Km. 0 (2000)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Yolanda García Serrano
Juan Luis Iborra

Writers:

Yolanda García Serrano (writer)
Juan Luis Iborra (writer)

Release Date:

30 June 2000 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

A comedic look at the love lives of 14 different people and how they interconnect during one hot August afternoon around the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, Spain.

Plot Keywords:

Spain | Flamenco Dancer | Madrid Spain | Mistaken Identity | Actress

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Concha Velasco	...	Marga
Georges Corraface	...	Gerardo
Silke	...	Amor
Carlos Fuentes	...	Pedro
Mercè Pons	...	Silvia
Alberto San Juan	...	Sergio
Elisa Matilla	...	Tatiana
Armando del Río	...	Máximo
Miquel García Borda	...	Benjamín (as Miquel García)
Jesús Cabrero	...	Miguel
Víctor Ullate Jr.	...	Bruno
Cora Tiedra	...	Roma
Roberto Álamo	...	Policía 1
Tristán Ulloa	...	Mario
Roberto Álvarez	...	Policía 2
Rosario Santesmases	...	Amiga de Silvia
José Bernal	...	Joven religioso
José Salcedo	...	Taxista
Ana Pascual	...	Mujer de la joyería
Claudio Sierra	...	Dependiente de la joyería 1
Joaquín Oristrell	...	Dependiente de la joyería 2
Juan Luis Iborra	...	Cliente de Tatiana
Carmen Balagué	...	Chica del Km. 0
María Eugenia Mur	...	Amiga de la chica del Km. 0
Carlos Blanes	...	Chico atractivo del Km. 0
Silvia Gil	...	Novia del chico atractivo
Gonzalo Garralda	...	Conductor Coche Tirón
José Mellado	...	Ladrón copiloto
Julia Altares	...	Mujer carterista
Urbano Blanes	...	Cliente del cajero
Pedro Garay	...	Dependienta de la zapatería

Directed by
Yolanda García Serrano
Juan Luis Iborra

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yolanda García Serrano		writer
Juan Luis Iborra		writer

Produced by
Rafael Alvero	....	producer: Universal Pictures Spain
Marc Cases	....	executive producer
Pastora Delgado	....	executive producer
Stefan Nicoll	....	producer: Universal Pictures Spain
Gianni Ricci	....	producer: Media Park

Original Music by
Joan Bibiloni

Cinematography by
Ángel Luis Fernández

Film Editing by
José Salcedo

Casting by
Francisca Cubero

Art Direction by
Ana Alvargonzález

Costume Design by
Josune Lasa

Makeup Department
Eva Alfonso	....	makeup artist
Nuria Tejedor	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Josep Amorós	....	production manager
Iñaki Bruña	....	unit production manager
Ana Rosa Diego	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Isabel Caralt	....	dga trainee
Marc Cases	....	first assistant director
Cristina García	....	second assistant director
Amneris Gómez	....	third assistant director
Mónica Sánchez	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Gonzalo Anso	....	props
José Miguel Bombín	....	assistant art director
Paco Calonge	....	property master
Carlos Gil	....	props
Antonio Sánchez	....	assistant props (as Antonio Sánchez Romo)
José M. Serrano	....	props (as Mariano Serrano)

Sound Department
José Antonio Bermúdez	....	sound mixer
Pablo Bueno	....	boom operator
Diego Garrido	....	sound mixer
Pablo Sanz	....	direct sound

Visual Effects by
Alberto Esteban	....	visual effects
Ramón Ramos	....	roto operator
Aurelio Sánchez Herrera	....	roto operator
Pablo Urrutia	....	digital effects artist: opening credits (uncredited)

Stunts
Luis Miguel Arranz	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jaime Bauluz	....	assistant camera
Mariano Cárdenas	....	lighting technician
Salvador Castellarnau	....	grip
Alberto Castro	....	video operator
José Antonio Fernández	....	electrician
Raúl García	....	second assistant camera
Marita Masía	....	second assistant camera
Miguel Ángel Palomino	....	gaffer
Patricia Quesada	....	camera trainee
Francisco Sánchez Beltran	....	electrician (as Paco Sánchez Beltrán)
Manuel Zambrana	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana López	....	wardrobe assistant
Neus Olivella	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Manolo Laguna	....	assistant editor (as Manuel Laguna)
Patricia Martínez	....	second assistant editor
Veronica Vigil	....	editor trainee (as Verónica Vigil Ortiz)

