Torremolinos 73 (2003)

Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.

Director:

Pablo Berger

Writer:

Pablo Berger

Stars:

Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Juan Diego

15 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Javier Cámara	...	Alfredo
Candela Peña	...	Carmen
Juan Diego	...	Don Carlos
Fernando Tejero	...	Juan Luis
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Magnus
Malena Alterio	...	Vanessa
Ramón Barea	...	José Carlos Romerales
Tom Jacobsen	...	Erik
Mari-Anne Jespersen	...	Frida
Bjarne Henriksen	...	Lauritz
Nuria González	...	Señora de Romerales
Mariví Bilbao	...	Señora de Anasagasti
Germán Montaner	...	Sr. Anasagasti
Jaime Blanch	...	Ginecólogo
Máximo Valverde	...	Himself

Storyline

Alfredo Lopez is a tired encyclopedia salesman, and Carmen is his faithful wife. The lives of this married couple change forever when the Montoya publishing house, in which Alfredo works, makes a proposal to them to make erotic films that will sold in the Scandinavian countries, under the guise of being a false encyclopedia about reproduction. Unknown to them both, Carmen has become an adult film star in the Northern countries, and a Danish crew flies in to help Alfredo make an Ingmar Bergman inspired feature film called "Torremolinos 73." Instead of a career in show business, Carmen is eager to have a baby, and the tension between the artist and his muse grows.

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Plot Keywords:

encyclopedia | salesman | publishing | sex | ingmar bergman | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Epicentre Films [fr] Official site [es]

Country:

Spain Denmark

Language:

Spanish Danish

Release Date:

30 April 2003 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Büyük yönetmen

Box Office

Budget:

€2,400,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$6,321 (USA) (15 April 2005)

Gross:

$87,385 (USA) (23 September 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Estudios Picasso, Mama Films, Nimbus Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The type of Kodachrome cartridge we see cannot have existed at the time of action: only since the end of the 1990s did European Kodachrome cartridges have their serial number printed on the label with black ink, prior to that the serial number was dry-stamped on the label.

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Connections

Features The Seventh Seal (1957)

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Soundtracks

"Mammy Blue"
Performed by Pop Tops
Written by Hubert Giraud (as Giraud)
© Budde Music France SARL
Edición autorizada a Ediciones Musicales Clipper's S.L.
Courtesy of Fonomusic

User Reviews

An honourable debut

I think everyone is being a tad harsh on this film, there is no way they could have kept the pace of the first half of the film up it would have been exhausting.Seeing this film in a packed cinema @ cornerhouse certainly helped, seen Candela Pena in two films recently she shines in both.As for the second half of the film & the transition from comedy to drama the laughs didn't dry up they just were a bit more subtle i thought he bergman stuff especially carrying the sithe on the rollercoaster & playing chess on the pedolo was hilarious. An honourable debut for me it looked like the seventies, all brown & beige. The donkey bit was very funny, definitely not subtle.