Wonderful character development!

Good concept, poorly executed.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

A must seen movie! If your parents are emigrants or you are the child of emigrants (as in my case) you will be pleased to see your childhood again. In the beginning very funny the film changes to be more and more sad and complex. But this is no problem, it is our life that is like that. If you know Sppain and Switzerland you will be pleased to watch the movie, because it is really very close to reality. Carlos Iglesias I didn't know before I have seen this movie but I am forward to seeing more of his work. I have seen the movie without knowing at all what it would be about and that was absolutely good for me, because I was immediately taken away by the story. I live in Switzerland and my mom's from Spain, so I was kind of privileged to see the movie because I know both countries very well. But I think this is not necessary for every spectator. It is just a very good, very sensitive but also funny movie. Enjoy it!

It was my first Spanish movie and I had no idea what to expect, but I'm so glad I chose it in the end, I found it so much more interesting and entertaining than the other movies i'm used to. I am definitely going to see if I can find some more of Carlos Iglesias - I absolutely loved him.A wonderful movie, beautifully filmed, with light yet very effective humour. The actors are simply perfect, the story flows at the right pace, and you enjoy the movie from beginning to end. Offers a great contrast between the lives of the Spanish and the swiss in the 1960's. A Spanish must-see.

I've seen this movie during our last trip to Spain. My girlfriend and I we can feel very good into the characters of this brilliant movie, because our parents where immigrated to Austria and Switzerland during this period. Her parents come from Spain and my father is from Italy, my mother from Austria. I was born about 10 miles away from Schwellbrunn, where this movie was filmed. So it is not Uzwil, like people in the movie said. But anyway. This movie shows the same thing, that our parents' happened in such a funny and for the same time hard way, that everybody must see this movie. My Spanish (like my English) is very bad but a big part of the movie was in Swiss German. That's why I loved this movie. You can understand the most part of this movie, when you speak Swiss German! What I extremely love in this movie is the switch of languages. So as Martin said, that nobody is in the firm because they are at the party or exhibition with party (feria-Spanish) he explained it badly, then in Swiss German he said, they are in holidays (Ferien-Swiss German). Or another example was as Hannah said in her bad Italian, that it is on the upper-floor (sobre piano-Italian) Martin translated Marcos this as they have a piano left (piano-Spanish).So this movie is perfect for immigrants who understand a bit of Spanish and Swiss German. But also everybody else will love this movie.

It is a curious coincidence that a TV comedian, José Corbacho, was behind one of last year's best Spanish films, Tapas, and this year it is again another TV funnyman, Carlos Iglesias, who brings us the cream of the crop. They both became famous on Spanish TV for their absurd, laugh-out-loud comic personas, but have chosen a more cerebral route for their directorial filmic debuts, making comedies with dramatic undertones, and in both cases the results have been artistic triumphs.Iglesias's little joy of a film, based largely on his own life experiences as the son of Spanish emigrants, is simply delightful in every detail. The story flows along effortlessly and the characters are developed with loving care, and once the film ends one cannot help but want it to go on longer, which is the mark of all good storytelling. I was already a fan of Iglesias in his "Pepelu" times of the 90s, but if the quality of his film career stays at this level, he will surely make us forget his time on TV.