl. When they all find out a gigantic tsunami will hit the beach, they realize they only have 10 minutes to escape.Dar-Dar
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2020
In the mountains of the Basque Country, a mother and her daughter take shelter in a ruined hut that seems uninhabited.A Touch of Vengeance
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2022
A hitman's life becomes more complicated after an easy job takes a turn for the worse.Motel
IMDB 4.9 | Mar , 1984
The discovery of the mutilated body of a wealthy woman leads a detective to an isolated motel.Aramane
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2008
A photographer named Arun befriends Rajashekhara, a wealthy but lonely man who has resorted to drinking to quell his pain. Soon, Arun agrees to help him reunite with his estranged family.Madea's Family Reunion
IMDB 6.3 | Feb , 2006
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.Departures
IMDB 7.9 | Sep , 2008
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.Saving God
IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 2008
Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.Clair Obscur
IMDB 5.8 | Dec , 2017
Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.Guilty Men
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2016
Willington's only love, Mariana, is about to get married to René, Willington's cousin. While Willington is trying to get her back, a demobilization process concerning an illegal armed group is underway in the region, and new killings, besides rumors of a thief at large, will endanger Mariana's new family.Spell Your Name
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2006
Survivors tell the story of the Babyn Yar massacre from WWII, where some 100,000 people were massacred by German forces.You Can Choose Your Friends
IMDB 6 | Jun , 2007
Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children and grandchildren along gather to celebrate. For Ken and Margaret's children, it's a day to revisit childhood arguments and to paper over present-day fractures in their relationships.