Isolated

Colour, 35 mm
Spain, 2005, 83 min
Section: Variety Critics´ Choice

Synopsis

Despite its bleak-sounding title, Isolated reps a delightfully laid-back laffer from young helmer David Marqués (Cualquiera) in which two buddies shoot the breeze at a hilltop villa in Ibiza, Spain. Adria (Adria Collado), a journo in his 20s, comes to visit his pro-slacker pal Kike (Eric Frances), who is house-sitting for an absent Frenchman named Pierre. Jean (Jean-Luc Ducasse, also pic’s producer), Pierre’s taciturn cousin, drifts in and out, making food, while the two friends loll around the garden, play with children’s toys, and talk constantly. Reminiscent of the debut Clerks, pic hangs with the twosome as they sink beers and discuss sex, movies, politics, whatever.