"The passing of time is the only theme," declares the hard-bitten protag of "Madrid, 1987," and considering that the film consists almost entirely of a monologue in a grimy bathroom, the time passes ...

Writer-director David Trueba strips his characters bare, figuratively and literally, in the language-driven two-hander “Madrid, 1987,” which uses a May-December pairing to explore a moment of intense ...

Writer-director David Trueba gives the May-November romance trope a new spin in this World Dramatic Competition entry with strong art house appeal. By THR Staff PARK CITY — An engrossing two-hander ...

At the start of Madrid, 1987, the cynical Miguel (José Sacristán), a veteran newspaper columnist in his 70s, goes to a café to meet Angela (María Valdaverde), a young journalism student profiling him ...

On a hot day in July 1987, in the vacant city, Miguel, a feared and respected senior newspaper writer, sets up a meeting in a café with Ángela, a young journalism student. From the first instant, ...

“Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare,” wrote William Shakespeare, a point drawn forcefully home if you’re locked inside a small bathroom with a naked, sexagenarian newspaper columnist whose ...

A self-important newspaper columnist (José Sacristán) attempts to seduce a naive young writing student (Maria Valverde) and ends up locked in a bathroom with her overnight. David Trueba, who wrote and ...