Living It Up

First-time director Antonio Cuadri's romantic fable turns Cinderella-story cliches on their heads. Trapped in a dead end job as a Madrid bus driver, Martin (Carmelo Gomez) opts for a one-way trip off a high bridge. Before he can leap, an underworld fairy godfather named Salva (Tito Valverde) offers Martin the deal of a lifetime. Claiming to represent syndicate interests with a unique approach to money-laundering, Salva offers Martin the opportunity to blow $100,000,000 in a week. After that, a mob hit man will save Martin the trouble of killing himself. With nothing to lose but a life he no longer values, Martin accepts and, as the clock ticks away, enjoys wine, wome...