A Remarkable Tale

Four African people escape from human trafficking through the woods and snow. The police are after them for being illegal immigrants, so they hide in a small old town in the hills of Spain.

The movie shows the reality of many actual European rural communities that are disappearing because people (especially young people) move to the cities leaving small towns to die. But the people of Fuentejuela de Arriba are not going to let their community fall without a fight. They meet these four strangers and the out of ignorance prejudices of both groups create some trouble at first, but then they start to know each other appreciating their differences and similarities. They realize they can work together and help one another. "Integrate or die" becomes the town's new motto.

It's a lighthearted and funny simple movie, with a genuine approach reflecting small villages' interactions. If you've ever been in a place like that, you are going to have some extra laugh or two remembering some old cringeworthy character from there.

Funny actors, good performances and an accurate casting.

A nice tale, or a fable if you wish, reflecting sad realities and everyday miseries in a humorous light.

It is short in duration and its story is not a big deal, but it is entertaining and fun.

I didnt like the movie because of the unrealistic script , Racilly uncorrect storyline and the Stereotype way they directed the movie, its kinda laughable and pathetic , who came up with the crazy idea for weird story of the tribal African people running in the snow in a european village ??? And they also speaking spanish.. ? A bove of that The village people are calling them apes and criminals etc .. ?? , I canceled my netflix after watching that Movie . did the director and writer of the movie lived under a rock for all these years and didnt notice that its 2019 and not 1940 ?? The movie was very cringe watching and is very bad. The black actors need to be blamed to cus they got also a hand in this foolery.

This movie tells the story of a rural Spanish community willing to do "anything" to save it's existence from annexation- even if that means letting 4 black immigrants integrate into their town. The main character is a strong-willed and smart woman striving to out-do her estranged husband, the Mayor of a nearby region, by re-building her town and running for local office, with the help of these 4 new inhabitants. This movie is hilarious, authentic, and heartwarming. Performed in Spanish with English subtitles, this is worth a watch!

I don't have much to say. I just thought it was a painfully boring movie with bad comedy. It was also very... Racially charged? In a way that made me uncomfortable throughout the whole movie. I don't think they really accomplished that "inclusion" message they tried to give.

The actors were good and the characters were well-developed, plus a heartwarming development later in the story (imo).

But even if the movie frames the village people as behind the times and racist, it still doesn't make it any less uncomfortable to watch them make light of it. The black characters felt unrealistic and one-dimensional, too.

TL;DR: The comedy is weak, and had they consulted a sensitivity reader or someone from the area they wanted to represent, I feel like this would have been a VERY different movie.

Por si las moscas: I'm Hispanic and watched the movie in the original Spanish.