Oviedo Express (2007)

Director:

Gonzalo Suárez

Writers:

Gonzalo Suárez, Stefan Zweig (story)

Stars:

Carmelo Gómez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Bárbara Goenaga

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carmelo Gómez	...	Benjamín Olmo
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	...	Mariola Mayo
Bárbara Goenaga	...	Emma
Maribel Verdú	...	Mina
Alberto Jiménez	...	Ernesto de Villamarín
Najwa Nimri	...	Bárbara
Jorge Sanz	...	Álvaro Mesía
Víctor Clavijo	...	Leopoldo
Rulo Pardo	...	Pirindolo
Abel Vitón	...	Víctor
Silvia Marty	...	Petra
Tino Díaz	...	Ángel
Eliana Álvarez	...	Periodista 1
Natalia Díaz	...	Periodista 2
Isabel Fraga	...	Periodista 3

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

male nudity | male frontal nudity

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

31 October 2007 (Spain)

Filming Locations:

Campoamor Theatre, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gonafilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Fear (1954)

User Reviews

Friends will be friends

Gonzalo Suárez is one of the most unique directors we have in Spain, capable of rare and fascinating pieces of work like "Rowing in the wind" (Remando al viento) or "The detective and the death" (El detective en la muerte), but this, his last work, is something that cannot be saved. The actors are great trying to catch some humanity of their characters (above them all, Jorge Sanz) but this is a weird and failed mix of literate dialogues and screwball comedy with no wit and no rhythm. It's like Suárez tries to justify this failure disguising it as a high comedy full of literate references, but this doesn't work, again, at all, though it didn't in other of his works.

What annoys me is how critics in Spain are behaving with this movie. Its premiere was at the Valladolid film festival (a grade-B festival which mostly brings the most awarded films from others, but which is quite comfortable and takes place in a beautiful city), and there only a few applauded (i got out of the movie past 30 minutes, this is something the people I went with told me). But, as it happened years ago with the terrible "Las razones de mis amigos", all the press lauded the movie in an unbelievable manner, and that is what is happening now. And this is, frankly, a fraud.

Watch the movie if you want to. But always keep your criteria to talk about it.