''You Have to Come and See It'' ( es, Tenéis que venir a verla, links=no) is a 2022 Spanish film written and directed by

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. It stars Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Francesco Carril and

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Plot

Over the course of a little more than 60 minutes, with an ellipsis cutting the film in Winter and Spring, the plot tracks the conversations of two couples of friends past their thirties. It starts with the characters attending to a musical piece by

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at Madrid's Café Central.

Cast

Production

Produced by Los Ilusos Films, the film had the collaboration from the

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and the Madrid regional administration.

Release

Distributed by Atalante, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 17 June 2022. It also screened at the 56th

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's official competition in July 2022. It will have its North-American premiere at the

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. It also made it to 'World Cinema' section of

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to be screened in October 2022.

Reception

According to the

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website

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, ''You Have to Come and See It'' has a 100% approval rating based on 7 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 8.3/10. Quim Casas of ''

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'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be, short of being an overly political film, "frank, direct, fluid, somewhat sad, well built around its four performers and with a beautiful experimental coda". Beatriz Martínez of ''

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'' rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, pointing out that Trueba displays "the unusual ability to capture a state of mind", with the film underpinning, in addition to a letter of love to cinema, "the best X-ray yet of the feeling of limbo in the aftermath of the OVID-19pandemic". Andrea G. Bermejo of ''

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'' scored 4 out of 5 stars, determining the film to be, out of all Trueba's works, the one connecting the most with the real, underscoring as a bottom line: "like a day in the country with friends. Pure enjoyment". Reviewing for ''

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'', Anna Smith assessed that the film features "a simple but effective set up; a characterful ramble powered by four terrific performances and witty dialogue rooted in the truth". Jessica Kiang of ''

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'' deemed the film ("one of the late-breaking joys of the Karlovy Vary competition") to be "as sociable and swiggable as a draught or 10 of sweetly fortified wine". Javier Ocaña of ''

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'' considered that, depending on who looks at it and lives it, the film can be either "placid, bitter, lucid and enveloping", or "simply ironic, provocative and even comical. And maybe they are all right".

Top ten lists

The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2022:

Accolades

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References

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