Warm-hearted and entertaining film about a pair of unfortunate as well as intimate  drifters

Affectionate drama-comedy-denounce about friendship , racism and illegal immigration in Spain , being set in the outskirts of the big Spanish city called Sevilla . Patricio (Jimmy Roca) is a young black immigrant from Guinea Ecuatorial living at a decrepit apartment along with other African colleagues . Patricio is an honest , honorable boy who faces hard workings . One day, an American basketball star-player gives him a nice suit and , as soon as he wears it , there takes place a little miracle : he is treated with respect and attention, and he even gets together with a gorgeous girl (Vanesa Cabeza) . As the happenings go awry when police enters at home and obligate them to abandon that place . Patricio then spends the night in a flophouse , where meets a mature swindler called Pan (Manuel Moron) who steals his money which in fact belongs to another immigrant . Rogue Pan is a racketeer who lives by means of petty scams and cheats . The veteran man proposes him a covenant : that now-homeless Patricio moves in a rotten hotel he lives in until he gets the cash to pay him back . 

This is a moving portrait of racism , social prejudice and illegal immigration from Africa . Close Dramedy (drama and comedy) with sensitive friendship , emotion , twists , a love story and racist elements ; including enjoyable performances with outcast roles were pretty well developed . The picture concerns about an agreeable friendship , taking place issues about xenophobia and racism in which African roles predominate along with the middle-age artist con . The picture relies heavily on the lively relationship among protagonists ; both of them share their same characteristics : they are drifters , unfortunates , poor and unemployed and living at an environment run by money , opulence , richness and luxury . It deals with illegal emigrants ; they are without the proper papers and without a penny to their name . African immigrants sometimes find bad-paid , part-time work ; it is the kind of work that only illegal immigrants can get . This can be the story of many faceless and nameless immigrants in any country that live in ¨Pisos Patera¨ and face uphill challenges all the way through their illegal immigration . As most of them share small apartments with other African immigrants and have menial jobs . Good acting by Eugenio Roca as proud , upright , strict immigrant and excellent Manuel Moron as a small-time trickster called Pan Con Queso . This brooding as well as hilarious flick can be defined as a thought-provoking comedy , an exciting fresco with emotion , racism and a social fable ; however , I found him to be just too predictable and not driven . Because the story needs a vibration more real than the one offered in this sometimes predictable flick , though also contains funny and interesting moments . As the picture is more a comedy than a denounce-film . Anyway , its is compensated with the great performances from main starring : Eugenio Roca and Manuel Moron , interpreters who provided a considerable boost to the result . Other films concerning illegal immigration result to be the followings : Bwana (1996) by Imanol Uribe with Andres Pajares , Maria Barranco , ¨Cartas a Alou¨ (1990) by Montxo Armendariz with Eulàlia Ramon , Mulie Jarju and ¨Ilegal¨ (2003) by Ignacio Vilar with Lucía Jiménez and Chete Lera . 

Evocative and atmospheric soundtrack , including Andalucian music . Colorful cinematography by award-winning Alex Catalan , he carries out an appropriate cinematography of the city of Sevilla , he is a good cameraman who has photographed a lot of successful films such as ¨Even the rain¨ , ¨Grupo 7¨, ¨Habitacion En Roma¨ and ¨Voz Dormida¨. The motion picture was well directed by Alberto Rodriguez . Alberto Rodríguez was born on May 11, 1971 in Seville , Andalucía, Spain . He is a good director and writer, known for Grupo 7 (2012), 7 Vírgenes (2005) and After (2009) . He previously realized ¨El Traje¨ and ¨Factor Pilgrim¨ . The latest from this director was the successful ¨Isla Minima¨ (2014) . Acceptable and passable film , 6.5/10 . I think results to be an entertaining film with several interesting scenes . To an outsider, someone who's not a fan of a particular genre , anything that looks somewhat familiar can be grounds for dialing the cliché social comedy , but I think results to be a fun film with several scenes that'll have you entertaining . Well worth watching .

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