I can't say I've liked the previous work of Catalan film maker Cesc Gay too much (Hotel Room was OK, but I thought En la ciudad was arch). His new one, though, Ficció, is quiet and satisfying. (Go to the website and listen to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' lovely Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?) It's a film, set in the lovely Pyrenees, about all the things we can no longer do because we've chosen a different path, about the sacrifices which every life decision brings; this hurts when it's something the old you would have done. It's also about the crucial question of whether betrayal is a matter of thoughts or deeds. It's a very romantic film. The stars, Nick Cave sings, will explode in the sky, but they don't, do they? Which is the kind of thing you realize when you're about to turn 40, as I once did.