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Backroads

Original title: Carreteras secundarias
  • 1997
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
985
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Backroads (1997)
DramaRomance

Year 1974, Spain. Felipe (Fernando Ramallo) is a teenager who travels with Lorenzo (Antonio Resines), his widowed father. Their only property is the Citröen DS with which they go from one si... Read allYear 1974, Spain. Felipe (Fernando Ramallo) is a teenager who travels with Lorenzo (Antonio Resines), his widowed father. Their only property is the Citröen DS with which they go from one side to another. Its strategy for living is based on touring the Mediterranean coast by visi... Read allYear 1974, Spain. Felipe (Fernando Ramallo) is a teenager who travels with Lorenzo (Antonio Resines), his widowed father. Their only property is the Citröen DS with which they go from one side to another. Its strategy for living is based on touring the Mediterranean coast by visiting all apartments near the beach areas that are empty in the off-season. By chance's fat... Read all

  • Director
    • Emilio Martínez Lázaro
  • Writer
    • Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
  • Stars
    • Antonio Resines
    • Fernando Ramallo
    • Maribel Verdú
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    985
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Emilio Martínez Lázaro
    • Writer
      • Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
    • Stars
      • Antonio Resines
      • Fernando Ramallo
      • Maribel Verdú
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

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    Antonio Resines
    Antonio Resines
    • Lozano
    Fernando Ramallo
    Fernando Ramallo
    • Felipe
    Maribel Verdú
    Maribel Verdú
    • Paquita
    • (as Maribel Verdu)
    Miriam Díaz-Aroca
    Miriam Díaz-Aroca
    • Estrella
    • (as Miriam Diaz Aroca)
    Jesús Bonilla
    Jesús Bonilla
    • Félix
    • (as Jesus Bonilla)
    Maite Blasco
    Maite Blasco
    • Tía Elvira
    • (as Mayte Blasco)
    Ramón Langa
    • Tío Jorge
    • (as Ramon Langa)
    Montserrat Carulla
    Montserrat Carulla
    • Abuela
    Alicia Hermida
    Alicia Hermida
    • Benita
    Fernando Vivanco
    • Funcionario Jefe
    Natalia Menéndez
    • Tía Cristina
    • (as Natalia Menendez)
    Tania Adam
    • Miranda
    Kathya Adam
    • Amy
    Luis Perezagua
    • Guardia Civil 1
    Roger Álvarez
    • Padre Apellániz
    • (as Roger Alvarez)
    Emilio Linder
    • Don Nicolás
    Luis G. Gámez
    • Ernesto
    • (as Luis Gamez)
    Eloi Yebra
    • Marañón
    • Director
      • Emilio Martínez Lázaro
    • Writer
      • Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
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    4/10
    Quixotic foibles and sexy dames for a light-hearted story
    Having recently seen and commented on `La Buena Estrella' which turned out better than expected, I thought I would check out `Carreteras Secundarias' when it popped up on the little screen a few nights ago, again coupling Antonio Resines with Maribel Verdú and adding Miriam Díaz Aroca for good measure; though frankly there is not much to measure. The two young ladies mentioned only had to be sexy little playmates for the errant husband (Resines) travelling around with his son (Fernando Ramallo) trying to make a living from what might be called itinerant selling but is best in Spanish `trapicheo'.

    Falling back on the usual facile foibles running from the quixotic to the `cantamañanas' (literally a tomorrow singer, as today he only has a lot to say but not very much to go on), the film is at best a light-hearted entertainment. However, it must be noted that after the usual ready-made formulas common to this type of film and this type of actors, well into the film there are some interesting scenes which might just be taken a little more seriously, but the end scene just falls back onto the predictable frivolessness of time-worn and definitely overdone quixote-macho traits.

    But, then, I suppose, Spanish humour at times arduously overworks its shortcomings.

    Resines and Ramallo are not too bad; the delightful ladies do just that without any effort and scarcely avoid being merely laughable; some of the coastal scenes are pretty (the film was shot in about three quarters of Spain!), and the music at times accompanies very well. But apart from that, if there is nothing else on the box and you want a bit of light entertainment, you could see a lot worse in Spanish filmography. Perhaps it is just that Martínez Lázaro has not moved on very much from the early seventies
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    • Release date
      • November 28, 1997 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Carreteras secundarias
    • Filming locations
      • Begur, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza
      • Canal+ España
      • Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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