"Solo quiero caminar" is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and multi-Goya winner (spanish academy awards) "Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead" (Nadie hablará con nosotras cuando hayamos muerto).
Gloria Duque (Victoria Abril), the star of the first movie commands a four-women gang who commit robbery, but something goes wrong and one of them called Aurora (Ariadna gil)ends in prison.
Félix (José María Yaspik) is a Mexican gangster who wants to do some business in Spain. Gabriel (Diego Luna) is his hit-man, a cold-hearted guy who is very good at shooting people with a gun, but he has one classic rule, no women and no children.
While doing business in Spain, Felix meets Ana, a prostitute from the four-women gang and ask her to marry him. Felix beats Ana and then Ana wants her friends to help her get revenge.
That's the basic premise from "Solo quiero caminar". Make no mistake, the main characters here are the ones played by Diego Luna and Ariadna Gil's as Aurora, Ana's sister. Victoria Abril is no longer the main character but it's still relevant The film has outstanding performances from Luna and Yaspik. Pilar López de Ayala is very good and the other actors are good as well. In general, a very good cast, even the singer Manuel Mijares appears singing his classic song "Soldado del amor".
You can expect some very violent scenes. Some of us may compare it to the gangster films of Tarantino or Guy Ritchie but as Agustín Díaz Yanes first effort, it lacks the type of humour or irony those other directors have, Yañez is a little bit more serious about it and while there is some little comic relief, you won't find that much. In fact, the film is very violent at some points and with very little dialog at others.
It does has some nods to the first film, but is not necessary to watch it to understand what happens here. This is a whole different story with the same style as the first film, but yet different. The kind of nods you will appreciate if you saw the first movie, specially the return of Ana Ofelia Murguía as Doña Amelia, but nothing more.
While not as good or interesting as the first one, it does have a better direction, and amazing use of the camera, and a whole technical improvement over "Nobody".
Gloria Duque (Victoria Abril), the star of the first movie commands a four-women gang who commit robbery, but something goes wrong and one of them called Aurora (Ariadna gil)ends in prison.
Félix (José María Yaspik) is a Mexican gangster who wants to do some business in Spain. Gabriel (Diego Luna) is his hit-man, a cold-hearted guy who is very good at shooting people with a gun, but he has one classic rule, no women and no children.
While doing business in Spain, Felix meets Ana, a prostitute from the four-women gang and ask her to marry him. Felix beats Ana and then Ana wants her friends to help her get revenge.
That's the basic premise from "Solo quiero caminar". Make no mistake, the main characters here are the ones played by Diego Luna and Ariadna Gil's as Aurora, Ana's sister. Victoria Abril is no longer the main character but it's still relevant The film has outstanding performances from Luna and Yaspik. Pilar López de Ayala is very good and the other actors are good as well. In general, a very good cast, even the singer Manuel Mijares appears singing his classic song "Soldado del amor".
You can expect some very violent scenes. Some of us may compare it to the gangster films of Tarantino or Guy Ritchie but as Agustín Díaz Yanes first effort, it lacks the type of humour or irony those other directors have, Yañez is a little bit more serious about it and while there is some little comic relief, you won't find that much. In fact, the film is very violent at some points and with very little dialog at others.
It does has some nods to the first film, but is not necessary to watch it to understand what happens here. This is a whole different story with the same style as the first film, but yet different. The kind of nods you will appreciate if you saw the first movie, specially the return of Ana Ofelia Murguía as Doña Amelia, but nothing more.
While not as good or interesting as the first one, it does have a better direction, and amazing use of the camera, and a whole technical improvement over "Nobody".