Hermosa Juventud (Beautiful Youth)
This
week I ventured out to see a Spanish-French Film directed by Jaime Rosales, with
a new friend of mine Eric. The evening was very eventful. First we were late to
the first screening of the film because he was showing me around Plaza Espana,
and Puerta Del Sol He was showing me all the various places to find drinks
and tapas for a Euro each, also places where do so some scenic viewing of
famous statues and places where the locals go to “hang” out and converse. One
of the most interesting things of the night was watching parts of the Brazil Vs
Mexico game and having various people ask me what part of Mexico I was from. I
also learned why people eat so much ham here in Madrid and it has to do was the
inquisition. After eating and watching part of the game we finally made a
screening of Hermosa Juventud, which I read a translated version of the
description of the film online that said it was a love story comparable to the
Notebook, which Eric and I found out within the first 2 minutes that wasn’t the
case. It happened to start off as porn. Completely a different type of time
then we expected which made us start laughing I theater a little to loud. But
as the story progressed it just showed the struggle of the Youth here in Madrid
and finding jobs and what one girl did with her boyfriend in order to support
their little family (later in the film she becomes pregnant) and that learning
a second language was seen as something valuable here but only if you’re a foreigner
from America. Overall I would say this was a great night to be able to go out
and learn about the Spanish and even more amazing that I could go to a movie
and understand 90% of it without subtitles!
Interesting — thanks for sharing. Wish you had explained how the Inquisition affected how much ham is eaten??? Glad you're exploring and learning just how much Spanish you know and speak and understand!
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