Trash
(2009)
Trash
is a full-on drama
following two sisters,
their mother and those
they know over the space
of a week. Clara's
(Judit Uriach) life is
about to go haywire.
With her sister Susana
(Marta Solaz) on the
verge of giving birth,
Clara gets clucky, which
her long term boyfriend
David (Óscar Jaenada)
does not reciprocate. So
much so that he cheats
on Clara with the lead
singer of his band
Alicia (Carla Nieto)
which Clara walks in on.
She kicks him out and
David starts getting
heavily into alcohol and
drugs to compensate
while Clara immediately
starts internet dating.
Meanwhile, Clara's long
time friend Nacho is
back in town and he has
a major crush on her and
thinks he has a chance
now with David out the
way, but Clara only
wants to be friends and
goes off with her date,
who after closing the
deal, blows her off the
next night. Meanwhile,
Clara's mother Carmen
(Assumpta Serna) has
cancer, but hasn't told
her daughters. At the
clinic she meets Llum
(Nuria Prims) who offers
her relief, which may
come in more ways than
expected. Also, Susana's
husband Cristian is
about to close the deal
with a Romanian client,
but the client is
obsessed with having a
good time, to excess.
And with Susana about to
give birth, does he give
in and join the fun. All
of this explodes one
night as Susana's water
breaks. It's going to be
a hell of a night.
Man,
do Spanish filmmakers
love the full-on dramas
with a shitload of sex,
alcohol, drugs, violence
(though not in this
film) etc.. I suppose
that's part of the
reason that I have a
focus on Spanish films
on this site. The second
half of this film is
very melodramatic and to
be honest, there seems
to be no rhyme or reason
to it. Clara, who seems
like a pretty reasonable
person, goes off the
rails so inexplicably
you have to wonder what
she was like before this
film was set. The happy
ending seems laughable
particularly after Clara
is actually raped and
two seconds away from
jumping into oncoming
traffic just a few hours
before. Hmmm... a mess.
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