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Cowboy Booking International

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Metascore: 36 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring José María Pou, Rosa María Sardà, Mario Gas, and David Selvas

A mature and ill man, a medieval literature professor, has gone over his personal life and has decided, amongst his doubts, what he wants to leave others once he passes away. An inheritance in the form of an essay, based on Llull's "The Book of the Friend and the Beloved," which he has saved in the memory of his personal computer. (Strand Releasing)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Josep María Benet i Jornet (also novel Testament)  
DIRECTED BY: Ventura Pons  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: February 4, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Spain 
LANGUAGE(S): Spanish (with English subtitles) 

Also known as "Amigo/amado"

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60
Village Voice Dennis Lim
More exciting and truthful than most better-looking films dare to be.
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38
New York Post Hannah Brown
A talky, pretentious soap opera about Spanish intellectuals.
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30
TV Guide Ken Fox
An unintentional parody of the kind of overwrought melodrama Pedro Almodovar once reworked to far better effect.
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30
The New York Times A.O. Scott
Like its title, it's a clumsy contraption.
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