Truman (2015)

September 24, 2015 (AR) • Drama, Comedy • 105m

Overview

Tomás, who lives in Canada, travels to Madrid, Spain, to visit his old friend Julián. Both of them, accompanied by Truman, Julián's faithful dog, will share many surprising and emotional little moments, triggered by the hard situation Julián is going through, for just a few days.

Director

Cesc Gay

Writers

Cesc Gay, Tomàs Aragay

Top Billed

Ricardo Darín

Keywords

madrid, spain amsterdam, netherlands male friendship terminal illness childhood friends dog man friendship

Where to watch

Free / Included

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Top Billed Cast

Ricardo Darín

Julián

Javier Cámara

Tomás

Dolores Fonzi

Paula

Eduard Fernández

Luis

Àlex Brendemühl

Veterinarian

Pedro Casablanc

Doctor

José Luis Gómez

Producer

Javier Gutiérrez

Mortician

Elvira Mínguez

Gloria

Oriol Pla

Nico

Nathalie Poza

Woman #2

Àgata Roca

Woman #1

Susi Sánchez

Adoption Woman

Francesc Orella

Restaurant Actor

Ana Gracia

Restaurant Actress

Silvia Abascal

Mónica

Kira Miró

Company Actress

Lucie Desclozeaux

Sophie

Elisabet Altube

Dealer Girl

Carolina Meijer

Tomás' Wife

Pablo Schaupp

Tomás' Son

Luz Ottone

Tomás' Daughter

Lucas Hamming

Nico's Companion

Lucía Guerrero

Girl #1

Greta Fernández

Girl #2

Teresa Soria Ruano

Bookstore Employee

La Terremoto de Alcorcón

Neighbor

Patricia Byrne

Hotel Waitress

Camilo Vázquez

Theater Prop Master

Bouzan Hadawi

Taxi Driver

Alison Smith

Stewardess

Anna López Infante

Party Bar Friend

Tsechun Tse

Asian Waiter

Crew

Cesc Gay

Director

Andreu Rebés

Director of Photography

Toti Soler

Original Music Composer

Pablo Barbieri Carrera

Editor

Nico Cota

Original Music Composer

Diego Dubcovsky

Producer

Pola Zito

Executive Producer

Mireia Juárez

Casting

Daniel Burman

Co-Producer

Matias Mosteirin

Executive Producer

Marta Esteban

Executive Producer

Leticia Cristi

Executive Producer

Huub Meijer

Line Producer

Hugo Sigman

Co-Producer

Irene Montcada

Production Design

Axel Kuschevatzky

Co-Producer

Alejandro Gorodisch

Co-Producer

Avelina Prat

Script Supervisor

Rosa Pariente

Property Master

Albert Gay

Sound Recordist

Cesc Gay

Screenplay

Tomàs Aragay

Screenplay

Jesica Suárez

Sound

Matias Mosteirin

Co-Producer

Mariona Ferrer

Set Decoration

Carlos Gras

Assistant Director

Curro Muñoz

Visual Effects Supervisor

Karol Tornaria

Makeup Designer

Álex Miyata

Location Manager

Laia Bosch

Production Coordinator

Jesica Suárez

Sound Mixer

Marta Esteban

Producer

Sergio Pérez Berbel

Hair Designer

Alberto Sánchez

Gaffer

Anna Güell

Costume Designer

Isidro Terraza

Production Director

Dani Arregui

Camera Operator

Giselle Sánchez

Foley Artist

Cayetana Pascual

Second Assistant Director

Quique Cañadas

Color Grading

David Cárceles

Post Production Supervisor

Armando Bó

Thanks

Paco Lara

Electrician

Reviews

Reno

⭐ 7/10

February 24, 2016

> Spending one final quality time with an old friend.

It is not that hard to describe, I mean the entire story in a couple of lines, but scene by scene it embarks on the different level. A very ordinary tale that takes place in less than one week time, at a same time it catches your attention in a gentle manner. A perfect movie with the balanced contents. I admit, this is not what I expected, but still delivered the same quality differently. It takes us to the various locations to capitalise the concept and gives an idea how the real people in the real world express during their distressed time. I think I kind of liked its rich screenplay and the overall production quality.

The movie was very slow, definitely need patience to watch it. It opened in a snowy Canadian residential area and soon begins to follow a middle ages man called Tomas saying goodbye to his family to board a plane for Madrid to meet his old pal, Julian. This unexpected visit gives an opportunity for Julian, a single father to open his heart to talk about the future plan, especially for his loving dog, Truman. The rest of the movie follows their lead by revealing some of the unknown to about each other.

Yes, the title name was a dog character. It took some times to figure it out why and how important was this name for the movie. Almost the entire watch, only in the end scene, it all made sense. Besides, that is the part I fell for it, I think it was the best way to conclude. I love this kind of theme, this is where my softer side unfolds and feel the depth of the character or the tale that intended to strike emotionally. But the thing is, it was not a tearjerker drama as I wanted or it should have been.

> "People don't know what to say to me.
> They smell death and they get scared."

Another unique narration that dealt with having friendship in the front row for its simple ride. It might be a plot that evolved around two friends' four days wandering everywhere, but covered family issues as well, especially the father-son relationship for a brief time, but strongly. It took all the time in the beginning, but the second half was very interesting after it makes you comfort with the characters and enough story development to move on from there.

It was a less fun, but a more meaningful movie than I thought. All the comedies were dark, it is unfortunate not to have even a small smile. The main source for it was the argument caused by the differences between the friends over what they decided to do, but in the end held back to normalcy as the character were matured and had a good understanding.

So the comedy is only the tag that attached to the movie, but it was a very absorbing topic on its progress till the final minute. Yet, I'm very upset with a sex scene that definitely out of the synchronisation with the rest of the story. When everything was going so smooth it appeared from nowhere like a twist in the tale, I felt that was totally inappropriate. And also that 100 seconds changed the fate of the movie from a PG-13 to R product, though there was no strong nudity.

It was effortless, but exceptional performances, especially by the leading two including the Argentinian superstar Ricardo Darin. And I don't forget the dog in the title role, but sadly his screenspace was very short. Obviously this movie is not designed to impact on all the viewers, so it is going to fail to satisfy a few, especially for its slow presentation without a cheerable background score. That means I suggest you to choose it carefully, by learning what the movie offers against what you actually want from it. But overall, it is surely worth to give a try.

7/10

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Status

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Revenue

$9,027,600

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Truman (2015)

Cesc Gay, Tomàs Aragay

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