sentimental excesses Adaptation: JP Heras, apart from the novel by JL Sampedro. Dir: JC Plaza. Cast: H. Alterio, J. Serrano, N. Castro, I. Frías, C. Arranz, O. Rodriguez ... Fine Arts Theatre. Madrid, 15-III-2011.
loyalty lies in virtue and sin of "The Etruscan Smile", a friendly assembly led by José Carlos Plaza based on the beautiful novel by José Luis Sampedro written in 1985. It rained, but the text still fresh and the nonagenarian author lucid, as shown at the premiere. The beautiful prose and deft mixture of tenderness and virility of your pages has not expired, the Calabrian Bruno, old partisan rancor that feeds on old while battling cancer, is taken to Milan by his son and his wife, two insufferable urbanites. In this hostile environment for the rugged old man find love in the warmth of Hortensia and discover paternal feelings never experienced with his grandson, Brunetino.
All this is in the novel and the play. But the theater has to bring differences, not tell. For long moments, recorded voiceover replaces Hector Alterio Alterio-correct itself by the way, like Julieta Serrano, two veteran actors-rather than solid, inviting the question of how far the right choice bit dramatic and where does the trick. Plaza is energetic director, is difficult to justify this, or the overload of sentimentality, the novel is raw moments, and the unfortunate choice of some cast members.
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