Music Department
Rafael Alvero	....	executive music producer
Rafael Alvero	....	music art director
Joan Bibiloni	....	music mixer
Joan Bibiloni	....	music recordist
Mateo Picornell	....	music mixer
Noel Quintana	....	music recordist
Tolo Servera	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Lázaro Gómez	....	transportation coordinator
Pedro Hernández	....	driver
Raúl Lázaro	....	driver
Fernando Navarro	....	driver

Other crew
Rodrigo Abia Lafranke	....	production runner
Esther Álamo	....	cleaning
Itziar Azcuaga	....	production runner
Emilio Barta	....	director of finance
Yago Benítez	....	production runner
Iñaki Bruña	....	stage manager
Juancho Cañete	....	production runner
Eugenia Cuesta	....	script supervisor (as Uge Cuesta)
Alberto Díaz del Río	....	production runner
Guillermo Díaz del Río	....	production runner
Gema Fraile	....	staff assistant
Carlos García	....	production runner
Marta García Muro	....	production assistant
Javier López de Ayala	....	press attache
Javier López de Ayala	....	public relations
Carlos Machi	....	location manager
Salvador Mariscal	....	legal advisor
Stefan Nicoll	....	making-of
Pablo Núñez	....	title designer: end titles
Manuela Ocón	....	production assistant
Marta Pérez Payá	....	marketing director (as Marta Pérezpayá)
Rafael Pérez	....	production assistant (as Rafa Pérez)
Xavier Pérez Sabaté	....	cashier
Xavier Pérez Sabaté	....	payroll
Paloma Porras	....	production secretary
Olivier Urrutia	....	production runner
Pablo Urrutia	....	title designer
Herminia Vadillo	....	cleaning
Santiago Villegas	....	production runner

Thanks
Antonio Albert	....	thanks
Beni	....	thanks
Quirino Conde Pacho	....	thanks
Miguel Cremades	....	thanks
Daniela	....	thanks
Fernando Gascón	....	thanks
Marta	....	thanks
Germán Matt	....	thanks
Javi Muñiz	....	thanks
Paco	....	thanks
Verónica	....	thanks
Maruja Yusti	....	thanks (as Maruxa Yusty)

Production Companies

• Cuarteto Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.
• Media Park S.A.
• Universal Pictures (Spain)

Distributors

• Homescreen (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (Canada)
• Optimale (2005) (France) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2003) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• TLA Releasing (2003) (USA) (video)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Spain)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (Spain)

Special Effects

• Félix & Pedro (special effects)

Other Companies

• Mediapark  production associate
• Molinare  digital effects
• Televisión Española (TVE)  participation
• Vía Digital  participation

Also Known As:

Kilómetro cero (Spain) (alternative spelling)
Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

108 min | USA:100 min (DVD)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Spain:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Cuarteto Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Movie Connections:

References Pretty Woman (1990)

Soundtrack:

Benjamín

A menagerie of Madrid's humanity in heat!

This hilarious and hip farce follows the 14 strangers of various classes, ages and sexual preferences, each of whom has a date with the other at 6 PM at Km. 0 (the exact center) of Madrid. The heat is unbearable (hint- metaphor). After a romp through the most outrageous (and comical) situations between 6 PM and the proverbial midnight hour (another metaphor), each will find the person/significant other he/she wants. This ideal companion may change (even a few times) during the course of the evening. But by midnight, Mr. or Ms. Right may not be the original date.

So, the plot's not too original...perhaps too many corny metaphors? But that only adds to the satirical appeal of this farce. Its real forte' are the ingenious situations, the linkage of the characters, and the location for absolutely screwball, sexual, and crass humor, which only a tolerant and modern Latin European capital affords. Great comedy!