Promedio Rojo (2004)

Nerdy comic book aficionado Roberto Rodriguez battles low self-esteem, loser friends and vicious high school bullies as he vies for the heart of Cristina, the hot new girl from Madrid.

Director:

Nicolás López

Writers:

Nicolás López, Beatriz Santana (script collaborator)

Stars:

Ariel Levy, Xenia Tostado, Benjamín Vicuña

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ariel Levy	...	Roberto Rodríguez
Xenia Tostado	...	Cristina Santelices
Benjamín Vicuña	...	Fele
Nicolás Martínez	...	Condoro
Berta Muñiz	...	Papitas (as Sebastián 'Berta' Muñiz)
Fernando Larraín	...	Manolo
Tatiana Astengo	...	Enfermera Berta Bravo
María Cristina Peña y Lillo	...	Marcela (as Cristina Peña y Lillo)
Fernando Farías	...	Abuelo de Roberto
Teresita Reyes	...	Madre de Roberto
Ernesto Belloni	...	Padre de Fele
Katty Kowaleczko	...	Madre de Fele
Eduardo Bertran	...	Marcos
Santiago Segura	...	Doctor
Daniel Segal	...	Padre de Condoro / Alumna con barba

Storyline

Nerdy comic book aficionado Roberto Rodriguez battles low self-esteem, loser friends and vicious high school bullies as he vies for the heart of Cristina, the hot new girl from Madrid.

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Plot Keywords:

comic book | high school | friend | vomiting | product placement | 

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Taglines:

Who said that school was the best time of your life?

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Spain Chile

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

4 November 2004 (Chile)

Also Known As:

Красная средняя величина

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aldea Films, Sobras.com Producciones, Amiguetes Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Miguel Asensio, the producer of the movie, was the "second unit director" (uncredited). He directed the pseudo-kung-fu fight that you can see in TV in the scene when the Grandpa of Roberto

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Crazy Credits

At the end of all the credits there is an additional scene of Lopez and Jabba (Juan Andres Salfate) in the comic book store.

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Connections

References Superhéroes (1999)

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Soundtracks

Kitty
Performed by Boom Boom Kid

User Reviews

The big hype of 2004 in Chile

This movie was the big hype of 2004 in Chile. The director visited almost every mass media he could to promote the film, even 3 months before its release on theaters. With this, the film had an amazing start at box offices, everybody went saying it was a big success. But let the truth be said now. The movie is awful. Director Nicolas Lopez portrays himself as the main character, a complete nerdy loser who is the object of rejection of everybody at school, the daddy boy of the class beats him, the new Spanish beauty almost ignores him. Everything goes bad for him. Director Lopez tried to imitate the style popularized by Spanish director Alex De la Iglesia, but tried to transplant it to Chilean idiosyncrasy. The result could have been much better if he had had a good script. Some superb Chilean actors as Fernando Farias, Ernesto Belloni and Kathy Kowaleczko are absolutely wasted here, given them such minimum characters which weren't properly developed. The result is a complete mess which is not funny nor entertaining. After this movie, seems very difficult for Lopez to get some new high budget to make a mainstream movie (this one cost more than a million dollar), so it seems he will be condemned to return to his infra cult circuit where he was born and probably will remain there for the rest of his movie director life.