Asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo, El (2004)

Directors:

Juan Cavestany
Enrique López Lavigne

Writers:

Juan Cavestany (screenplay)
Enrique López Lavigne (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 December 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Preppy

Cast

Santiago Segura	...	Borjamari
Javier Gutiérrez	...	Pocholo
Guillermo Toledo	...	Pelayo
Pilar Castro	...	Paloma
Gerardo Malla	...	Gustavo Robles
Carmen de la Maza	...	Concha de Robles
Antonio de la Torre	...	Richi
Patricia Vico	...	Ana
María Ruiz	...	Piedad
Carles Sans	...	Fernando
Andrés Lima	...	Profesor
Javivi	...	Dependiente Atesa
Diego París	...	Bakala
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Albaladejo	...	Vigilante 1
Nacho Cano	...	Himself
Secun de la Rosa
Juan José Del Rey
Paris Galindo
Marta Hazas	...	Mariola
Diego Martín
José Vicente Ramos	...	Vigilante 2
Jorge San José	...	Pelayo Joven
Cote Soler	...	Kitín O'Shea
Fernando Tejero	...	Pasajero bus
Cyra Toledo	...	Madre Piedad
Liuva Toledo	...	Camarera Aguacates
Josema Yuste

Runtime:

Argentina:90 min | Spain:90 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Amiguetes Entertainment

Soundtrack:

Cien gaviotas

Not that bad

Of course, if you like the music which appears in the movie (Hombres G, Mecano, and all that stuff), you don't like the movie. But, strictly, I think is not that bad, mainly because Pocholo and Borjamari are really pathetic, but exactly in the same way as the real guys who liked that kind of music in the Madrid of the 80's were: I don't hesitate about it because I was living then there and I saw it with my own eyes every Saturday evening. Look twice to the movie and search for funny jokes about the quite late move-out-of-parents-home of the Spanish youth, the absurd situations in the trying to pick-up girls of each weekend, the insane, vain and superficial way of life of the Spanish young members of the V.I.P. families... All these reflections are and were real, and they are mixed with some standards comedy situations. I do believe that the critics didn't make justice to this movie with their writings. Lack of sense of humor about burlesques of the high social classes? And, by the way, I'm sorry, but the best highlight in the movie is the characterizing of Mecano's fans, whose exaggerated and praised entourage created about the simple (and several plain) pop-music songs of this band converted Mecano's members in a kind of Gods who they never ever were at all. There were much much much more music during the 80's in Spain, much more variety and styles, and much more better too...