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Juan Barberini and Ramon Pujol End of the Century (2019)

[halfwayriight]

SMILEY  |  Ramon Pujol as Ramón Martínez

[onenakedfarmer]

Watching

THE END OF THE CENTURY [FIN DE SIGLO] Lucio Castro Argentina/Spain, 2019

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Did you know that, when Latin American countries were becoming independent from Spain, 5 of their anthems were composed by Catalans?

In Argentina 🇦🇷, the government that resulted from the 1810 May Revolution chose an anthem composed by Blai Parera i Moret.

In Chile 🇨🇱, the anthem chosen in 1828 was composed by Ramon Carnicer i Batlle.

Mexico's 🇲🇽 1854 contest to choose a national anthem was won by Jaume Nunó i Roca.

When Panama 🇵🇦 became independent in 1904, they commissioned Albert Galimany i Pujol to compose their national anthem.

Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 adopted its current national anthem in 1952, choosing a song composed in 1867 by Fèlix Astol i Artés.

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Real Madrid Castilla - Malaga CF 1:2

scorers: 0:1, Ferreiro 15'

1:1, Carrillo 33'

1:2, Ferreiro 69'

Real Madrid Castilla: Fran Gonzalez; Ramon, Carrillo, Asencio; Tobias (75' De Leon), Angel (78' Pujol), Andres (67' Theo Zidane), Palacios (67' Munoz), Obrador; Paz (67' David Gonzalez), Alvaro Rodriguez

Malaga CF: Herrero; Puga, Monte, Juande, Daniel Sanchez; Genaro Rodriguez (66' Lorenzo), Juanpe (46' Dioni), Ferreiro, Sangalli, Villodres (75' Cordero); Roberto Fernandez (46' Molina)

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RAMON PUJOL

[awutar]

I saw you, dad, get emotional with Messi

I saw you, dad, get emotional with Messi

A man, holding his daughter, celebrates Messi’s goal outside the Lusail Stadium in Doha.Francisco Seco (AP) Ramon Eduardo Pujol, my old man, would be bitching with his best bitter face right now, while we all celebrate Argentina’s victory against Mexico here, in the living room from my house, in Boedo, in Buenos Aires, if it weren’t for the fact that an artery in his brain clogged this Wednesday…

[patrocles]

You know, I have a weird sensation-- I feel that we've met before. We have met before

END OF THE CENTURY (2019) dir. Lucio Castro

[secareanu]

End of the Century / Fin de Siglo (2019) dir. Lucio Castro

[w94]

End of the Century, 2019

[spuriouslogic]

Thoughts: End of a Century

I saw this film maybe a year ago and really liked it. I’ve seen a lot of gay-themed films and it’s generally really hard to find something I haven’t seen before and yet of good quality. End Of A Century somehow manages that by the end. Spoilers after the cut.

If you were to put this film into a category, it would be one of those romantic yet cynical arthouse movies, like The Weekend or Brokeback Mountain. To summarize briefly, two strangers meet, foster a romantic connection, then reality sets in and they go their separate ways. That’s what happens here, more or less.

The film is a meditation on love and circumstance. Ocho and Javi, our two lovebirds, have chemistry and a notable attraction, but Ocho has just ended a ten year relationship so he could be single and Javi is married with an adopted daughter (it’s an open marriage). You get the sense that Javi is only still with his husband out of history and habit and that Ocho isn’t finding single life as liberating as he thought. As a romantic, it’s hard not to root for them, but the realist in each of us knows the score.

But the third act has a twist. Suddenly, in a fit of surrealism, we are temporarily transported into an alternate reality -- one where Ocho and Javi are married and Javi’s adopted daughter is also Ocho’s. It’s a fun cheat, a way to show the audience the happy ending without actually having to go through all the work to actually get there, but when it’s taken away we are left to make sense of it ourselves. My own interpretation is that, whether real or not, the alternate world represents Ocho’s unease with his own choices. He’s someone who will always wonder about the roads not taken, who will feel stuck when together and lonely when apart. The film ends on that note, Ocho alone in his kitchen in the late hours of the evening, the dream of another life swirling inside his head.

