DIRECTOR: Santiago Segura CAST: Maribel Verdú An attractive, intelligent high-achieving 39 year old woman has allowed herself to be beaten down by the whole catastrophe of modern life. With a boss who humiliates her, a husband who ignores her, a stepson who doesn't respect her, and a best friend who doesn't listen to her, Paz finally has had enough. When she refuses more calming medication and takes a herb to lessen her anxiety about traffic, tradies, social media and the rest, she finds her assertiveness quickly and dramatically changes her life. Without the usual filters of long-suffering, self effacement and diplomacy, Paz emerges from the repressive rat-race and moves toward regaining her independence and a better life.
No Filter is a great comic story for our time with the strong ring of dramatic authenticity. Played by Spain's #1 female star, Maribel Verdú (Blancanieves, Y Tu Mama Tambien etc) the character of Paz is an empowered, liberated and inspiring heroine. This neat film is entertaining for all and life affirming, especially for the girls.
Plot summary
At her 39 years old, Paz is a Madrilenian woman which life is on the verge of a nervous collapse: in her work in a marketing company she is constantly humiliated by her boss Borja, son of the previous owner and an unqualified man younger than Paz who only thinks in having sex with all his women employers that in addition hires Alicia (a famous twenty-something Internet influencer) to work as Paz's supervisor; Paz's best friend and gym teacher Vanessa is completely obsessed with her ex-boyfriend, looking him in dating Apps and social networks in the cell phone, ignoring to her friend all the times; Paz's sister Bea is a crazy cat lady who organize feasts for other cat ladies, caring extremely to her pet and asking Paz to care the cat a few days mean she travels to a meeting of an activist group by the rights of the cats; Paz's upstairs neighbor Kiko lives in a never-ending and noisy party in his house, making Paz can't sleep a single night easy and quietly; Paz's boyfriend Dante is an Argentinian artistic painter and too a lazy man who only lives for his pictures, neglecting their relationship and the house where they live together with Tolouse, Dante's son and Paz's stepson, a rude-spoken and illiterate teenager who openly rejects and despises Paz; and finally she is on the sly tempted by Gabriel, a job partner and her previous boyfriend before Dante who is on wedding preparations to marry with the jealousy, dominant and control-obsessive Alejandra. After having a panic attack overwhelmed by the situation of extreme loneliness she lives, Paz contacts a Hindi TV guru called Amil Narayan looking for a solution to her troubles. Giving Paz a special potion to heal her, she unwittingly takes all it instantly, instead a little drops as Amil explained. It causes an unexpected secondary effect, and Paz discovers herself unable to keep guard by more time all the trues and opinions about the world around her, turning upside-down her life in the process.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLUMovie Reviews
(AKA No Filter) Not to be confused with Sin Filtro
Acceptable and fun comedy being competently made by Santiago Segura and with fine main and support cast
Paz, Maribel Verdu, is a 39-year-old woman, an advert executive whose boss while having sex with all his employees attempts to isolate her by hiring an It-girl called Alicia : Cristina Pedroche, a known Instagram follower and other social networks. Paz on the verge of the nervous breakdown visits a TV Hindi guru,: Santiago Segura, but she again loses control over what she does and says, as she begins talking out everything that comes to her mind.
This is a decent film with a sour critique to new systems of communication, social nets Whasapp , instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and other means invading the contemporary style of life . Stars Maribel Verdu giving a nice acting as the advert executive losing personal control due to her abusive boss and a recent aspiring young girl taking her position at the enterprise. Support cast is pretty good with plenty of familiar series mostly from television series such as : Cristina Pedroche as the egoistic and ambitious colleague who attempts to take Paz's job, Cristina Castaño as friend obsessed for her ex-fiance, Diego Martin as Maribel Verdu's old flame about to marry Barbara Santa Cruz, Enrique San Francisco as the drunk neighbour usually celebrating noisy parties, Santiago Segura himself as a Hindi guru healer and cameo by Alaska singing the catching song final and brief appearance by Jose Mota.
It packs colorful and brilliant cinematography by the great cameraman Kiko De La Rica. As well as attractive and atmospehric musical. The picture well produced by great producer Eduardo Campoy was efficiently directed by Santiago Segura. This well known actor and director has made various film, being especially famous for his 5 films of the Torrente saga. And has directed other nice and succesful films as Padre no hay mas que uno or Father there is only one and Padre no hay mas que dos. Furhermore, Santiago Seguta has played important international movies as Blade, Pacific Rim, Chica de Rio and National ones as Muertos de Risa, Obra Maestra, La Reina de España , El dia de la bestia and being fetish actor of the Oscarized filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
Nice light comedy film
A film that will make you smile and have fun. Sometimes you need this kind of films... good interpretation from Maribel Verdu.