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Carmina or Blow Up

Original title: Carmina o revienta
  • 2012
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
2.5K
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Carmina or Blow Up (2012)
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A 58-year-old woman tries to make a plan to solve her financial problems after several robberies at her store, and contemplates her life.A 58-year-old woman tries to make a plan to solve her financial problems after several robberies at her store, and contemplates her life.A 58-year-old woman tries to make a plan to solve her financial problems after several robberies at her store, and contemplates her life.

  • Director
    • Paco León
  • Writer
    • Paco León
  • Stars
    • Carmina Barrios
    • María León
    • Paco Casaus
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    2.5K
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    • Director
      • Paco León
    • Writer
      • Paco León
    • Stars
      • Carmina Barrios
      • María León
      • Paco Casaus
    • 1User review
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Carmina Barrios
    Carmina Barrios
    • Carmina
    María León
    María León
    • María
    Paco Casaus
    Paco Casaus
    • Antonio León
    Ana María García
    • Ani
    • (as Ana Mª García)
    Raimundo Carrasco
    Miguel Alcíbar
    • Cobrador del frac
    José Mari Bizcocho
      Mari Paz Sayago
      Mari Paz Sayago
      • Enfermera
      • (as Mª Paz Sayago)
      Guillermo Weickert
      • Dr. Casado
      Paqui Montoya
      • Rocío
      Antonio León
      • Antonio
      Antonio Estrada
      Rafael Martín Ortiz
      Antonio Adarve
      José Manuel Postigo
      Eloi Costa
      • Invitado fiesta
      • (uncredited)
      Mayra Gómez Kemp
      • Mayra Gómez Kemp
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Paco León
      • Writer
        • Paco León
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      Low budget movie about Carmina , a fatty , bad-mouthed but obstinate woman , being directed by her son , Paco León

      A 58 year old woman called Carmina (Carmina Barrios) tries to make a plan to solve her financial problems after several robberies at her Bar . Chubby Carmina lives with her husband (Paco Casaus) and daughter (Maria León) , a single mother , who is without employment . Carmina contemplates her problematic life , but things go wrong when in his store shows up the ¨Cobrador del Frac¨ . The film finishes with a sentence , the main difference between reality and fiction results to be the following : fiction makes a greatest sense by Tom Clancy .

      This is a Carmina Barrios recital , including overlong conversations , and being a monologue in which Carmina along with a few actors like her daughter Maria León give long speeches , talking and talking ....There's a scene in the movie , one of the monologues where Carmina looks directly into the camera , that tells exactly the story of the sequel , Carmina and Amén (2014) . The picture makes us both , thinking and laughing in equal parts ; as it causes smiles and tears ; however being full of bad-mouthed language , bad taste jokes and profanities . Although ¨Carmina¨ is already a Spanish mini-myth , this character results to be Torrente-lookalike , as she is a rude , despicable , foul-mouthed elderly woman . Spain's low-budget Pic come with high ambitions and this one was first Spanish movie to be simultaneously screened at the Cinemas , Internet pay-per-view and DVD , looking for alternative ways of distribution . This is a short-budgeted and brief runtime film -70 minutes- that proliferated with the Spanish crisis , as since 2012 the number of low-budget movies in Spain has surged , becoming a way for a new generation of filmmakers to overcome the paucity of financing , as some of Spain's most exciting movies have cost under 1 million and snatched fest prizes and business abroad . As the crisis has encouraged the emergence of new talents impulsively shooting their movies, often without waiting for institutional or TV support . As a lot of film producers/directors -as PacoLeón- are dropping budgets to continue producing and directing .

      ¨Carmina or Blow Up" stars Carmina Barrios , a secondary comedy actress , she is mother of Paco León and María León . And being known for Carmina y Amén (2014) , Carmina o Revienta (2012) , Quién mató a Bambi? (2013) and Arriba Y Abajo (2016) TV series . And her daughter Maria León , considered to be one of the best and prolific comedian actress , including her works in television , such as : Arriba Y Abajo , Con El Culo Al Aire , Aida , and cinema : Marsella , Rey Gitano , Miércoles no Existen , Voz Dormida , and the box office hit : Cuerpo De Elite . The picture was innovately directed by Paco León who has made three films : Kiki El Amor se Hace , Cármina y Amén and this one . He is more known as actor than as filmmaker , he played in Tres Bodas de Más , No lo Llames Amor... Llámalo X , Dieta Mediterránea , Sexykiller , and Morirás Por Ella .

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      • Trivia
        First Spanish movie to be simultaneously screened at the Cinemas, Internet pay-per-view and DVD, looking for alternative ways of distribution.
      • Quotes

        Carmina: [quoting the policeman] ... a man like that, how do you take him with you, in your car, so weird?

        Carmina: For the same very simplish reason the mayor has a retard like you dressed as a policeman.

      • Connections
        Followed by Carmina y amén. (2014)
      • Soundtracks
        I Will Survive
        Written by Freddie Perren (as F. Perren) and Dino Fekaris

        Performed by Melanie (as Melanie Safka)

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      • Release date
        • July 5, 2012 (Spain)
      • Country of origin
        • Spain
      • Official site
        • Official site
      • Language
        • Spanish
      • Also known as
        • Carmina o revienta.
      • Filming locations
        • Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain
      • Production companies
        • Andy Joke
        • Jaleo Films
        • Paloma Juanes
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      • Budget
        • €40,000 (estimated)
      • Gross worldwide
        • $119,298
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 10 minutes
      • Color
        • Color

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