On one of the lovely March days where Barcelona was "blessed" with a ton of rain and an extreme lack of sun, a few friends of mine and I decided we'd go to see a movie in Spanish. I live in Gracia, which is a very unique area in Barcelona. It is very residential and Catalan. I love living in this unique, off the beaten path neighborhood. My friends and I decided we'd go to the movies in Gracia. I had walked packed this cinema many a time with my señora Conchita and she had told us about the theatre. We knew we wanted to see Chica y Rita because the advertisements for this movie had literally exploded overnight in every metro around the city. For a brief period of time, you couldn't enter a metro without seeing the naked figures of Chica and Rita intertwined behind a piano. This was intriguing to us and if we were going to go see a movie in our non native language, we might as well see a very unique movie.
We went to a 4:10 show. When we went to the theatre originally, it wasn't even open until 4. This was a bit of culture shock for me because movies start playing around 12 at home. When we bought our tickets, they assigned us seats. I was shocked because I had NEVER been assigned a seat in a movie, even for opening shows for Harry Potter. We got to our seats and slowly but surely, the theatre filled up. Surprisingly, it was filled with children. I was shocked children could see a movie that was advertised by naked cartoon figures. To each his own I guess.
The movie began as all movies do: with previews. Seeing Disney film trailers in Spanish was really great. When the movie began, I understood a lot more than I expected. The film is romantic, unusual, but very intriguing. I would recommend that everyone see a movie in Spain. It is very reflective of the culture and very interesting to see a foreign movie in a foreign country.
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