Año bisiesto (2010)
A female journalist lives a lonely life in Mexico City. Her lonely routine is punctuated by sex with unknown men, until one of them, who has introduced violence, begins to come back. She doesn't resent this, and together they engage in more and more violent sexual acts. But be not mistaken, this very intense movie is not about sex, but alienation. (by velocipedist)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Michael Rowe
Written By: Michael Rowe, Lucia Carreras
Starring: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Mónica Del Carmen
Genre: Drama
AKA: Leap year
Country: Mexico
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Año bisiesto belongs to 7 collections
1. Directorial debut (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
2. Netflix Watch Instantly (public: dgeiser13 - 2 stars)
3. 30. istanbul film festival (collaborative: moderated by parcaliham - 1 star)
4. Coheed's Celluloid Pit (public: Coheed - 1 star)
5. Camera d'Or (collaborative: moderated by toro913)
6. Movies and Mental Illness (blog) (public: Ag0stoMesmer)
7. on PLEX (public: ozdemibr)
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| Nov 09, 2019 |  |
Detox | 74 48th |
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I liked the formalistic and static shots. They reminded me of the work of Amat Escalante. But even though the point of that seemed to be to bring across the emptiness of the protagonist, it felt empty to me in a bad way. The last 30 minutes were pretty good though, mainly because it got more tense with minimal means.
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| Oct 02, 2019 |  |
Darren | 84 83rd |
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Like a fucked up version of Borderline. Post capitalist society do be like that
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| May 28, 2017 |  |
SpikyCactus | 70 45th |
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Top badass moment? Laura's a brave woman. At one point she goes to the local supermarket and buys five (I think it was five anyway) of what appears to be the Mexican equivalent of Pot Noodle. I get embarrassed buying even one, (as nothing screams out "student" or "loser" louder than a basketful of Pot Noodle); yet like everyone else in the world I secretly want to live on them. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
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| Aug 04, 2013 |  |
astrakhan | 70 17th |
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This Mexican woman's solitary apartment-based life reminded me very much of my own, except that I watch a lot more movies than her, and she has a lot more obscenely depraved sexual encounters than I. Credit to the director for keeping it as interesting as he did, until it got all gross and disturbing and kind of boring.
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| Nov 21, 2012 |  |
filmfreak88 | 65 46th |
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Michael Rowe is obviously a talent to watch as he shows hints of greatness and psychological acumen in this provocative, explicit debut feature. The film, however, ultimately plays it too safe (speaking strictly in terms of dramatic progress of course, as it clearly doesn't play it safe visually).
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| Aug 05, 2011 |  |
SlantMag | 30 78th |
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"Something wicked this way comes in Michael Rowe's Leap Year, a character study of outstanding subtlety and fierce aesthetic exactitude." - Ed Gonzalez
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| Apr 03, 2011 |  |
parcaliham | 85 77th |
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03 nisan 2011, 30. ist. film fest. & cesur bir anlatimla kamera bir evin icinden hic cikmiyor. belki de kadinin dunyasindan hic cikmiyor. cinsel olarak gecmisinde bizzat babasi tarafindan somurulmus bir kadinin carpik cinsel hayati icerisindeki varolma cabasi gercekten etkileyici. kadin yine carpik bir iliski ile varoluyor ve hatta yok olma istegiyle yanip tutusuyor. tipki bir parantezi kapatma istegi gibi. ama bu carpiklik icerisinde ne varolmayi basariyor ne de yok olabiliyor. arada kaliyor.
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| Average Percentile 53.04% from 88 Ratings |  |