This is a great movie! However, I had to force myself to watch it until the end because of the English dubbing/voiceover did not align properly and match the characters emotions and etc. You have Africans depicting strong emotions but the dubbing is this monotoned all white American voice w/ no emotion. It doesn't match. Even the captioning was off. I would've preferred to watch the original version and select English captioning.

I have mixed feelings about this movie. I love Spanish movies so when I first saw this I liked it but watching it now I realize it hasn't aged well. I feel like the nude scenes distract from the story and how ridiculous some of it is. The movie's about a woman named Clarence (Adriana Ugarte) who goes to the island Bioko which's part of Equatorial Guinea to find out more about her estranged father Jacobo (Alain Hernández). Her father and his brother Kilian (Mario Casas) worked on a cocoa plantation owned by his Dad Anton (Emilio Gutiérrez Caba). His dad is one of the many colonist during the time when it was known as Spanish Guinea. While working there Kilian writes in his journal given prior to his trip and falls in love with Basilia (Berta Vazquez).

This leads to things getting complicated for the workers and the owners. I think the big problem is that it kind've glorifies colonialism. While it does show abuse of the workers and that not all of the colonists are evil no one really apologizes or reflects on the pain brought on to the natives. The acting is fine and the cinematography but the story's a little clunky and even insulting in some areas. A good example's a scene where this one character named Iniko initially distrust Clarence but then in the next scene they're on the beach having sex. Again I feel like that scene was there just to distract the viewer from the clunky plot. If you like spanish movies I guess you'll like this otherwise skip it.

Intense drama plenty of thrills, emotion, romance with Amor Fou and soap opera. Set in 1953 it deals with a young man Killian, Mario Casas, living in the remote mountains of Huesca, he alongside his older sibling Jacobo, Alain Hernandez, undertaking a new life, and embarking on a dangerous journey to Ecuatorial Guinea where is working their father, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, on a cacao plantation and subsequentlly taking place the troubled days of Independence and triumph by dictator Macias . Many years later, after the death her daddy, a young Spanish girl, Adriana Ugarte, finds out some unanswered questions by discovering a mysterious letter. As she searches for the answers and travels Africa on a risked trip that takes her back to Fernando Poo . Meanwhile, there takes place an Independence War with turmoil, confrontation, rebellion from African natives against the Spanish, leading to fateful consequences.

Dramatic movie concerning two brothers travel from Huesca which saw them to grow up to the exotic island of Fernando Poo where takes place several thrilling events, love stories and revolutionary upheaval. It packs a magnificent camera work, high production values, luxurious design, violent images and a lot of sex scenes, including intercourse on the beach. A lavish production with a deep criticism on Spanish colonialism of the fifties by using a great number of flashbacks and flashforwards. Average acting by Mario Casas as a young who never left the far mountains of Huesca and comes to Guinea to find knowledge, pain and maturity . Adriana Ugarte Is better than him as the young woman who unfolds secrets of her ascendants. Support cast is pretty good, such as Alain Hernandez, Macarena Garcia, Daniel Grao, Berta Vazquez, , Luis Callejo, Fernando Cayo, Djedje Apali, Petra Martinez, Celso Bugallo as an adult Killian and veteran incombustible Emilio Gutierrez Caba.

It displays a sensitive and stirring musical score by Lucas Vidal. It contains a brilliant and colorful cinematography by Xavi Gimenez. Shot on location in Llanos del Hospital Huesca, Bahia Solano, Colombia and Palmas de Gran Canaria. The motion picture written by Sergio G. Sanchez was well directed by Fernando Gonzalez Molina, but being extremely overlong, almost three hours . He has made some successful films as Brain drain, 3 steps above heaven, I want you and The invisible guardian. And he directed notorious Tv series as Paco's men, The boat, Luna el misterio de Calenda and a documentary, The best day of my life. Rating 7/10. Well worth watching.