Madrid, 1987 (2011)

Two characters: old and young; teacher and pupil; man and woman. Four walls within which they conjure intellectualism, relive the profession (journalism), explore politics and discover each other.

Director:

David Trueba

Writer:

David Trueba

Stars:

José Sacristán, María Valverde, Ramon Fontserè

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
José Sacristán	...	Miguel
María Valverde	...	Ángela
Ramon Fontserè	...	Luis
Alberto Ferreiro	...	Voz patio (voice)
Eduardo Antuña	...	Camarero Café Comercial
Francisco Risueño	...	Camarero Café Comercial
Miguel Castrejón	...	Camarero Café Comercial
Bárbara de Lemus	...	Mujer autógrafo
Gloria Rodríguez	...	Cliente Café Comercial
Ricardo Valverde	...	Cliente Café Comercial
Teresa Sánchez	...	Cliente Café Comercial
Sigfrid Monleón	...	Cliente Café Comercial
Isabelle Stoffel	...	Cliente Café Comercial
Soledad Osorio	...	Cliente Café Comercial
María Luisa Osorio	...	Cliente Café Comercial (as Mª Luisa Osorio)

Storyline

Madrid, 1987 ...is a two-character story with a verbose discourse on writing, journalism, careerism, aging and politics. Shot mostly within a very constricted space, the story follows an older, celebrated journalist Miguel (José Sacristán) who meets the beautiful and coy journalism-student Angela (María Valverde) to give an interview - but becomes intent upon seducing her. They end up spending time in the most unusual manner ...discussing literature, prose and career trajectories ...gradually divulging little insights into their own selves as we start to understand the old journalist's cynicism and the young protégé's intentions.

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Plot Keywords:

locked in a bathroom | discussion | teacher student relationship | pubic hair | paint brush | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

María Valverde was actually born in 1987

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Quotes

Miguel: Meeting people you admire is the first step towards not admiring them any more. You can only admire bodies and dead people. What's inside is dirty, rotten, untidy. It's better no to go in.

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Soundtracks

Mañana
Written by Irene Tremblay and David Trueba
Performed by Irene Tremblay
Arranged by Alberto Matesanz

User Reviews

..this is twilight zone material

Please, you can push some boundaries maybe some of the time... but this is beyond bizarre!! This beautiful, intelligent, young woman .. binged.it/1sxD2zK .. is going to get herself totally naked, pretty much just on the suggestion that she should.. winding up locked in a dingy bathroom for a whole day, sharing one dirty towel, with an old bag of nicotine laced Sacristán bones. And ya gotta buy into her doing all this, for really not so much any meaningful reason. If that's not enough in itself, she then incredibly winds up getting it on (literally) with him.. more than once!! And then as unfathomably as it all began, it ends abruptly with placement of doubt as towards the future. In just what universe is this all EVER going to remotely happen.

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

12 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Madrid, 1987

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$56,203

Company Credits

Production Co:

Buenavida Producciones S.L.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1