The Year of the Tick (2004)
"El año de la garrapata" (original title)

Director:

Jorge Coira

Writer:

Carlos Portela (screenplay)

Stars:

Félix Gómez, Javier Veiga, Verónica Sánchez

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Félix Gómez	...	Fran
Javier Veiga	...	Morgan
Verónica Sánchez	...	Ana
María Vázquez	...	Patricia
Víctor Clavijo	...	Lito
Camila Bossa	...	Rosa
Mela Casal	...	Madre de Fran
Celso Parada	...	Padre de Fran
Josefina Gómez	...	Abuela de Fran
Rosa Álvarez	...	Amiga [de] Montse
Elina Luaces	...	Madre de Morgan
Manuel Millán	...	Hombre 1
Mariana Carballal	...	Mujer 1
Ernesto Ferro	...	Hombre 2
Marta Pazos	...	Laura

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | rich family | voice over narration | university student | superhero | 

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Taglines:

Si no sabes qué hacer con tu vida, lo mejor es no hacer nada. [If you don't know what to do with your life, the best thing is to do nothing]

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

20 August 2004 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The Year of the Tick

Filming Locations:

Lugo, Lugo, Galicia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmanova, LugoPress, Filmanova Invest

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Fran says that Can't Stop the Music was released in 1979. In fact, it was first released in 1980.

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Crazy Credits

Initial credits feature a scene in a supermarket with the actors' names next to their images, AND the crew as customers and workers, doing relevant things: Makeup designers trying makeup, hairdressers combing their hair, the sound technician shakes a can while hearing what happens (and then he steals the can)... Each with his or her name overimposed.

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Connections

References Little House on the Prairie (1974)

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Soundtracks

"FROM THE STREET"
Autor: Ian Anderson
Editor: (c) Chappell Recorded Music Library / BMG Music Publishing Spain

User Reviews

Quite good

Although its premise didn't look too promising, "El año de la garrapata" is quite an entertaining and surprisingly well directed film. Lately teen comedies have been more full of bathroom jokes than of intelligent humor, and that's why my expectations were pretty low. However, I was pleasantly surprised.

Although the film presents an unbelievable and certainly not recommendable lifestyle (be a bloodsucker to your parents as long as you can) it does so in quite an amusing way. The cast is very good too, specially Félix Gomez, María Vázquez and Víctor Clavijo, the three of them extremely promising rising stars. Verónica Sánchez has been better both in cinema ("Al sur de Granada") and TV ("Los Serrano"), but here she looks rather absent-minded. Javier Veiga is a victim of miscasting, and he does as much as he can with his disagreeable character.

The only thing I can say is that I was amused all throughout the film. Maybe it's not high cinema, but it's a more than acceptable summer movie.

Overall rating: 7/10