Barrio (1998)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Fernando León de Aranoa

Writer:

Fernando León de Aranoa (writer)

Release Date:

2 October 1998 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Brother Brother Relationship | Pizza Delivery Boy | Summer Job | Teenage Boy | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

12 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Críspulo Cabezas	...	Rai
Timy Benito	...	Javi (as Timy)
Eloi Yebra	...	Manu
Marieta Orozco	...	Susi, Javi's sister
Alicia Sánchez	...	Carmen, madre de Javi
Enrique Villén	...	Ricardo, Javi's father
Francisco Algora	...	Ángel, Manu's father
Chete Lera	...	Inspector de policía
Claude Pascadel	...	Antonio, Javi's grandfather
Pedro Miguel Martínez	...	Neighbor
Daniel Guzmán	...	Chico bar de copas
Lluvia Rojo	...	Chica bar de copas
Nicolas Abraham	...	Carlos, Rai's brother
Concha Gómez Conde	...	Ana, Rai's mother
Pepo Oliva	...	Ignacio, padre de Rai
Francisco Maestre	...	Encargado pizzeria (as Paco Maestre)
César Vea	...	Guardia jurado
Celia Bermejo	...	Cliente pizza 1
Gregory Galin	...	Rafa, Manu's brother
Nathalie Passagne	...	Chica dominicana del parque
Jean Quercy	...	Camello
Jezabel Martín	...	Cajera guapa
Manuel Marín	...	Músico gitano
Roberto Cuenca	...	Comercial
Tomás del Estal	...	Policia 1
Jesús Rodríguez	...	Policia 2
José Lázaro Neira	...	Policia 3
Álvaro Gómez	...	Encargado autoservicio
Gabriel Briones	...	Cliente pizza 2
Yolanda Díaz	...	Leticia
María Santos	...	Chica de la foto
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matías Prats	...	Presentador Telediario (uncredited) (archive footage)

Directed by
Fernando León de Aranoa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fernando León de Aranoa		writer

Produced by
Elías Querejeta	....	producer

Cinematography by
Alfredo F. Mayo

Film Editing by
Nacho Ruiz Capillas

Casting by
Patricia de Muns

Set Decoration by
Soledad Seseña

Costume Design by
Maiki Marín

Makeup Department
Pilar Álvarez	....	assistant makeup artist
Evelyne Byot	....	makeup artist
Mary Luz Cabrer	....	makeup artist (as Milu Cabrer)
Mara Collazo	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Primitivo Álvaro	....	production manager
Gregorio Hebrero	....	production manager
Eliane Lacroux	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Iñaki Beraza	....	second second assistant director
Yago Muñiz	....	trainee assistant director
Antonio Ordóñez	....	second assistant director
José Luis Ruiz Marcos	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Virgilio Esteban	....	second assistant set decorator
Alfredo García	....	props
Víctor Molero	....	first assistant set decorator
Tomás Prada	....	second assistant set decorator
Jorge Prado	....	set decorator trainee
Iñaki Rubio	....	property master
Tachín Serrano	....	carpenter
Enrique Teigell	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Polo Aledo	....	sound editor
Antonio Alfara	....	assistant sound editor
Manuel Corrales	....	sound effects
Patrick Ghislain	....	sound engineer
François Groult	....	post-production sound
Miguel Ángel Polo	....	direct sound (as Miguel A. Polo)
Alfonso Raposo	....	sound mixer
Óscar Segovia	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Antonio Molina	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Jorge Calvo	....	digital artist: title sequence
Pablo Núñez	....	opticals

Camera and Electrical Department
Jordi Abusada	....	video technician
Pablo Carrión Bautista	....	electrician (as Pablo Carrión Jr.)
Juan Carrión	....	electrician
Pablo Carrión	....	electrician
Javier Corcuera	....	video technician
Daniel Fernández	....	second assistant camera
Emma Fernández	....	first assistant camera
José Antonio Fernández	....	gaffer (as José A. Fernández)
Julio Fernández	....	electrician
Antonio Fernández Santamaría	....	key grip (as Antonio F. Santamaría)
Jean Harnois	....	camera operator
Vicente Martín	....	still photographer
Miguel Ángel Palomino	....	electrician (as Miguel A. Palomino)
Francisco Ramos	....	electrician
Vanessa Ruiz-Larrea	....	video operator
Alberto Sánchez Beltrán	....	electrician (as Alberto Sánchez)
Santiago Zuazo	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Paula Chevallet	....	casting: France

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Humberto Cornejo	....	wardrobe
Adoración Pérez	....	assistant wardrobe
Graciela Rubio	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Jordi Abusada	....	editor: video
María José Almela	....	assistant editor
Javier Corcuera	....	editor: video
Laurent Dutreche	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Lucía Cárdenas	....	executive music producer

Transportation Department
Juan Pedro Macías	....	driver (as Pedro Macías)
Ángel Megino	....	transportation coordinator
Carmelo Morón	....	driver
Javier Sánchez	....	driver

Other crew
Mercedes Alted	....	positiv assembler
Cecilia Bayonas	....	direction secretary
Cecilia Bayonas	....	script supervisor
José Luis Gago	....	production assistant
Purificación García	....	trainee production assistant
Andoni Gracia	....	collaborator
María Victoria Hebrero	....	production secretary
Belén Laguna	....	cashier
Belén Laguna	....	payroll
Víctor Mínguez	....	second production assistant
Cruz Novillo	....	title designer
Pablo Núñez	....	title designer
Iñaki Rubio	....	stage manager

Thanks
Ignacio del Moral	....	thanks
Pablo Sanz	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.
• MGN Filmes
• Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel)

Distributors

• Warner Sogefilms S.A. (Spain)

Other Companies

• Molinare  opticals
• Molinare  titles

Runtime:

94 min | France:100 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Movie Connections:

References "Baywatch" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Douha Alia

Nice portrait of low-medium Spanish class with a great black humour

Barrio is a great portrait of the low-middle class in Madrid. It shows you the life of 3 teenagers sick of their way of living and dealing with all the issues it brings.

These kids have to deal with their problems, their parent's, their hormones, the lack of money, unemployment, trying not to get into the drug world... Trying to make their way out of it and it's here when a brilliant black sense of humour comes and it's delivered in the movie over and over. The story of the delivery pizza boy, among others, is surreal, funny and brutal if you think a bit about it. Is due to this scenarios full humour that you can watch the movie without feel depressed. Don't look here for nice views of Madrid cause there aren't. It's the underground that semi dark face of the city nobody want to see.

In resume: Is a great portrait of the low-medium Spanish class with a great sense of black humour.

The end is bitter, it's true but probably because you can watch the film so easily even laugh although is not a light subject at all, the end reminds you exactly that, that it's hard, is not easy and is a serious matter. It could have left and open ending, that's true too.

Acting is great. You could even think that the guys are for real and the director is filming their real life.

I like Fernando León de Aranoa. I liked "Familia" and "Los Lunes al sol" and that's not an exception. All of his films portrays the issues that the medium class people in Spain has to deal with. Is probably the Spanish Ken Loach.

Watch this movie if you haven't watched yet. I still thinking is one of the best Spanish movies of the last 20 years. 8/10