Isi-Disi, Rough Love (Spanish: Isi/Disi: Amor a lo bestia) is a 2004 Spanish comedy film directed by Chema de la Peña from a screenplay by Joaquín Górriz and Miguel Ángel Fernández which stars Santiago Segura, Jaydy Michel, and Florentino Fernández.
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| Spanish | Isi/Disi: Amor a lo bestia |
| Directed by | Chema de la Peña |
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| Produced by | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
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| Cinematography | Unax Mendía |
| Edited by | Antonio Lara |
| Music by | Roque Baños |
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| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe plot follows the implementation of courtship mechanisms by kalimotxo-loving metalhead friends from Leganés (Isi and Disi) with beautiful and posh Joaquín Sabina-loving Mexican university student Vanessa.[1][2]
Cast
edit- Santiago Segura as Isi[3]
- Jaydy Michel as Vane[3]
- Florentino Fernández as Disi[3]
- Ana Risueño[3]
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez "El Sevilla" as Pota[3]
- Manolo de Vega as Eugenio[3]
- José Luis Coll
- Ruth Zanon as Kuki[3]
- Elia Galera[3]
- Eduardo Gómez[3]
- Gran Wyoming[3]
- Máximo Valverde[3]
- Miriam Díaz Aroca[3]
- Joaquín Sabina[3]
Production
editThe film was produced by Lolafilms and MTV Films Europe in association with Intuition Films, and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+.[2] It boasted a €3.6 million budget.[4]
Release
editDistributed by United International Pictures (UIP),[2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 23 July 2004. It was the second largest-grossing Spanish film at the domestic box office in 2004.[5]
Reception
editCasimiro Torreiro of El País warned that "its coarse comic tone, its gutted humor, and its textbook patriarchalism make this film strictly inadvisable for sensible spirits".[6]
Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the "desperately unimaginative script is compensated for by cast's obvious determination to have a good time and thesps' marquee power".[2]
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2005 | 19th Goya Awards | Best Sound | Antonio Rodríguez "Mármol", Nacho Royo Villanova, Patrick Ghislain | Nominated | [7][8] |
| Best Original Song | "La rubia de la cuarta fila" by Joaquín Sabina | Nominated |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mateo Ruiz-Gálvez, Juan José (23 July 2004). "La música 'heavy' une a Santiago Segura y Florentino Fernández". El País.
- ^ a b c d Holland, Jonathan (29 July 2004). "Isi-Disi, Rough Love". Variety.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Parodia en bruto del mundo heavy". ABC. 23 July 2004.
- ^ "Santiago Segura y Florentino Fernández se convierten en rockeros de risa en 'Isi-Disi'". El Mundo. 2 December 2003.
- ^ "El aragonés José Ángel Delgado estrena mañana en Zaragoza su primer largometraje, titulado 'Cromos'". Europa Press. 10 December 2008.
- ^ Torreiro, Casimiro (23 July 2004). "Gamberro y desagradable". El País.
- ^ Luengo, Álvaro (13 February 2022). "Joaquín Sabina y Leiva, 'Tan joven y tan viejo', la lección musical de los Goya 2022". Esquire.
- ^ "Isi & Disi". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 25 July 2023.