Jamón, jamón (1992)

Director:

Bigas Luna

Writers:

Cuca Canals (writer)
Bigas Luna (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A dish of a woman

Plot:

Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor...

Plot Keywords:

Underwear | Bullfighter | Factory | Liar | Food

Awards:

6 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Stefania Sandrelli	...	Propietaria fabrica ropa
Anna Galiena	...	Prostituta
Juan Diego	...	El padre
Penélope Cruz	...	Silvia
Javier Bardem	...	Raul
Jordi Mollà	...	El novio de Silvia (as Jordi Molla)
Tomás Martín	...	Amigo Raúl (as Tomás Penco)
Armando del Río	...	Amigo José Luis
Diana Sassen	...	Amiga Silvia
Chema Mazo	...	Padre de Silvia
Isabel de Castro Oros	...	Hermana Silvia
Nazaret Callao	...	Hermana Silvia
Marianne Hermitte	...	La chica del perro en el puticlub
Nadia Godoy	...	La que canta en el puticlub
María Reniu	...	Chica en puticlub
Susana Koska	...	Amiga discoteca
Miquel García Borda	...	Amigo discoteca (as Miguel García)
Roberto Bermejo	...	Torero
Guaca López de la Sierra	...	Loro puticlub
Lira Herce De Bigas	...	Perrita puticlub

Directed by
Bigas Luna

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Cuca Canals		writer
Bigas Luna		writer
Quim Monzó		dialogue

Produced by
Andrés Vicente Gómez	....	producer
Manuel Lombardero	....	associate producer
Pepo Sol	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Nicola Piovani

Cinematography by
José Luis Alcaine

Film Editing by
Teresa Font

Casting by
Consol Tura

Production Design by
Gloria Martí-Palanqués
Pep Oliver		(as Pep Olive)

Art Direction by
Noemí Campano
Chu Uroz

Set Decoration by
Julio Esteban
Pedro Gaspar

Costume Design by
Neus Olivella

Makeup Department
Betty De Villanueva	....	makeup artist
Marcel	....	assistant makeup artist
Satur Merino	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Ricardo Albarrán	....	production manager
Antonio Arregui	....	production manager
Beatriz Becerra	....	assistant production manager
Mariví de Villanueva	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pau De La Sierra	....	trainee assistant director
Eusebio Graciani	....	second assistant director
Manuel Lombardero	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Cuca Canals	....	graphic designer
Álvaro Cárpena	....	props
Pepino García	....	graphic designer
Pedro Gaspar	....	assistant production designer
Héctor Gil	....	property master
Gloria Martí	....	assistant set decorator
Jonatan Monells	....	graphic designer
Pep Oliver	....	set designer (as Pep Olive)

Sound Department
Giorgio Agazzi	....	sound engineer
Ricard Casals	....	sound re-recording mixer
J.A. Castro	....	boom operator
Luis Castro	....	sound effects
Bela María da Costa	....	sound mixer
Jaime Meléndez	....	sound mixer
Francisco Peramos	....	sound recordist
Miguel Rejas	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Reyes Abades	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Joana Boyer	....	still photographer
Carlos Cabeceran	....	Steadicam operator
Alfredo Díaz	....	key grip
Josep Gabarrós	....	electrician
Pablo León	....	electrician
Julio Madurga	....	camera operator
Berta Marsé	....	first assistant camera
Andrés Moral	....	electrician
Miguel Ángel Muñoz	....	second assistant camera
Ramón Perdiguero	....	camera operator
Apolinar Ramiro	....	gaffer
Leopoldo Villaseñor	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Jordi Ballo	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
María Humet	....	assistant costume designer
Belen Lemaitre	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Neville Brody	....	negative cutter
Alejandro Lázaro	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Nicola Piovani	....	conductor

Transportation Department
José Manuel Campos	....	transportation

Other crew
Susana Cuñado	....	production staff
Ana Escada	....	production staff
Lucía Esteban	....	production accountant
Esther García	....	production secretary
Marco Gómez	....	production staff
Concha V. Miranda	....	location manager
Cecilia Molina	....	script supervisor
Pepe Pleguezuelos	....	title designer
Pilar Ruiz	....	stage manager
Lola Serrano	....	unit publicist

Thanks
Mauro Endara	....	thanks
Nadia Godoy	....	thanks
A. Carlos Jocafi	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Lolafilms
• Ovídeo TV S.A.
• Sogepaq

Distributors

• Academy Entertainment (1993) (USA) (subtitled)
• Geneon Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Paris Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Pony Canyon (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Toshiba Digital Frontiers (TDF) (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (video)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2002) (Australia) (DVD)
• Zeyliv (2005) (Japan) (DVD)

Also Known As:

A Tale of Ham and Passion (USA) (video title)
Ham Ham
Salami, Salami

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:(Banned) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Peru:18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Open (rating surrendered: 1993) | USA:R (original rating: 1993) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Aragón, Spain

Company:

Lolafilms

Trivia:

In Spanish, the word "jamon" not only means "ham" but also "a dish of a woman".

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bigas Luna - La mirada entomòloga (2008)

Soundtrack:

LAS TORTILLAS DE SILVIA

Comedy turns to drama

Very interesting the way Bigas Luna joins together many elements: surrealism and realism, Italian new-realism and Almodovar's humorist notion in some situations. Certainly, a typical Spanish film of great inspiration which turns to nothing, because of the exaggerated plot about sexual relations with improper persons... same person for mother - daughter, son! - thus resuming to an idea of very bad notion about morals in Spain - both for wealthy and poor. Although acting was very good, also the photography. I mention the excellent acting of Javier Bardem who keeps all the interest in this film, with his role of a "payed lover" turned to a deeply in love desperado of the type of those who have nothing to loose except their own life... in a relationship which starts as a joke and turns to a drama.