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In the City of Sylvia Reviews

2009

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A man returns to a city to try to track down a lovely woman he met six years earlier. Read more

Starring	Pilar López de Ayala, Xavier Lafitte, Michaël Balerdi, Laurence Cordier
Director	José Luis Guerín
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- The foolhardy attempts of a bookish lothario to stoke the fires of his fading memory are captured with mad invention in... read more on Time Out
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- - David Jenkins
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  - 10 Dec 2008 at 02:26
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  What a complete waste of time
  
  If any other bloke carried on like this one, he'd have at least two black eyes, a broken leg and a restraining order.
  
  The editing and poor ... read more »
  
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  - Benhuczek
  - 143 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Jul 2009 at 16:54
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  I waited an eternity
  
  Painful is an understatement. Great photograhy but the film is totally undermined by a almost non-existent plot. Watching paint dry would be more interesting, ... read more »
  
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  - 08 May 2012 at 20:59
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  Tres les fop flop
  
  C'est une nonsense. Absolute wee wee et foppish
  
  rubbish. That geezer couldn't pull a christmas cracker.
  
  The drawings aren't ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Jan 2012 at 21:24
- - 4
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  moving and arty
  
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  This is a beautiful film. I am glad the reviews warned me it was an art film so I knew not to expect a complex storyline. That done with, I enjoyed it immensely... read more »
  
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- - Fussypot
  - 44 reviews
  - Wales
  - 05 Jan 2011 at 23:53
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  - 1
  Garbage throughout
  
  The worst film I've ever seen. Total garbage throughout. Don't waste your time...I did, mouth open in stunned disbelief, bewildered by what the so-... read more »
  
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- - SHORTandSWEET
  - 8 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 27 Nov 2010 at 22:29
- - 4
  - 1
  Eerie and elusive
  
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  Not a lot happens, but getting through the piece is the charm of this almost silent film. It looks lovely, and intrigues and compels in its tale of the search ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 02 Oct 2010 at 19:46
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  BORING FILM NOT 4 ME.
  
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  it was so boring i was almost asleep.yawn thought sound ad gone off at some point.just a group of people at a coffee shop drinking .sorry not my sort offilm ... read more »
  
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- - SHAZBEAR
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  - Pinxton
  - 14 Sep 2010 at 15:58
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  I loved it - brilliant!
  
  Imagine Vertigo crossed with Last Year in Marienbad, with a touch of Bresson's Four Nights of a Dreamer, all made as a silent movie by Eric Rohmer. I loved... read more »
  
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- - Alanpav
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  - Chislehurst
  - 09 Jul 2010 at 15:42
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  Stalking in Strasbourg
  
  I found this superficially charming, if vapid film, to be rather umpleasant and threatening. The young man, an artist of sorts, is purportedly trying to ... read more »
  
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- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Mar 2010 at 18:39
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  Virtuoso filmmaking
  
  Tis a veritable shame that this film has riled so many reviewers. So much so that I feel compelled to restore some balance! The film is like an extended version... read more »
  
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- - Ianovich
  - 1 review
  - Bristol
  - 28 Mar 2010 at 17:28
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  Slow
  
  I was prepared to accept the slow pace but really this was a case of much ado about very little. I found the concept of following the woman a bit creepy to be ... read more »
  
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  - 14 Mar 2010 at 15:23
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  What a complete waste of time
  
  If any other bloke carried on like this one, he'd have at least two black eyes, a broken leg and a restraining order.
  
  The editing and poor ... read more »
  
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  - Benhuczek
  - 143 reviews
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  - 01 Jul 2009 at 16:54
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  in the city of sylvia
  
  This doesn't make the best 'Saturday night in' viewing, however it's stylish cinematography and inventive use of sound make for a curious little... read more »
  
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- - song
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  - Warrington
  - 19 Jul 2009 at 09:07
- - 4
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  moving and arty
  
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  This is a beautiful film. I am glad the reviews warned me it was an art film so I knew not to expect a complex storyline. That done with, I enjoyed it immensely... read more »
  
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- - Fussypot
  - 44 reviews
  - Wales
  - 05 Jan 2011 at 23:53
- - 4
  - 1
  Eerie and elusive
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Not a lot happens, but getting through the piece is the charm of this almost silent film. It looks lovely, and intrigues and compels in its tale of the search ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 02 Oct 2010 at 19:46
- - 3
  - 0
  dull as
  
  I was wary of the rapturous reviews for this film. The slow pace would have been tolerable if at any point a story had emerged; it is beautifully shot but empty... read more »
  
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- - mattwalton
  - 13 reviews
  - shrewsbury
  - 26 Jun 2009 at 16:56
- - 3
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  City Break on the big screen
  
  This is a strange little film that really shouldn't work. The plot basically resolves around the central characters search for a woman that he met six years... read more »
  
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  - Bolton
  - 07 Jul 2009 at 11:08
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  Minimalist but compelling
  
  What an extraordinary film. I can understand why other reviewers hated it -- there is almost no dialog and almost nothing happens -- and yet I was glued to the ... read more »
  
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- - StephenTurner
  - 1 review
  - Cambridge
  - 27 Oct 2009 at 22:19
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  In the City of Sylvia
  
  Do watch this film if you enjoy watching curtains fluttering in the breeze!
  
  I should have recognised the tell-tale signs of a dead-boring film when ... read more »
  
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  - Egham
  - 04 Feb 2010 at 17:24
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  Virtuoso filmmaking
  
  Tis a veritable shame that this film has riled so many reviewers. So much so that I feel compelled to restore some balance! The film is like an extended version... read more »
  
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- - Ianovich
  - 1 review
  - Bristol
  - 28 Mar 2010 at 17:28
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  Tres les fop flop
  
  C'est une nonsense. Absolute wee wee et foppish
  
  rubbish. That geezer couldn't pull a christmas cracker.
  
  The drawings aren't ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Jan 2012 at 21:24

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