[osugna]

No one speaks for the first 12 minutes of End of the Century, the engaging opening relies solely on the capable and strong shoulders of Ocho, an Argentinian visiting Barcelona. Giving the unmistakable impression of a visitor absorbing his surroundings with a traveler’s fresh eyes, he wanders through the simple-yet-lovely establishing city shots as he cycles through common activities of the solo traveler: Eating alone, observing locals, reading, swimming, showering, jerking off. He notices an attractive man, Javi, at the beach. Later from the balcony of his Airbnb, he spots this same man in a KISS shirt, and calls out the film’s first line: “Kiss!” They devour each other immediately in the first of many passionate sex scenes. Drinking wine on the roof after a day out, they talk about past and current relationships (Javi is in an open marriage) and Ocho has an eerie feeling … wait … have they in fact met before, 20 years ago, at the end of the century?

The resulting flashbacks are a little disconcerting, because the two men do not look any different and do not behave all that differently. The only difference is they are heterosexual 20 years prior. Yet is it really plausible that Ocho could forget something like this?  In this second act, Ocho arrives to stay with Sonia, a classical singer he met through her ex-boyfriend and she has been dating young Javi at that moment. During his stay, Javi took Ocho to the museum. At that night, after drinking boxed wine followed by tequila and cigarettes, they make love for the first time — again.

The last act is set in a seemingly near future in which Ocho and Javi ensconced in domestic warmth, are the fathers of a little girl. Whether real or imagined, the film balances what is with what might have been and what could still be, and,  although the result is maybe a bit less substantial than the director intended, there is a certain literary elegance in the way he sketches it out. 

6.5/10

[lithium89]

End of the Century, 2019.

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Real Madrid Castilla squad 2024/2025

Diego Pineiro

Lorenzo Aguado

David Cuenca

Edgar Pujol

Raul Asencio

Chema Andres

Gonzalo Garcia

Manuel Angel

Victor Munoz

Cesar Palacios

Borja Alonso

Fran Gonzalez

Jacobo Ramon

Antonio David

David Ruiz

Loren Zuniga

Andres Campos

Jeremy de Leon

David Jimenez

Youssef Enriquez

Pablo Ramon

Mario de Luis

Transfers in:

Jacobo Ramon (promotion) - Real Madrid Juvenil A

David Cuenca (promotion) - Real Madrid C

Esteban Aparicio (promotion) - Real Madrid C

David Ruiz (promotion) - Real Madrid C

Loren Zuniga (promotion) - Real Madrid C

Andres Campos (promotion) - Real Madrid C

Antonio David (promotion) - Real Madrid Juvenil A

David Jimenez (promotion) - Real Madrid C

Borja Alonso (promotion) - Real Madrid C

Hugo de Llanos (promotion) - Real Madrid Juvenil A

Chema Andres (promotion) - Real Madrid Juvenil A

Fran Gonzalez (promotion) - Real Madrid C

Youssef Enriquez (promotion) - Real Madrid Juvenil A

Pipi Nakai (back from loan) - Rayo Majadahonda

Alvaro Leiva (back from loan) - Cordoba CF

Pablo Ramon (back from loan) - CD Mirandes

Reinier Jesus (degradation) - Real Madrid

Transfers out:

Nico Paz (6 m €) - Como 1907

Lucas Canizares - SC Farense

Alvaro Carrillo - SD Eibar

Theo Zidane - Cordoba CF

Javi Villar - Albacete Balompie

David Gonzalez - Burgos CF

Esteban Aparicio - AD Alcorcon

Marvel (loan) - Cordoba CF

Rafa Obrador (loan) - Deportivo La Coruna

Noel Lopez (loan) - CA Osasuna B

Alvaro Rodriguez (loan) - Getafe CF

Mario Martin (loan) - Real Valladolid

Alvaro Leiva (loan) - Algeciras CF

Pipi Nakai (loan) - SD Amorebieta

Reinier Jesus (loan) - Granada CF

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Juan Barberini & Ramon Pujol in Fin de siglo/End of the Century (dir. Lucio Castro, 2019)

An Argentinian man from New York and a Spanish man from Berlin hook up by chance while in Barcelona. What seems like a one-night encounter between two strangers becomes an epic, decades-spanning relationship, which Lucio Castro depicts in a nonlinear fashion, and in which time and space refuse to play by the rules.