Torremolinos 73 (2003)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Pablo Berger

Writer:

Pablo Berger (writer)

Release Date:

30 April 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Encyclopedia | Salesman | Ingmar Bergman | Sex | Baby

Awards:

15 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

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

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Spain | Denmark

Language:

Spanish | Danish

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:12 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Denmark:11 | Ireland:16 | Israel:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Estudios Picasso

Goofs:

Continuity: Alfredo uses a silent Super 8 camera and silent film stock to shoot the movies in his flat, but when we see him watching the results on a projector some days later, the movie has sync sound that was seemingly recorded at the time of the shoot.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 'Así se hizo' - Torremolinos 73 (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

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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.