A Tres Metros Sobre El Cielo (Spain 2010)

[dangermousie]

If you are looking for a swoony romantic movie with two really hot people, may I recommend "Three Steps Above Heaven," a Spanish adaptation of an Italian best-seller. (The novel has also been adopted into an Italian version but since I haven't seen it, I cannot comment on it).

Tres Metros' narrative revolves around a love story between two young people who couldn't be more different - Babi is an upper-class good girl with spine and Hache is a violent, troubled young man who is heading for a likely future in jail (and I like that he really is a headcase, not a movie version of a very curable bad boy). Their attraction is vivid but can their relationship work? And, since this is not an American movie, the answer is no, it can't. His volatility and penchant for fights finally drive her away - she still may love him but she begins to believe they cannot have any sort of a future. And he can't do anything but her go, despite still loving her, because it's too late. it's tragic and very awesome in its wangst. Apparently there is a sequel in the works. Mmmm.

Have an unspoilery MV:

A guy this hot? (Honestly, his smirky shirtlessness almost makes me want to swallow my tongue). I'd go slumming too :P

Also, I think I now have the perfect leads for my fantasy adaptation of 'Beautiful Disaster.'

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