There Is Always a Right Way (Spanish: Siempre hay un camino a la derecha, lit. ''There is always a path to the right'') is a 1997 Spanish satirical comedy film directed by José Luis García Sánchez and written by Rafael Azcona based on a story by García Sánchez and Azcona. It stars Juan Luis Galiardo and Juan Echanove.
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| Spanish | Siempre hay un camino a la derecha |
| Directed by | José Luis García Sánchez |
| Written by | Rafael Azcona |
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| Cinematography | Hans Burmann |
| Edited by | Pablo del G. Amo |
| Music by | Chano Domínguez |
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| Distributed by | Alta Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editA satire of 1990s trash television,[1] the plot tracks the plight of good-natured pícaros Juan and Pepe. After returning to Spain and about to commit suicide, they are invited by dishonest television host Lanzagorta to a sensationalist show that turns their misfortune into a docudrama.[2][3]
Cast
edit- Juan Luis Galiardo as Juan[4]
- Juan Echanove as Pepe[4]
- Rosa María Sardá as Angélica[4]
- Neus Asensi as Carmela[4]
- Javier Gurruchaga as Lanzagorta[4]
- Adriana Davidova as Milena[4]
- Manuel Alexandre as Candelario[4]
- Tina Sainz as Luchi[4]
- Fernando Vivanco as comisario[4]
- Queta Claver as Titi[4]
- Sara Mora as Sonsoles[4]
- Jaroslaw Bielski as Bergachovic[4]
Production
editThe films is an Alma Ata Films, Galiardo Producciones, Gaila, Función Única and Sogepaq production.[5] García Sánchez saw his film as "more like a sainete than an esperpento".[6]
Release
editDistributed by Alta Films,[2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 29 August 1997.[7]
Reception
editÁngel Fernández-Santos of El País declared the film a "fast-paced, dismembered, amusing and furious creation about the moral misery of today's Spain".[8]
Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed the film to be an "enjoyably offbeat but hit-and-miss attack on the multiple failings of contemporary Spanish society as experienced by two good-natured rogues", highlighting their "exuberant (and psychologically implausible)" relationship as the film's strongest element.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Holland, Jonathan (22 November 1997). "There is Always a Right Way". Variety.
- ^ San José de la Rosa, Cristina; Miguel Borrás, Mercedes; Gil Torres, Alicia (2019). "Portrayal of the journalist in Spanish cinema from 1990 to 2010" (PDF). Doxa Comunicación (29). Universidad CEU San Pablo: 151, 157. ISSN 1696-019X.
- ^ Devesa, Dolores; Potes, Alicia (2000). "Filmografía" (PDF). Nosferatu. Revista de Cine (33): 85. ISSN 1131-9372 – via Technical University of Valencia.
- ^ Villena, Miguel Ángel (23 August 1997). "Garcia Sánchez ve "el esperpento español a diario en los programas de televisión"". El País.
- ^ Devesa & Potes 2000, p. 85.
- ^ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (29 August 1997). "Ni un títere con cabeza". El País.