What You Never Knew

What You Never Knew is a 2000 Spanish romantic drama film directed by based on Almudena Grandes' short story "El vocabulario de los balcones" which stars Sílvia Munt and Gary Piquer alongside Andrés Gertrúdix, Cristina Brondo, and Daniel Guzmán.

Plot

Split in two different times, and set in Madrid, the plot follows the botched love story between a well-off woman and a vulgar man from Vallecas who first met upon facing each other from balconies on opposite sides of the street.

Production

The film is an adaptation of Almudena Grandes' short story "El vocabulario de los balcones", included in Modelos de mujer. The film is an Enrique Cerezo PC and Samarkanda production and it had the participation of TVE and.

Release

The film was selected in the Zabaltegi lineup of the 48th San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Spain on 24 November 2000.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "graceful love story that shuttles back and forth between time periods and between pleasure and frustration".