The Weakness of the Bolshevik

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The Weakness of the Bolshevik
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	La flaqueza del bolchevique
Directed by	Manuel Martín Cuenca
Screenplay by	Lorenzo Silva Manuel Martín Cuenca
Based on	La flaqueza del bolchevique by Lorenzo Silva
Starring	Luis Tosar Mar Regueras María Valverde Nathalie Poza Manolo Solo Yolanda Serrano
Cinematography	Alfonso Parra
Edited by	Ángel Hernández Zoido
Music by	Roque Baños
Production companies	Antena 3 Canal+ España Gobierno de La Rioja MEDIA Programme of the European Union Natexis Coficiné ICAA Rioja Audiovisual
Distributed by	United International Pictures[1]
Release date	31 October 2003 (2003-10-31) (Spain)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Budget	$275,792[2]

The Weakness of the Bolshevik (Spanish: La flaqueza del bolchevique) is a 2003 Spanish psychological drama film directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca from a screenplay he co-wrote with Lorenzo Silva, based on Silva's novel La flaqueza del bolchevique.

Plot[]

In Madrid, a middle-aged man driving his car rams into the rear of another car that is driven by a woman named Sonsoles. They get into an argument and then the frustrated businessman starts harassing her by sending lewd remarks on her phone. He starts to stalk her and this eventually leads him to the school where her 15-year-old sister María studies. He follows her and introduces himself to her with a false name and profession. They start spending time together, going to a park and afterwards to the swimming complex. María later comes to know of the real name of the person she is seeing to be Pablo López. However, after an initial reluctance, she gives in and they again start to see each other. On the other hand, a colleague of Pablo is wooing him hard, but he disperses her advances as he has grown to have feelings for María. Meanwhile, Sonsoles's older lover fixes a device in her landline which traces unknown numbers and hence she knows that Pablo is behind the act. However, she does not know about her sister's involvement with him and so she sends goons after him to teach him a lesson. But the story takes an ugly turn, as when the goons target Pablo, María is with him, and she is molested by the goons. Pablo tries hard to save her, but he is captured, and when María tries to save herself by hitting one of the goons with her knee, she is thrown against a rock and dies on the spot. Pablo, overcome by sorrow and grief, stays by her until the police arrive and is arrested. In the prison, he sees a flashback of María and becomes elated.

Cast[]

Reception[]

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered the film to be a "superbly helmed and played parable of moral breakdown and recovery", "let down only by a weak conclusion".^[4]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing about the "effective, devastating and unquestionably moral" story, praising the discovery of the new talent María Valverde, whereas negatively assessing "a finale that deflates the earlier drama".^[5]

See also[]

• List of Spanish films of 2003

References[]

External links[]

• The Weakness of the Bolshevik at IMDb
• The Weakness of the Bolshevik at AllMovie

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