Deprisa, deprisa (1981)

Director:

Carlos Saura

Writers:

Blanca Astiasu (writer)
Carlos Saura (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 March 1981 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Angela begins to hang around with Pablo and his gang of young robbers. |

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Berta Socuéllamos	...	Ángela
José Antonio Valdelomar	...	Pablo
Jesús Arias	...	Meca
José María Hervás Roldán	...	Sebas
María del Mar Serrano	...	María
Consuelo Pascual	...	Abuela
André Falcon	...	Cajero
Yves Arcanel	...	Interventor
Yves Barsacq	...	Luis
Suzy Hannier	...	Martita
Alain Doutey	...	Guarda
Joaquín Escola	...	Doctor
Matías Prats	...	Locutor
Matías Prats	...	Locutor

Also Known As:

Fast, Fast (USA)
Faster, Faster (USA)
Vivre vite (France)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:18 | France:-16 | Spain:18 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Soundtrack:

Deprisa deprisa

Gorgeous and Sensuous.

This movie makes beautiful use of Flamenco music, and does it better than any I've seen. Carlos Saura obviously cares deeply about the medium, as he also made a movie called Flamenco (although it's just a concert piece).

The story is very basic; it deals with the adventures of young street-criminals in Madrid who graduate from car-theft to bank-robbery. What's interesting is the way Saura makes us care about these "hijos de nadie", who are kind and decent people 50% of the time, and feel they have no future in regular society. But the movie never sentimentalizes them - they do exactly what you'd expect such people to do.

Dialogue is kept to a minimum; a lot of the communication is via the graceful gestures the Spanish are so good at. This allows extra time for the soundtrack, and it really gets you into the spirit of the film, which is really more like dance than acting.

Flamenco originated among the dispossessed, among beggars and gypsies condemned to live in waste places and junkyards on the edge of town, and the scenes of the barren housing-projects on the fringes of Madrid really bring this feeling to life.

Deprisa, Deprisa conveys a better understanding of the spirit of Flamenco than more elegant movies dedicated to the subject. (And Carlos Saura is a genius).