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Solas
Samuel Goldwyn Films


7.5

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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Ana Fernández, María Galiana, Paco De Osca, and Carlos Álvarez-Novoa

When her husband becomes ill and needs an operation, a provincial Spanish woman moves in with her estranged adult daughter in an unfamiliar city.

GENRE(S):	Drama
WRITTEN BY:	Benito Zambrano
DIRECTED BY:	Benito Zambrano
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: August 12, 2003 Video: August 12, 2003 Theatrical: September 8, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	98 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	Spain
LANGUAGE(S):	Spanish (with English subtitles)

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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Alternately heart-wrenching, dismaying, raw and even funny, Solas is ultimately a wonderfully warm and embracing experience.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Galiana's quietly monumental performance is one for the ages.

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

A beautifully acted and deeply compassionate study of ordinary people coping with the vicissitudes of life.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Unsparing and uplifting - a wickedly difficult combination to pull off, but one that gives the film an emotional weight that's impossible to dismiss.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

A simple story that resonates deeply, largely thanks to the actors' ability to invest it with inner life.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

As a tactfully quiet story of mother-daughter estrangement and psychic rescue, Solas can hardly fail to excite the longing so many of us have to right domestic wrongs.

Village Voice Leslie Camhi

The fierce rigor of María Galiana's performance keeps this film from ever falling into sentimentality.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Splendidly acted, sensitively directed.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Zambrano shows an impressive sensitivity toward his actors and their characters and never allows hopelessness to quash hope in this lovely film.

Miami Herald Marta Barber

Digs deep into the roots of female fortitude.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

An extraordinary and heartfelt film.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Despite a melodramatic score that at times seems almost facetious, the movie's tone is sober and sincere, its unlikely ending persuasive.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

After all of its sadness, a tender redemptive glow.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A lovely, intelligent film from Spain about recognizable human beings with real-life problems.

TV Guide Ken Fox

The acting is superb.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Fernandez is excellent as the maladjusted daughter, but the film's heart and soul is embodied in Galina's noble, understated performance.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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Amurabi M. gave it a6:
call this intimist cinema not escapism. this movie is so intimate that it feels claustrophobic. zambrano´s movie is so splendidly acted than naturalism feels very close. but it feels like copied from another. it feels like a cynic tearjerker despite all its achievements.

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Solas Samuel Goldwyn Films

Solas
Samuel Goldwyn Films