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Winner of the prestigious Camera D Or prize for Best First Feature at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and one of the most controversial films of the year, LEAP YEAR (Año Bisiesto), from Mexico, is the outstanding debut feature film of Australian director Michael Rowe, a character study on loneliness, featuring an extraordinary leading performance by Mónica Del Carmen (Babel), supported by Gustavo Sánchez Parra (Amores Perros, Man on Fire). This highly charged sexual thriller, set within the small confines of a Mexican apartment, follows 29 days in the dispirited life of freelance journalist Laura Lopez, as she moves from one anonymous sexual encounter to another. Soon, Laura meets a man by the name of Arturo, and it is not long before she is submitting to demeaning sexual acts as part of their relationship, a tragic psychological reaction to a secret trauma from her past, which occurred on the previous leap year. When Laura marks a red square around an upcoming date on her calendar wall, the wheels are set in motion for what will turn out to be a startling conclusion.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Music Video, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Winner of the prestigious Camera D'Or prize for Best First Feature at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and one of the most controversial films of the year, Leap Year (Ańo Bisiesto), from Mexico, is the outstanding debut feature film of Australian director Michael Rowe, a character study on loneliness, featuring an extraordinary leading performance by Mónica Del Carmen (Babel), supported by Gustavo Sánchez Parra (Amores Perros, Man on Fire). This highly charged sexual thriller, set within the small confines of a Mexican apartment, follows 29 days in the dispirited life of freelance journalist Laura Lopez, as she moves from one anonymous sexual encounter to another. Soon, Laura meets a man by the name of Arturo, and it is not long before she is submitting to demeaning sexual acts as part of their relationship, a tragic psychological reaction to a secret trauma from her past, which occurred on the previous leap year. When Laura marks a red square around an upcoming date on her calendar wall, the wheels are set in motion for what will turn out to be a startling conclusion. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, ...Leap Year ( Ańo bisiesto ) ( Disekto etos )
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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For most unattached women a 'leap year' offers an opportunity to propose marriage to a reluctant suitor. But the main character in this movie, Laura, has an entirely different agenda in mind. Treated like dirt by her random lovers she finally finds a man who sees her as a person rather than a sex object - but even he beats and abuses her. Yet she accepts it all. It is only near the end of the movie that the viewer realises the reason for Laura's submissive behaviour - and her long-term plan for February 29th.
Not easy viewing - the entire piece is set inside Laura's rather claustrophobic, rundown apartment - but a compulsive study of a damaged individual that stays long in the memory.
Not easy viewing - the entire piece is set inside Laura's rather claustrophobic, rundown apartment - but a compulsive study of a damaged individual that stays long in the memory.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is a tale of a young woman in Mexico and her empty life. She works from home as a journalist but for most of the time looks out the window at the happy couple in the apartment opposite or her other neighbours in their small gardens. She seeks some solace in one-night stands and eventually finds an affair that goes beyond the single occurrence. This affair becomes gradually more and more sado-masochistic and she takes full compliance and enjoyment in this. In between times she is visited by her younger brother and as time goes on it is revealed that she is mourning the death of her father. The story is well thought out and the performances are extremely realistic, especially the lead. very good
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A poignant little story that blasts aside the idea of the lonely single woman incapable of obtaining the type and style of sex she desires. This Leap Yeasr is not the US film of boring dross of the same name.......I pity people searching for the latter who connect with the wrong film,and smile at their blushs!
LEAP YEAR,a Mexican film,reveals the depths of sexual want and desire concealed within the human nature; sexual violence for naked pleasure.
That the character here is an intelligent female and a journalist adds a frisson to this tale.No blood and guts. But the date marked with an X on a wall calender could be a ticking clock of.........
LEAP YEAR,a Mexican film,reveals the depths of sexual want and desire concealed within the human nature; sexual violence for naked pleasure.
That the character here is an intelligent female and a journalist adds a frisson to this tale.No blood and guts. But the date marked with an X on a wall calender could be a ticking clock of.........
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Leap Year refers to the films duration.
A depressing drone of cheap uneventful garbage with a pretty cover. This review will hopefully save anyone else the waste of time I was subjected to. Read more
Published 11 days ago by D. Lindsay
utter boredom.
never goes anywhere,a very poor attempt at last tango.sex scenes are not explicit as you are led to believe by all the hype this film has had.try Q a far better movie.
Published 2 months ago by N. Tate
Mexican Tale of Loneliness, Lies and S & M.
This is a film that is hard to categorise, described by some commentators as a graphic portrayal of loneliness, it is that but a hell of a lot more. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tommy D
Another good foreign language film
This is the second Mexican film I have watched and in each case I have not been disappointed. This story, which is quite explicit in some cases, builds to a surprising and dramatic... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. Noel Newman
not sexy but
not sexy nor thrilling . This is a slow paced well thought out little film . Great to see such a real looking woman having sex , rather than the usual plastic doll . Read more
Published 12 months ago by cartoon
Tragic but no "Last Tango"
Yes, tragic as one other reviewer stated and equally grim in it's presentation. I think though the producers have tried to "cash in" somewhat on Last Tango In Paris which is boldly... Read more
Published 12 months ago by MelAus
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This has to be one of the most quitest movies ever made. A short summury of the film is that a lonely women from mexico can't find love so every night she finds some stranger tto... Read more
Published 12 months ago by van
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