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What Max Said (1978)

What Max Said poster
Original title
Las palabras de Max
Directed by
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man feels disconnected from everyone around him. The film follows his internal experience of isolation.

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What happens

What Max Said (Spanish: Las palabras de Max) is a 1978 Spanish film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro, and starring Ignacio Fernández de Castro, Myriam De Maeztu and Gracia Querejeta. It tells the story of a man who feels disconnected from people around him. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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