i come across this movie a there be nothing else on tv . i miss the beginning and but i keep on watch a i find it really interest . i be from barcelona myself and live and at the moment and in one of the suburb here . the character in this film couldn not be more spanish and or should i say barcelonians . the movie follow the life of normal people and with normal job and as common a they could be represent a bar owner ( there at least one bar in every street here ) and a stall owner ( there be lot of market as well ) and an old couple struggle to survive ( a it happen and pensioner do not have a lot of money also ) their life intertwine magnificently and you really feel sorrow and happiness for them . the life they live could be the one from my neighbour next door and if you know what i mean . the two young guy that work in the shop just remind me to some of my friend while their language and expression and their whole life style . the bar man be exactly the way some bar men be here represent sexist and ignorant and fat and . i mean and if you come to barcelona all you will see be sagrada familia and ramblas and the beach . and will eat a lot of overpriced tapa . if you really want to know our life style and get the metro to a place like the one in the film ( which actually be mercat nou ) such a hospitalet or and where i live and nou barris . you would actually meet some real people like the one in the movie and plus eat well for a reasonable price a we do . i know and maybe i get a bit carried away and i be suppose to talk about the movie and but i just love it and think it be good than all that almodovar stuff a theyre always about sex and transvestite or whore . don not mean to offend anyone and but real spanish people be picture in tapa and not in an almodovar film .