Original, irreverent, and filled with intermittent bawdy surprises Joaquin Oristrell’s period comedy “Inconscientes” is set in 1913 Spain at a time when Sigmund Freud’s revolutionary theories have captured the imagination of Barcelona’s bourgeoisie.
Pregnant Alma (Leonor Watling – “Talk to Her”) and her psychoanalyst brother-in-law Salvador (Luis Tovar) team up to search for Alma’s missing psychiatrist husband Dr. Leon Pardo (Alex Brendemuhl) who mysteriously disappeared while on vacation on Vienna.
Their investigation leads to her husband’s female clientele. It uncovers many family secrets before opening a romantic can of applesauce for the comely Alma and the famously endowed Salvador, whose wife Olivia (Nuria Prims) remains incapable of accommodating her spouse.
Joaquin Oristrell is a modern day Woody Allen, albeit with a better sense of rhythm and naughty buffoonery.
You will laugh from corners of your subconscious you didn’t know you had.
Charming.
Rated R. 108 mins.
