AISLADOS (isolated)

Isolated is the kind of film that redefines the term 'independent'. Shot on a pittance in Ibiza, it's a brutally funny tale of lads behaving badly in a holiday paradise. Adrià, a Barcelona-based journalist, arrives in Ibiza to visit his old friend *beep* (Eric Francés). The aimless *beep* seems to have fallen on his feet with a cushy housekeeping number in a rather spacious villa owned by the absent 'Frenchman' Pierre where his duties seem minimal. Interrupted from time to time by the laconic Jean (Jean-Luc Ducasse) who drifts in and out of the house waiting for Pierre's possibly imminent arrival, Adrià and *beep* embark on a series of not too strenuous activities. Their conversations, ranging from Iranian cinema to blow-jobs, with regular commentaries on Jean's dishes thrown in for good measure, are blisteringly amusing. Rehearsed for two months but shot over six days, this is a sharp, sassy feature with attitude and humour that provides an alternative take on Ibiza and a quirky twist on the familiar tale of men putting the world to rights with ready supplies of beer to fuel their animated dialogue.

Maria Delgado