California Winter

A story that accurately depicts a number of the ramifications of the real estate crash for financially struggling homeowners. The actors do a good job.

CALIFORNIA WINTER isn't certainly a remembered movie. After all it has only 101 ratings and only one review of two lines long from five years ago and yet it's on YouTube. The main reason for me to watch it was because there was also Michael Ironside as usual in a supporting role and the movie itself was just ok.

In 2005 Clara Morales (Elizabeth Dominguez) is a young real estate agent that has an upward career encouraging risky loans for her customers for making them afford the houses even above their means tho she hasn't a clue about those loans. In fact she advises her dad (A Martinez) to take one. In 2008 the economical crisis starts and Clara's house goes to auction but she doesn't want her old family house to be sold so she will do her best - and eventually succedding - for avoiding that (and in the meanwhile there are some slices of life of the other residents).

While it was a bit slow in some points I liked it for the acting by all (even Elizabeth Dominguez despite she never became an A-list actress) and also for the fact that it deals with a serious situation that happened after the 2008 economical crisis of people that ended on the streets because they couldn't afford their houses and then their houses ended in auction tho a few succedded in avoiding it like our lead. If you are curious of seeing movies about that topic, this is available on YouTube.