Torremolinos 73 (2003)

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 | Publishing | Sex | Ingmar Bergman

Awards:

15 wins & 10 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
Sixten Tobias Kai Nielsen	...	Ole
Jons Pappila	...	Aksel (as Jöns Pappila)
Thomas Bo Larsen	...	Dennis
Baard Owe	...	Doctor Johansen
Mariano Peña	...	Camarero
Ana Wagener	...	Dependienta
Carmen Segarra	...	La Fina
Carmen Machi	...	Clienta Peluquería
Carmen Belloch	...	Sra. Bronte
Diego París	...	Novio
Ruth Lewin	...	Novia
Lucio Romero	...	Padre del novio
Miguel Alcíbar	...	Taxista
Juan Manuel Cotelo	...	Vendedor
Cándida Tena	...	Monja
Tina Sáinz	...	Doña Isabel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marta Cordero de Luiz	...	The Sexy Girl in Yellow Panties

Directed by
Pablo Berger

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pablo Berger		writer

Produced by
Pablo Berger	....	associate producer
Tomás Cimadevilla	....	producer
Beatriz Delgado	....	assistant producer
Bo Ehrhardt	....	co-producer
Yuko Harami	....	associate producer
José Herrero de Egaña	....	co-producer
Mohamed Khashoggi	....	producer
Lars Bredo Rahbek	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Nacho Mastretta		(as Mastretta)

Cinematography by
Kiko de la Rica

Film Editing by
Rosario Sáinz de Rozas

Casting by
Luis San Narciso

Costume Design by
Estíbaliz Markiegi

Makeup Department
Agustín Cabiedes	....	hair stylist (as Agustín Caviedes)
Agustín Cabiedes	....	makeup artist (as Agustín Caviedes)

Production Management
Álvaro Cortazar	....	unit manager
Pablo Ramírez	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luis Cordero	....	third assistant director
Txarly Llorente	....	first assistant director (as Txarli Llorente)
Pablo Ruiz Alarcón	....	second assistant director
Víctor Taberner	....	assistant director

Art Department
Álvaro Cortazar	....	property master
José Luis Terrón	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Jens Bønding	....	sound mixer
Álex F. Capilla	....	assistant sound editor
Patrick Ghislain	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pelayo Gutiérrez	....	sound editor
Bruno Langiano	....	sound effects
Manuel Peinado	....	boom operator
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

Visual Effects by
Javier Mosqueda	....	pre-visualization colorist
Javier Mosqueda	....	scanner operator

Stunts
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunt coordinator
Alberto de la Fuente	....	stunts
María del Mar Morilla	....	stunts
Emiliano Meilán Uribarri	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Iñigo Bach	....	key grip
José Ramón Delgado	....	assistant camera
José Ramón Delgado	....	first assistant camera
Gonzalo Domingo-Aldama	....	video assist operator
Elías Fernández	....	gaffer
Félix Guede	....	electrician
Yuko Harami	....	still photographer
Carlos Herranz	....	assistant Steadicam operator
Raúl Manchado	....	assistant camera
Ernesto Núñez	....	electrician
Chiqui Palma	....	Steadicam operator
Gorka Rotaetxe	....	Steadicam operator
Miguel Ruiz	....	assistant Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Ignacio Mateos	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elena Gómez	....	costume assistant (as Elena Picaza)
Sofía Medem	....	costume assistant
Rocío Redondo	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Chus Carrera	....	assistant editor
Jesús de la Vega	....	post-production coordinator
Miguel P. Gilaberte	....	color timer
Javier Ugarte	....	post-production

Music Department
Olga de Bartolomé	....	music consultant
Juan Luis Grande	....	conductor

Other crew
Pablo Atienza	....	production assistant
Anders Bramsen	....	pre-production assistant
Beatriz Delgado	....	executive production assistant
Virginia García	....	production coordinator
Lola Guerrero	....	script supervisor
César Mendizábal	....	production assistant
René Nielsen	....	executive production assistant
Eva Pico	....	accountant
François Vila	....	press agent

Thanks
Juan Carlos Calderón	....	thanks
Carmen Ruiz de Huidobro	....	special thanks
Enrique López Lavigne	....	thanks
Vicente Mora	....	thanks
Antonio Muñoz de Mesa	....	thanks
David Serrano	....	thanks
Paprika Steen	....	thanks
Paz Sufrategui	....	thanks
Santiago Tabernero	....	thanks
Amaya Uranga	....	thanks
Roberto Uranga	....	thanks
Roberto Álamo	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Estudios Picasso
• Mama Films
• Nimbus Film Productions
• Telespan 2000

Distributors

• Epicentre Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• First Run Features (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Xenix Filmdistribution (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Barbar Film (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Mandala Films (2004) (Mexico)
• Orlando Films (Israel)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Pan Vision Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Triangelfilm (2004) (Sweden) (all media)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)

Special Effects

• F & P S.L.

Other Companies

• Southern Sun  lighting

Also Known As:

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Spain | Denmark

Language:

Spanish | Danish

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

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

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:

References Smut Starts at the Pyrenees (1973)

Soundtrack:

Help

Good fun (for the broadminded) and full of period detail

This Spanish film has recently had a limited UK theatrical release and has garnered lots of good local reviews. But despite being listed by the London Evening Standard as a Top Pick, my companion and I saw it in an otherwise empty cinema! Would the projectionist have gone home had we not been there, we wondered. No matter, we enjoyed this charming film, seemingly made by and for film buffs, from start to finish. Its charm is quite subtle, and I suspect a lot of people might not "get it". We liked the spot on period detail; the great locations (ever visited out-of-the way parts of Spain or Italy?), and the specially faded film colours are an excellent touch. The careful choice of Spanish pop music of the time adds to the atmosphere. And interestingly, there are enough knowing movie references to keep Super 8 fans and art-house buffs happy throughout (two examples being of course the low-budget Bergman remake, and less obviously, the deserted fairground sequence is pure "Carnival Of Souls").

Sure, the plot line might be a little flawed, and the ending does flag a little, as mentioned in other IMDb user reviews, but I really feel people are being harsh. After all, the whole premise of the film is highly unlikely if you want to pick holes. Definitely recommended.