Felices 140 is a 2015 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Gracia Querejeta. It was co-written by Querejeta and Antonio Mercero. It was released in Spain on April 10, 2015. On September 8, 2015 it was one of the three entries shortlisted to represent Spain at the 88th Academy Awards in the category for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not selected.[2]

Felices 140
Film poster
Directed byGracia Querejeta
Written byGracia Querejeta
Antonio Mercero
Produced byGerardo Herrero
Mariela Besuievsky
Carlos Rodríguez
Javier López Blanco
StarringMaribel Verdú
Eduard Fernández
Antonio de la Torre
Marián Álvarez
Nora Navas
CinematographyJuan Carlos Gómez
Edited byLeire Alonso
Music byFederico Jusid
Production
companies
Foresta Films
Hernández y Fernández Producciones Cinematográficas
La ignorancia de la sangre
Tornasol Films
Distributed bySony Pictures
Release date
  • 10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office€931,202 (Spain)[1]

Plot

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Elia gathers a group of friends and family at a fancy holiday home to celebrate her 40th birthday. The guests do not expect what Elia has to tell them: she has won the EuroMillions lottery jackpot worth 140 million euros. When they receive the news about the jackpot, the guests start planning how they are going to end up with the money.[3]

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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Awards Category Nominated Result
3rd Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress Marian Álvarez Nominated
30th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Marian Álvarez Nominated
Nora Navas Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.mcu.es/bbddpeliculas/buscarDetallePeliculas.do?brscgi_DOCN=000047818&brscgi_BCSID=4affa237&language=es&prev_layout=bbddpeliculasResultado&layout=bbddpeliculasDetalle [dead link]
  2. ^ "Felices 140, Loreak y Magical Girl, camino a Hollywood". www.academiadecine.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01.
  3. ^ "Felices 140". IMDb. 10 April 2015.
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