Madrid deserves this moving film that talks about street people, about survivors who want something different for their lives than what they have received in life, and who fight for achieving love, for becoming mothers or any other thing they think is going to provide them with happiness.

The skilful performance by the two unforgettable characters and the fresh and intelligent dialogue in a good script make a unique and not transferable story underpinned by true feelings.

Una Palabra Tuya talks about the fear of not living enough and about the fear of living too much, over the top. Rosario and Milagros are the type of people who represent all and each of us  (those who dare and those who need help to dare) and who move society because they are not destined to anything, because they fight, doubt, work…

The Madrid of this story of identities who re-make themselves is a “Madrid inside” (…) what it truly marks the nature of this city and its people.

EL PAIS
Clara Sánchez

A tragicomic portray of a neighbourhood reality which may be cruel or hopeful depending on the ability of its inhabitants learn to cope.. A sort of a comedy of mores turned into tragedy which goes up in crescendo as drama unfolds.

Malena Alterio and Esperanza Pedreño are heartbreaking and for that reason it seems impossible not to suffer with and because of them.

EL PAIS
Javier Ocaña

A calculated, seventies autumnal melodrama about big themes like love and death…. which flows smoothly offering anthological expiration and deep emotional intensity that touch us.

CINEMANIA
David Bernal



Una Palabra Tuya keeps a balance between comedy and drama. It is a convincing  portray of two loneliness because its naturalist tone and the impeccable actresses’ performance who oozes authenticity; and because González-Sinde is generous enough to look at her characters upfront and not over the shoulders, without preaching or underlying the sadness felt in the environment, providing each scene and dialogue with the right time.

LA VANGUARDIA
Jordi Battle Caminal


It is a film of women and, above all, of very good actresses. Both Malena Alterio and Esperanza Pedreño perform complex roles with total authenticity and devastation which goes from misery to happiness in just seconds, remembering perhaps the saying “if you do not cry”.

The way these two street cleaners are portrayed make a good and deep impression supported by an excellent narrative and a great many extreme internal situations that more than touching your heart end up cutting it into pieces, without reconstructing needles. Lost and broken souls.


ABC
José Manuel Cuéllar

It is terrifyingly dramatic, very hard and always skillful when it has to avoid an unwanted slip into the extremes of a hysteric melodrama. Una Palabra Tuya builds its identity from a horizon of entrenched loneliness.

Angeles González Sinde succeeds at conducting the tragedy within the limits of a situational drama which is not induced, not overfed and therefore, not projected. Her film is not based on emphasis and she doses the tragic dripping without cutting corners.

Melena Alterio diplays the best example of her cinema work so far.

GUIA DEL OCIO
Roberto Piorno

It is the story of two women and a man who work in the city cleaning service. It is a metaphor which develops as a rather sad story up until a couple of dramatic twists when drama takes hold of the screen and the characters begin to appear convincingly close, pathetic and  bosom with the rendition of the inspiring Malena Alterio and the effective  Antonio de la Torre and Esperanza Pedreño.

Everything revolves around urban loneliness. (…) Successful, intense and powerful sequences develop with results that live up to the highest expectations.

EL MUNDO
Alberto Bermejo

A deft women-bonding drama that morphs into a rich, nuanced exploration of solitude during its final reels, the downbeat but punchy One Word From You boasts a fine trio of central perfs, a script that smartly balances light and darkness and a commitment to emotional truth.

Film is overeager to wrap up every last psychological detail, but this sophomore outing by Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde is good enough to add her name to the slim dossier of quality distaff helmers in Spain.


VARIETY
Jonathan Holland

It has been said a lot about this film.  (…) González-Sinde has the ability to set the right rhythm and tone; almost every scene is short and harmoniously linked. And the ability, nonetheless appreciated, of not compelling us to feel sympathy for the characters, although they are touching. She does not overdo either the general tone which swings between comedy and melodrama with equilibrium.

FOTOGRAMAS
Jordi Battle Caminal

A film of contrasts with great humanity. A story that speaks fluently of loneliness, friendship and love, deep and important issues brought to the big screen by Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde in a simple and yet accessible manner, which makes this film have a special charm. The acting by both Malena Alterio and Esperanza Pedreño is really superb.

OPENFILM
Junior