Torremolinos 73 (2003)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Pablo Berger

Writer:

Pablo Berger (writer)

Release Date:

30 April 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.

Plot Keywords:

Encyclopedia | Salesman | Publishing | Baby | Ingmar Bergman

Awards:

15 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Javier Cámara	...	Alfredo
Candela Peña	...	Carmen
Juan Diego	...	Don Carlos
Fernando Tejero	...	Juan Luis
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Magnus
Malena Alterio	...	Vanessa
Ramón Barea	...	José Carlos Romerales
Tom Jacobsen	...	Erik
Mari-Anne Jespersen	...	Frida
Bjarne Henriksen	...	Lauritz
Nuria González	...	Señora de Romerales
Mariví Bilbao	...	Señora de Anasagasti
Germán Montaner	...	Sr. Anasagasti
Jaime Blanch	...	Ginecólogo
Máximo Valverde	...	Himself
Sixten Tobias Kai Nielsen	...	Ole
Jons Pappila	...	Aksel (as Jöns Pappila)
Thomas Bo Larsen	...	Dennis
Baard Owe	...	Doctor Johansen
Mariano Peña	...	Camarero
Ana Wagener	...	Dependienta
Carmen Segarra	...	La Fina
Carmen Machi	...	Clienta Peluquería
Carmen Belloch	...	Sra. Bronte
Diego París	...	Novio
Ruth Lewin	...	Novia
Lucio Romero	...	Padre del novio
Miguel Alcíbar	...	Taxista
Juan Manuel Cotelo	...	Vendedor
Cándida Tena	...	Monja
Tina Sáinz	...	Doña Isabel

Directed by
Pablo Berger

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pablo Berger		writer

Produced by
Pablo Berger	....	associate producer
Tomás Cimadevilla	....	producer
Bo Ehrhardt	....	co-producer
Yuko Harami	....	associate producer
José Herrero de Egaña	....	co-producer
Mohamed Khashoggi	....	producer
Lars Bredo Rahbek	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Nacho Mastretta		(as Mastretta)

Cinematography by
Kiko de la Rica

Casting by
Luis San Narciso

Costume Design by
Estíbaliz Markiegi

Makeup Department
Agustín Cabiedes	....	hair stylist (as Agustín Caviedes)
Agustín Cabiedes	....	makeup artist (as Agustín Caviedes)

Production Management
Álvaro Cortazar	....	unit manager
Pablo Ramírez	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luis Cordero	....	third assistant director
Txarly Llorente	....	first assistant director (as Txarli Llorente)
Pablo Ruiz Alarcón	....	second assistant director
Victor Taberner	....	assistant director

Art Department
José Luis Terrón	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Jens Bønding	....	sound mixer
Álex F. Capilla	....	assistant sound editor
Pelayo Gutiérrez	....	sound editor
Bruno Langiano	....	sound effects
Manuel Peinado	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Javier Mosqueda	....	pre-visualization colorist
Javier Mosqueda	....	scanner operator

Stunts
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunt coordinator
Alberto de la Fuente	....	stunts
María Mar Morilla	....	stunts
Emiliano Meilán Uribarri	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Iñigo Bach	....	key grip
José Ramón Delgado	....	assistant camera
Gonzalo Domingo-Aldama	....	video assist operator
Elías Fernández	....	gaffer
Félix Guede	....	electrician
Yuko Harami	....	still photographer
Carlos Herranz	....	assistant Steadicam operator
Raúl Manchado	....	assistant camera
Ernesto Núñez	....	electrician
Chiqui Palma	....	Steadicam operator
Gorka Rotaetxe	....	Steadicam operator
Miguel Ruiz	....	assistant Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Ignacio Mateos	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elena Gómez	....	costume assistant (as Elena Picaza)
Sofía Medem	....	costume assistant
Rocío Redondo	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Chus Carrera	....	assistant editor
Jesus de la Vega	....	post-production coordinator
Miguel P. Gilaberte	....	color timer
Javier Ugarte	....	post-production

Music Department
Olga de Bartolomé	....	music consultant
Juan Luis Grande	....	conductor

Other crew
Pablo Atienza	....	production assistant
Anders Bramsen	....	pre-production assistant
Beatriz Delgado	....	executive production assistant
Virginia García	....	production coordinator
Lola Guerrero	....	script supervisor
César Mendizábal	....	production assistant
René Nielsen	....	executive production assistant
Eva Pico	....	accountant

Thanks
Roberto Álamo	....	thanks
Juan Carlos Calderón	....	thanks
Carmen Ruiz de Huidobro	....	special thanks
Juan Gordon	....	thanks
Enrique López Lavigne	....	thanks
Vicente Mora	....	thanks
Antonio Muñoz de Mesa	....	thanks
David Serrano	....	thanks
Paprika Steen	....	thanks
Paz Sufrategui	....	thanks
Santiago Tabernero	....	thanks
Amaya Uranga	....	thanks
Roberto Uranga	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Estudios Picasso
• Mama Films
• Nimbus Film Productions
• Telespan 2000

Distributors

• Epicentre Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• First Run Features (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Xenix Filmdistribution (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Barbar Film (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Mandala Films (2004) (Mexico)
• Orlando Films (Israel)
• Pan Vision Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Triangelfilm (2004) (Sweden) (all media)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)

Special Effects

• F & P S.L.

Other Companies

• Southern Sun  lighting

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Spain | Denmark

Language:

Spanish | Danish

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:12 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Denmark:11 | Ireland:16 | Israel:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Estudios Picasso

Goofs:

Continuity: Alfredo uses a silent Super 8 camera and silent film stock to shoot the movies in his flat, but when we see him watching the results on a projector some days later, the movie has sync sound that was seemingly recorded at the time of the shoot.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 'Así se hizo' - Torremolinos 73 (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Help

Softcore Porn for 'Camera Buff'

When I first watched this film in 2005, I loved it, although at the time I was perhaps ready to agree that the second half of the film stumbles in a lot. But having recently seen 'Camera Buff' by Krzysztof Kieslowski, I am absolutely convinced 'Torremolinos 73' was inspired by it, in one way or another. This is not to deny originality to Berger's creation, but the acquaintance with the Polish film can seriously help understand and evaluate 'Torremolinos'. It can let us appreciate some details (compare, for instance, a cameo appearance of another Polish filmmaker, Zanussi, in 'Camera Buff' to the ever-powerful presence of Bergman's loudspeaker in 'Torremolinos'), but, most importantly, it allows to see, what exactly the subject of the film is. If our understanding is not informed by 'Camera Buff', then 'Torremolinos' is a vinaigrette of politics, porn and art-house cinema. If it is, then the main topic is exactly the one that makes the film somewhat 'heavy' in its second part and which was one of the central topics in Kieslowski's film. Cinema becomes a wedge, which is hammered between the routine and creativity. Aspiration to make 'serious' films and the cherishing of a film as one's child violently confronted the parental responsibilities of Kieslowski's protagonist, who gave in to creative impulses. The conflict in 'Torremolinos' is slightly reversed in that cinema becomes a more complex agent: it is the reason for misunderstanding, but it also unveils the problem and in the end even helps to resolve it. It is nevertheless the importance of the choice and its connection to various problems concerning family life that bring a kind of dullness into the second part of 'Torremolinos'. In this case it might be useful to agree with those who call this part 'subtler' in comparison to the upbeat start. In particular, this second part contains an easily-unnoticed topic of how much insult the male pride can take, and whether or not it is worth being guarded when love is at stake.