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:

food in title | older woman younger man relationship | episodic structure | one word title | tv cook | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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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

Opening Weekend:

$503,796 (Spain), 20 May 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones,El Terrat,Filmax

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

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

Relations in different formats

This is a film that shows the different love relations between common people in a neighbourhood around a Tapas-bar. The film keeps you tied to your seat, just wanting to see what's happening next, and takes you closer to people's feelings, and recapitulation of concepts in front of extreme situations that alter their reality. From the old lady who sells drugs in the Tapas-bar, afraid of loosing her husband. The owner of the bar, whose wife runs away tired of him, and he prefers to hide his new situation, the woman in the local shop, that lives on her own and keeps a relationship throughout internet but falls for a physical relation with a younger men, all spiced with a pinch of Spanish humour, reality and sadness. The cast is pretty good, the new talent Rubén Ochandiano, or consecrated actors such as Angel De Andrés López, Elvira Minguez or the Argentinian Alberto De Mendoza. All in all, it's a good taste of Spanish cinema, besides the world known imagination of Almodovar.