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Five Square Meters (2011)
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Five Square Meters (2011)
Original name: 5 metros cuadrados
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Álex and Virginia, a couple planning to get married, buy an apartment located in a building under construction. When there are only a few months left before the apartments are to be delivered, the works are stopped indefinitely. Álex wants a solution and will do anything to get his apartment and have the life he had dreamed of.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, social, bleak, biting, black humor
Plot: couples, fighting the system, real estate, injustice, society, corporate crime, couple relations, economic crisis, social issues, life is a bitch, rivalry, dishonesty, unfulfillment, legal action, dark humor, wedding, rebellion, down on your luck, underdog, losing-it hero, christmas, new year's eve, corporate crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: spain

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