Sidewalls

2011 "How do you find love when you don’t know where it is?"
7.5| 1h35m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 26 October 2011 Released
Producted By: Pandora Film
Country: Spain
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.medianeras.com/
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Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?

Genre

Drama, Romance

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Director

Gustavo Taretto

Production Companies

Pandora Film

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Sidewalls Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
VividSimon Simply Perfect
FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Benedikt dunse The Argentinian movie "Sidewalls", also called medianeras, is definitely not your usual prime time Hollywood blockbuster. Personally I enjoyed watching it but it is one of these movies where you have to be awake and use your brain to understand it and take some kind of entertainment, which is different to a brainless action/explosion movie.From my point of view, the actors do an outstanding role expressing emotions and feelings about living in such small space in one of the biggest cities in the world. One very important and impressive shot in "sidewalls" is Maria looking out of her window and the window painting frames her in a perfect way. This shot really stood out to me and was my favorite cinematic element of the movie. The story itself is, in my opinion, only average and clearly not for commercial entertainment but it can really provide a big message. The interesting views the movie provides are on one hand the monotony of life and on the other hand how some life paths meet and cross each other from time to time. Both characters are not necessarily happy with their lives in the beginning but over the course of the movie both protagonist grow on their problems and make different pushes to not be stuck in the same boring and unsatisfying reality. Maria trashing her figures is a significant point in the movie. Also I would like to mention the interesting narration over area shots of buenos Aries, which really help to underline the feeling of living in such a major city. The narrative shows how lonely you can become living surrounded by so many different people everyday, because they just live beside you and actually have no association or relation with you. All in all I think the movie sums up the process of pursuing your dreams and making a push to accomplish a certain level of happiness in life.
victor-41754 This a film about relationships, architecture, psychology, pop culture and humanity. The plot is simple: two non-related people have misadventures during their task to find love and understanding in the middle of overpopulated and chaotic city that seems to be the reflection of theirs lives and the lives of its cohabitant's. I will be honest: it is an interesting movie, not only for the photography but also for the themes that are developed during the course of the movie. The main problem is: it doesn't have almost any humour. In its task to portrait human behavior and soul it has committed the great sin to not make much use of satyrs and irony to show our contradictions and problems, and that isn't the only trouble, comedy for most times can make a movie more interesting and dynamic, things that this film lack a little bit when showed to a more popular audience that is not used to more slow and deep movies.
hkauteur Martín and Mariana are slightly damaged people who live in buildings just opposite one another. Both are afraid of the outside world. While they often don't notice each other, separation might be the very thing that brings them together.The film opens with a Manhattan-like montage showing the many buildings in Buenos Aires, a monologue from Martín (played by Javier Drolas) describes how architecture is the ultimate human expression and a mirror-accurate reflection of how we are – disorganized, contradictory, chaotic and disconnected. Martín states that his entire life is in his apartment: he works, sleeps, eats, has sex (with himself) and entertains himself there. He blames architects because they have designed the outlines of his life. Modernity has made our homes so comfortable that being outside and interacting with other people now seem daunting.The characters are quirky but realistic. We are presented with their inner monologues along with animations visualizing their inner thoughts. It is never quirky for the sake of being quirky. Let's just say if Zoe Deschanel suddenly manifested in this movie, she would have been quietly escorted out by Latino security guards. No seriously, Martín and Mariana's quirks come from a real damaged place of hurt, heartbreak and a loss of faith in people. Something that felt really real for me was how Mariana likes to lean on a specific spot in her apartment -a wall besides the 5-step walkway up to her bedroom area. It does not look particularly comfortable or anything special, but she leans there and uses it like a place of safety. That hit me on a personal level.Sidewalls provides a precise portrayal of isolation and loneliness and underneath asks some challenging questions. Why is all this interconnectivity setting us apart? How can someone feel alone on a subway full of people? Is love the answer? It might be the answer, but it's goddamn hard to find amidst all this interconnectivity. Suffice to say, Martín and Mariana do get to meet potential lovers and it is interesting to see how they play out and how it affects the two protagonists. There are many whimsical moments and I smiled through most of the film. It gets a bit dark at times too. Mariana purchases a mannequin and interacts with it in all sorts of ways and I hoped that her condition wouldn't worsen into anything darker. For that, I think actress Pilar López de Ayala has the meatier role. After this film, I think I have a new crush.I liked what the film had to say about urban loneliness. I liked and cared for these characters and wanted to see them together. It's a nice charming gem of a love story. I would have wanted to see more interaction between the two characters, but maybe that's a good thing. It left me wanting more.For more reviews, please visit my film blog @ http://hkauteur.wordpress.com
Evin NAVARRO A Spanish 500 Days of Summer mixed with a more urban and up to date You've Got Mail. I liked this film a lot. I watched on a whim, this being the first movie I've actually watched fully subtitled and I've got to say, personally it made the experience of the movie that much more enjoyable.(I think it added a feeling of being connected, seeing that there are people out there from a different culture feeling and hurting and living just like me) Now even though dialogue is primarily in Spanish, English songs are used and this also brought an even more familiar tone to the movie as a whole. I connected with both the main characters in the film. Their feelings of loneliness on the inside, yet, still going on with their day to day all while being mixed with their phobias, longings, quarks, and vulnerabilities. This movie works, it works on every cylinder. Beautifully shot and beautifully written.. Watching this will not be a waste of your time.