directed
by Pablo Berger
Spain / Denmark 2003
Based on a true story, “Torremolinos 73” is one of the best
films ever made on the subject of making film, more precisely artistic vision
vs. commercial interests.
The year is 1973. The location is Spain. Franco is still in power. Alfredo
(Javier Cámara) is a traveling encyclopedia salesman. Very unsuccessful. And
when his boss informs him, that sales have dropped to basically 0%, he accepts
an offer to make educational films about married life and procreation for
Danish World Encyclopedia of Reproduction, he reluctantly accepts, unaware
that the films are aimed at the Scandinavian pornography market.
Naïve about the reality of these films, they rekindle the marriage of Alfredo
and Carmen. The making of the films brings back sex, and the variations in
role play brings back fun. And with the success of the films comes money. Soon
the only thing Carmen needs is a baby.
Meanwhile Carmen (Candela Peña) is becoming an international sex symbol and
Alfredo is becoming obsessed with cinema, especially the films by Bergman. As
he has made his boss a lot of money, he talks him into producing an art house
film, in black and white and full of symbolism. The deal is that as payment
they receive an adopted child.
However the boss has no intentions of losing money on some art house film, so
he rewrites the script to include several sex scenes. Alfredo refuses, but
Carmen agrees, as she wants a son and a normal life. In the end, both are
forced to sell out and make one final pornographic film.
An overlooked gem about cinema.
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Theatrical Release: April 26, 2003 (Malaga Film Festival)
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DVD Review: Tartan - Region 0 - PAL
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| Runtime | 1:27:33 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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is identical to the Danish DVD by Scanbox. The film itself is very grainy
and very "bleak" in its color composition. The DVD presentation have
clearly visible artifacts, but due to the nature of the film, it is very
hard to say how much is based on compression or stock. Standard for Tartan, three soundtracks from 2.0 Dolby Digital to DTS comes along. A bit overdoing it for this sort of film. The sound is clear. Aside trailer and TV spots, a good 30-minutes "making of" featurette with interviews and comments is added. It is quiet good and adds alot of details towards the film. |
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