Trout (Spanish: Las truchas)[1][2] is a 1978 Spanish film directed by José Luis García Sánchez. The film was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.[3]
Trout | |
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Spanish | Las truchas |
Directed by | José Luis García Sánchez |
Screenplay by |
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Cinematography | Magín Torruella |
Edited by | Eduardo Biurrun |
Music by | Víctor Manuel |
Production company | Arándano |
Release dates |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Plot
editA satirization of middle class society under the rule of Franco, the plot concerns about an annual dinner of a fishing club whose members eat rotten trout while refusing to accept that there is a problem with it.[4]
Cast
edit- Héctor Alterio as Gonzalo
- Juan Amigo as Emiliano
- Francisco Casares as Camarero
- Luis Ciges as Militante de Cruz Roja
- Roberto Font as Sebastian
- Manuel Huete as Adolfo
- Lautaro Murúa as Presidente
- Antonio Passy as Camarero
- Luis Politti as Don Jose Maria
- Kino Pueyo as Cocinero (as Quino Pueyo)
- Antonio Requena as Antonio
- Juan Sala as Antonio Gallifa
- Alfonso Vallejo as Alfonso
- Juan Jesús Valverde as Juan Alberto
- María Elena Flores[5]
- Fernando Chinarro[6]
- Ofelia Angélica[6]
- Carmen Arévalo[6]
- Mary Carrillo[6]
- Antonio Gamero[6]
- Paloma Hurtado[6]
- Walter Vidarte[6]
- Raúl Pazos[5]
- Yelena Samarina[5]
- Verónica Forqué[7]
Release
editThe film was presented at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in February 1978.[8] It was theatrically released in Spain on 1 April 1978.[9] It grossed 31,244,437 ₧ (263,375 admissions).[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ D'Lugo, Marvin (1997). Guide to the Cinema of Spain. Wesport · London: Greenwood Press. p. 210. ISBN 0-313-29474-7.
- ^ Jacobsen, Wolfang (2000). Fifty Years Berlinale. p. 259. ISBN 387584906X.
- ^ "Berlinale 1978: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d Caparrós Lera 1992, p. 172.
- ^ a b c d e f g "La Academia de Cine proyecta hoy la ganadora del Oso de Oro de la Berlinale de 1978 'Las Truchas', de García Sánchez". Europa Press. 27 March 2008.
- ^ "Muere Verónica Forqué a los 66 años". Cinemanía. 13 December 2021 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Samaniego, Fernando (28 February 1978). ""Las truchas", un intento de autogestión cinematográfica". El País.
- ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (1992). El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos. p. 172. ISBN 84-7658-312-5.
External links
edit- Las Truchas at IMDb
- Las Truchas at AllMovie