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Broche de Oro (2012) is a Spanish movie. Raúl Marchand Sánchez has directed this movie. Jacobo Morales,Adrian Garcia,Diego de la Texera,Marian Pabon are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2012. Broche de Oro (2012) is considered one of the best Comedy movie in India and around the world.
Rafael, Elmo and Pablo run away from the strict Catholic retirement home where they live to enjoy one last weekend of debauchery and fun. Broche de Oro is a comedy road-trip of adventure and discovery. It celebrates the true power of friendship and living life to the fullest.
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Best Puerto Rican Movie Ever Made
Broche De Oro is destined for greatness as one of the best, if not the best Puerto Rican movie that has ever been produced. Raúl Marchand and the entire cast did an outstanding job in making the audience laugh, cry, and at the end applaud (first time I have seen this with such force). While in most movies the audience leaves when the end credits start rolling, in the viewing i attended a large majority stayed to find out who participated in this movie. The story that Raúl Marchand wrote is one with a universal appeal, as it deals with the strong bonds between fathers and sons over two generations, and the bonds of friendships that endure time. Therefore, I fully expect and hope this movie will have lots of success outside of Puerto Rico. If you live in Puerto Rico and have not seen this movie, make sure you bring your kids and your parents and grandparents to see it, and make it a family event. You will certainly cherish that moment!
Entertaining. Now, about those chichés...
This movie is an excellent effort from Raúl Marchand. It has a terrific cast, and as far as acting goes, it is superb, in general terms. Some of the younger cast needed to work their roles a bit more, as to not be unfavorably judged against the older actors' experience (Coral Otero was great as Sofía; Luis O'Farrill a bit too stiff as Carlos, and Willie Carrasco came across as being under-directed when playing Manolo). Adrián García stole the show as Elmo Rodríguez -he was always Puerto Rico's best physical comedian, and he still has it (how he played his physically demanding parts without having a coronary will be a mystery to me). Jacobo Morales is excellent as Rafael the grandfather; more on him later. Carmen Nydia Velázquez was also excellent as Margarita, Elmo's vixen. Watching Diego de la Texera as Pablo/Chichi Legrand is hilarious. However, this movie tries to be both comedy and heavy-handed drama. It can't be both if it wants to be taken seriously -at least not the way it came across. The movie can benefit a bit from stronger dialog and should resolve some of its plot's pitfalls. For example, Carlos Esteban Fonseca accurately portrayed Alberto (Carlos' neurotic father), but you never get from the plot how his neurotic self came to be -particularly because Rafael comes across as being so affable. Maybe Jacobo could have portrayed him as being an old man repenting from having a bitter-sweet life, not as the saintly grandpa type that he portrayed. Coming from the guy who directed the late Tommy Muñiz in "Lo que le pasó a Santiago", he could have reprised Santiago's mild neuroticism here, and that would have made the role a lot more believable. Plot pitfalls: Manolo should have had a method to his madness, for example. There was too little setup for why he was the bully that he was. His sudden switch from rectal orifice to guy repenting from provoking Rafael a heart attack (itself a very predictable cliché) is simply not believable. To complicate things, Sofía switches inconsistently from sassy to geeky. We simply don't know what she saw from the guy besides his physique or aura as a surfer. We don't know how she could withstand his caustic verbal abuse in one scene, then be so commanding in getting Manolo to straighten up on the next one. Another pitfall: why kill Rafael at the end? An airport farewell would have been equally poignant but perhaps would have make for a better end. The side characters are sometimes too distracting, and the subtext is that Marchand wants an easy laugh from them. Sara Pastor came across as a too-cartoonish Coco Galore; she looks the part, acts it OK, but the role would have made more sense should Coco be Brazilian, for example -it would have taken advantage of Diego de la Texera's background and language skills. Marian Pabón needed a meatier role as the Mother Superior -a former surfer turned nun could have delivered some solid laughs at the latter part of the movie. The surfer dudes that serve as comic relief are good. Luis Raúl's Norberto character is a reprise of his own comedic roles -he could have intervened in Carlos / Manolo's fight and tasered Manolo, and that would have made for an interesting tweak in the story. Visually, the movie has been constructed really well. Lighting could have been better in a scene or two, but it is otherwise very good visually. Most of the directing makes sense, and having a mostly experienced cast (of Hollywood-caliber actors such as Jacobo Morales and seasoned directors like Diego de la Texera and Jacobo himself) would have been an enormous thrill. This movie is quite good. With some plot and dialog changes, this movie would have been excellent.
"Youth has no age."- A family film all audiences can relate to
I have to say, coming into the cinema to see Raul Marchand Sanchez's film, Broche de Oro, I was bit skeptical because I didn't know what to expect. However, with a Start Studded cast of Puerto Rican acting legends like Jacobo Morales, Adrian Garcia and Marian Pabón, I felt like it was my civic duty to support the film. To my pleasant surprise, the movie superseded my expectations and offered a delightful, heart-warming cinematic experience I didn't even know I needed. The film is about a group of friends, Rafael (Jacobo Morales), Anselmo (Adrain García) and Pablo (Diego de la Texera),who decide to escape from the strict monotonous life of retirement homes, to enjoy one last hurrah of adventure and mischief with Rafael's Grandson, Carlos (Luis Omar O'Farrill). The story has a cliché Carpe Diem (Live life to the Fullest) theme to it, however, the tone and superb acting manage to give the film a fresh and unique feel to it. It's original in the sense that, Puerto Rican films don't normally explore these types of stories. By using Carlos's coming of age character, a teenager, and Rafael's nostalgic character, and old man, the film is able to connect two polar opposite stories(The beginning and The end of life) in such a romantic, nostalgic and feel-good way. The film resonates with people from all ages, and I think that's why it's probably one of the most, if not the most, successful Puerto Rican film of 2012. In conclusion, Broche de Oro was everything a feel-good movie should be: charismatic, fun and full of heart. But most importantly, it tells a story that all audiences, not just Puerto Rican ones, can relate to.