The Yellow Fountain (La Fuente Amarilla)

Starring:Silvia Abascal (II), Eduardo Noriega (II), Salvador Madrid, Carlos Wu, Juan Carlos Serrato, Yunja Carolina Choi, Chuen Lam, Miguel Nieto GutiÃ©rrez, Tony Lam, Marga Escudero, Miguel Hermoso Arnao, Barbara de Lema, Ramona Sun LÃ³pez
Director: Miguel Santesmases
Studio: New Yorker Video
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

A Sad Yellow Moon
Beautiful imagery--but flawed film
foreign gem
Terrific film

The Yellow Fountain (La Fuente Amarilla)
Starring: Silvia Abascal (II) , Eduardo Noriega (II) , Salvador Madrid , Carlos Wu , and Juan Carlos Serrato
Director: Miguel Santesmases
Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005QBYK
Release Date: 2003-03-11

Customer Reviews:

A Sad Yellow Moon.......2006-11-02

This involving and poignant film from Spain is a refreshing change for those tired of the mindless action fare we are constantly bombarded with at the movies.

Lovely Silvia Abascal and Eduardo Noriega star in this subtle and complex action film with more depth than violence. Lola (Abascal) has lost her boyfriend to suicide and sets out on a quest to find the man responsible for her mother's murder. She is single-minded and fearless in her quiet quest. She meets Segio (Noriega) who has facts and files on missing Chinese and passports that lead her in the right direction. Unfortunately, that direction points to the head of a Chinese Triad, and the man who once kept her mother, Li San, until she chose to fly away.

It is the relationship of Lola and Sergio which is at the heart of this film, however. Sergio is shy, and afraid to reach out of his world and be hurt. He believes that like the bird he keeps in a cage, he is happy in his isolation. Turning away from the advances of the sad but pretty Lola at first, the two form a deeper bond.

Sergio will spend almost the entire film trying to talk Lola out of her quest and her gun. When affection finally forces Sergio from his cage, however, and he chooses to reach out like the bird flying from his cage, love blooms and sets in motion tragedy. Lola will be taken by the same man who was her mother's keeper and it will be the timid Segio who is forced to take Lola's gun in an effort to save her and have the life he has finally reached out for.

The violence is kept to a minimum yet somehow more real and moving because of its sudden intrusion on the lives of Lola and Sergio. Lola will have an opportunity to choose her own course. Her decision, however, made in the blink of an eye, will cost her more than she had imagined.

This is simply a terrific film from Spain which has a more subtle and deeply felt ending than most action films. Lola's success will lead to tragedy and the viewer will know in their hearts what choice she makes afterward as she is beckoned by her real love to drink from the yellow fountain.

Silvia Abascal and Eduardo Noriega are marvelous here and you will be moved by the film's ending. Those fond of foreign films will find a diamond among the rocks with this one.

Beautiful imagery--but flawed film.......2003-02-17

"Yellow Fountain" is the story of a young Eurasian girl, Lola (Silvia Abascal), whose parents are murdered. Lola trails the killers and soon uncovers a rather nasty Chinese Triad who operate all sorts of criminal businesses in Spain. Along the way, she befriends Sergio (Eduardo Noriega), a lonely young man who dotes on his Canary, obsesses about the Triad, but would rather not get involved in anything violent or sexual.

Abascal's and Noriega's acting was superb--no argument there. Abascal was very believable as the determined, unshakeable Lola, and Noriega did a good job of playing the shy Sergio. However, the film was, for me at least, flawed. There are some unanswered questions regarding the parents' murder. I had the impression at the beginning of the film that the murder occured when Lola was small, but then there were references to the killer that were really confusing--what was the boyfriend's involvement? My second objection is in the downward gravitational spiral of the last part of the film when it started to resemble an American gangster film, and that is rather unfortunate--displacedhuman

foreign gem.......2002-07-12

I was totally engrossed by this movie from beginning to end. Time flew by with no distractions.This is the reason I buy foreign films sight unseen. You can discover gems like this. Silvia Abascal and Eduardo Noriega played beleviable and lovable characters that encounter many twists and turns in this engrossing thriller. It really has a gut-wrenching ending.I just wish there was more to the DVD besides the movie and chapters. Oh well thats why we have the internet. I loved this movie.

Terrific film.......2002-04-20

This is a low key thriller with an emphasis on plot and character development. The story and characters go in unexpected directions, with a heart wrenching conclusion. I'm glad I discovered this film, although I wish I could have seen it theatrically.

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