the dazzling multistory hard time ( malas temporadas ) be clearly a masterpiece in foreign cinema . the film play itself out a a latino magnolia and one can question whether it pay homage to that film . director martin cuenca develop an interconnecting puzzle of conflicted character in modern spain represent you have your social worker mom who teenage son entraps himself in his room each day in order to avoid interaction with others and you have your solitary ex convict who stalk his former cellmate and you have your amateur pilot who dream of go to miami ( talk about go to hard time . just kid . like former florida marlin livan hernandez say after win the 1997 world series i love miami ) and and you have your paraplegic beauty who play high infidelity from her rich husband by sleep with the cuban ( yea . cuban rule . sorry . be a cuban american and just have to say it . ) . the hardening of this tangled web be the time when their life intertwine into a central fixated message about the love of life . the cast be nothing short of stellar . respect spanish actor javier camera again demonstrate why the camera love him with his astute performance a the ex convict mikel . nathalie poza be stun a the stressed social worker mom ana . eman xor ona be sturdy a the miami dreamer carlos . the screenplay of hard time must have be a hard one to develop because of it crossover component but i do commend cuenca and alejandro hernandez for their triumphant scribing effort . you will find yourself have a easy and good time and have a worthwhile cinematic experience when you go see hard time ( malas temporadas ) . excellent .