Los amantes pasajeros (2013)

When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Writer:

Pedro Almodóvar

Stars:

Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antonio Banderas	...	León
Penélope Cruz	...	Jessica
Coté Soler	...	Operario 2 (as Cote Soler)
Antonio de la Torre	...	Álex Acero
Hugo Silva	...	Benito Morón
Miguel Ángel Silvestre	...	Novio
Laya Martí	...	Novia
Javier Cámara	...	Joserra
Carlos Areces	...	Fajas
Raúl Arévalo	...	Ulloa
Pepa Charro	...	Piluca (azafata 1)
Nasser Saleh	...	Joven étnico
Concha Galán	...	Señora clase turista
José María Yazpik	...	Infante (as José Mª Yazpik)
Guillermo Toledo	...	Ricardo Galán

Storyline

A technical failure has endangered the lives of the people on board Peninsula Flight 2549. The pilots are striving, along with their colleagues in the Control Center, to find a solution. The flight attendants and the chief steward are atypical, baroque characters who, in the face of danger, try to forget their own personal problems and devote themselves body and soul to the task of making the flight as enjoyable as possible for the passengers, while they wait for a solution. Life in the clouds is as complicated as it is at ground level, and for the same reasons, which could be summarized in two: sex and death.

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Plot Keywords:

pilot | spain | plane | emergency landing | death | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

16

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Spain] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

23 May 2013 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

I'm So Excited!

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$97,328 (USA) (28 June 2013)

Gross:

$1,367,846 (USA) (1 November 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deseo, El

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cecilia Roth had committed to star a theatre tour through Argentina when she got the offer from Pedro Almodóvar to star in the movie. Even though she felt awful for it, she ditched to play and fly to Spain to reunite with the director 11 years after their last collaboration.

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Goofs

The pilots state that one of the landing gear can't retract. The landing gear indicator - shown in excellent close-up - has three green lights and one red - this means three gear are down and fully locked and one is retracted. A proper combination would be three red and one flickering light.

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Connections

References The Ritz (1976)

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Soundtracks

Esto Es Cosa del CNI
by Alberto Iglesias
© 2013 AI Music / Quartet Records

User Reviews

Almodovar's poorest effort

I ignored the reviews for this flick which were mostly unfavourable figuring that Almodovar is not everybody's cup of tea. On this occasion alas I have to agree. I'm assuming this is meant to be an out and out comedy (there was a fair amount of laughter in the cinema) but to me the material was over reliant on cheap, sensationalist blowjob and gay sex gags a kind of x rated Carry On film with none of the charm and simply not funny enough.

I figure that Almodovar fans like myself will watch this regardless of the poor reviews, as for those Almodovar virgins who may be contemplating popping their cherry avoid this and check out the great man's back catalogue.