
As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier, an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange program in order to gain working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend, then heads to Barcelona. Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into a cultural melting pot when he moves into an apartment full of international students. An Italian, an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a you... (Full plot summary below)
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As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier, an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange program in order to gain working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend, then heads to Barcelona. Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into a cultural melting pot when he moves into an apartment full of international students. An Italian, an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a young girl from Belgium, a German and a girl from Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life.
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| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanIn almost every way that I can think of, L'Auberge Espagnole is a perfect movie... It is a film that feels alive. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternIt's an exhilarating, funny, very sweet movie. |
| Baltimore SunMichael SragowLAuberge Espagnole (The Spanish Hotel) is unexpectedly entertaining because it captures the point in young adulthood when life is unseriously serious, or maybe seriously unserious. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaA love song to the new Europe (Klapisch's original title: Euro Pudding) and a snapshot of a polyglot gang on the cusp of kind-of-reckless youth and responsibility-burdened adulthood. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasNot since Lukas Moodysson's "Together" has communal living been depicted with such warmth and feeling for the entire ensemble. |
| Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufWriter-director-actor Cedric Klapisch simultaneously shows great moviemaking flair and reveals a very peculiar worldview. |
| The New YorkerDavid DenbyBest of all, L'Auberge Espagnol uses Barcelona as a veritable character, a picturesque, vivacious place where, as one character puts it, ''No one eats before 10 p.m." |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is as light and frothy as a French comedy, which is what it is, a reminder that Cedric Klapisch also directed "When the Cat's Away" (1996). |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigIt energetically captures the frenzied pace of contemporary existence, the complexities of life in a multicultural world, the rootless joys of living in a foreign city and the heady world of possibilities one envisions while in college. |
| Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktKlapisch frequently uses voiceovers to express Xaviers thoughts, and Duris expresses those thoughts beautifully, with a quirky open face, tuned perfectly to whatever his character is thinking. |