Huevos de oro (1993)

Director:

Bigas Luna

Writers:

Cuca Canals (writer)
Bigas Luna (writer)

Release Date:

18 February 1994 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Benito González works construction in Melilla and dreams big - of building the tallest building in Benidorm...

Plot Keywords:

Construction | Love | Promiscuity | Desire | Male Nudity

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Javier Bardem	...	Benito González
Maria de Medeiros	...	Marta (La mujer, 45 kilos)
Maribel Verdú	...	Claudia (La amante, 52 kilos)
Elisa Tovati	...	Rita (El primer amor, 47 kilos)
Raquel Bianca	...	Ana (La comehombres, ? kilos)
Alessandro Gassman	...	El amigo de Melilla
Benicio Del Toro	...	El amigo de Miami
Francesco Dominedò	...	El Mosca (as Francesco Mª Dominedo)
Albert Vidal	...	El suegro
Ángel de Andrés López	...	Gil - el de los garbanzos
Alicia Moro	...	La hija de Gil
Enric Cusí	...	El hombre de confianza
Francisco Casares	...	El productor (as Paco Casares)
María Martín	...	La mujer del productor
Thomas Lusht	...	El cachas americano

Also Known As:

Golden Balls
Macho
Uova d'oro (Italy)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Spain | Italy | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | South Korea:18 (cut) | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Antena 3 Televisión

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Two Girls and a Guy (1997)

Soundtrack:

La última playa

A bit too much Mediterrenean machismo for me.

A bit too much Mediterrenean machismo for me. The cast was beautiful, lovely to watch in all of the romantic scenes. The locale was beautiful with azure skies and azure water. It just was not convincing to me that such an egomaniac crud bent on nothing but his building, could attract so many beautiful, vulnerable, women. Only in the Mediterranean I guess. Certainly in no world I am familiar with. The macho men were really obnoxious, and I found it difficult to believe that the female characters could have anything to to with them for so long. The screenplay, cinematography, directing, etc. was set up to deliver a Class B film, the central effort being on showing scenes of beautiful exposed female breasts. It was aesthetically nice for a while but it could not sustain a very mediocre film.