Tapas (2005)

The small, everyday stories of a group of neighbours who live in a suburb of Barcelona, and the little secrets that they hide.

Directors:

José Corbacho, Juan Cruz

Writers:

José Corbacho, Juan Cruz

Stars:

Ángel de Andrés López, María Galiana, Elvira Mínguez

9 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ángel de Andrés López	...	Lolo
María Galiana	...	Conchi
Elvira Mínguez	...	Raquel
Rubén Ochandiano	...	César
Alberto de Mendoza	...	Mariano
Darío Paso	...	Opo
Alberto Jo Lee	...	Mao
Amparo Moreno	...	Rosalía
Blanca Apilánez	...	Carmen
Anna Barrachina	...	Águeda
Pilar Arcas	...	Luz
Ma-Anne Valmeo	...	Joven China
Antonio Willy Calderón	...	Médico
Luis Elías Gómez	...	Cura
Javier Merino Sánchez	...	Pescadero (as Javier Merino Sanchez)

Storyline

The small, everyday stories of a group of neighbours who live in a suburb of Barcelona, and the little secrets that they hide.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | topless female nudity | sex scene | older woman younger man sex | food in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the film locations are around the Santa Eulalia neighborhood in the city of Hospitalet de Llobregat, which is the neighborhood where director José Corbacho grow up.

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Goofs

In the last scenes, Mao shows a tattoo on his chest and talks about it with almost religious fervor, so he has the tattoo from some time ago. However, Mao was previously seen naked to the waist (while he was training) and he had no tattoo on his chest.

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Connections

References Casa de los babys (2003)

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Soundtracks

Tiritas
Written by Diego Alejandro Vanegas and José Luis Mata Saldaña
Performed by El Q Baila

User Reviews

Me gustas "Tapas"

Here in Rijeka this month we've got a month of Spanish movies and on Friday night it was great choice to watch one Spanish movie. I love Spanish movies so I had great expectations from this one and first time directors Corbacho and Cruz did great job in my eyes. Their story is so real and very simple. We're actually watching 4 stories about lives of ordinary people in suburb of Barcelona. Lolo is owner of the main restaurant in town and his wife (cook in his restaurant) left him because he never really paid any attention for her, only for money. So Lolo hires Mao, Chinese who is a great cook. Raquel is middle-age woman who is very lonely (because her husband left her), so she keeps some sort of relationship with one man on internet. Doña Conchi and Don Mariano are one old couple, that are hit with news that Don Mariano is dying of cancer. Doña Conchi tries to make his life beautiful by selling low drugs to others. She gets money so she can buy him everything he needs. César and Opo are two teenagers who only wants to have some good time. Their conversations about sex, Bruce Lee and life are great. Main message of this movie is love. Cause love connects every character in this story.

"Tapas" is drama with elements of comedy and I really recommend it to everyone who wants to hear stories about life and love told in beautiful simplicity.

Details

Official Sites:

Offical site [Spain] Official site

Country:

Spain Argentina Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

13 May 2005 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Tapas Bar

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,455,640

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones, El Terrat, Filmax

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color