There are easier films to watch than this one,ī' Agustín Díaz Yanes points out, talking about his noisy, fast-paced directing debut, "But I'd like people to be moved and excited, and to think a little about the state of Spain. I have tried to make a film for people to reflect on."

In Mexico City, Spanish prostitute Gloria Duque (Victoria Abril) witnesses the murder of a policeman who has infiltrated a gangster ring. Just before he dies, the policeman gives Gloria the Madrid address where the bad boys keep their money.

She is then followed to Madrid by yellow-suited gangster Eduardo Gúzman (Federico Luppi), who has instructions to get the money and make Gloria disappear.

"I wanted to make a realistic film," Díaz Yanes says, "but if it was only this, it would have been too ... [he hunts for the word] ... brutal. So I put the gangsters in.

Itīs a mix of the US cinema that I like - Scorsese, etc. - and the Italian neo-realism of Rossellini and Visconti. Some people said it was a dangerous mix."

Jonathan Holland

Prod co: Falmenco Films/Xaloc Films

Prod: José Luis Escolar

Dir/Scr: Agustín Díaz Yanes

Ph: Francisco Femenia

Mus: Bernardo Bonezzi

Ed: José Salcedo

Cast: Victoria Abril, Federico Luppi, Pilar Bardem, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana Ofelia Murgia

Running time: 104 minutes

International sales: Alta Films

Screenings: 26 June, 22.00, Blanik; 27 June, 15.00, Kveten

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