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Airbag is a 1997 Spanish action comedy film, written and directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa. It stars Fernando Guillén Cuervo, who co-wrote the film's screenplay with Bajo, Maria de Medeiros and Javier Bardem. Also stars unknown actors as Karra Elejalde and Manuel Manquiña, and Spanish celebrities as Francisco Rabal, Rosa Maria Sardà, Rossy de Palma, Santiago Segura, Alaska and Karlos Arguiñano.
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| Directed by | Juanma Bajo Ulloa |
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| Screenplay by | Karra Elejaldre |
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| Cinematography | Gonzalo F. Berridi |
| Edited by | Pablo Blanco |
| Music by | Bingen Mendizábal |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
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| Budget | $6 million[1] |
| Box office | 1,152 million ₧ (Spain)[2] |
Plot
editJuantxo is a rich, barely out of school lawyer, who has proposed to the daughter of a rich socialite. While on a stag party with his two best friends, Konra and Pako, he accidentally loses his engagement ring while visiting a prostitute. After leaving the brothel, Juantxo realizes the ring is not on his finger and turns around to recover it only to find out her pimp has taken the ring. In order to find the ring, Juantxo and his friends go looking for Villambrosa, the pimp, at another brothel he owns. While there, Juantxo, Konra and Pako get mistaken for a band of drug couriers that are moving cocaine hidden in car airbags for Souza, another pimp/drug dealer that has a tense business relation with Villambrosa. While there the money and drug exchange goes wrong without notice which sparks a war between the two rival organizations.The friends move on to the next brothel in search of Villambrosa when they get pullover by a cop for speeding and while they are being interrogated, the car’s airbags deploy and explode releasing the cocaine inside the car. From then on the friends embark on a crazy drug induced journey to recoup the ring while being oblivious of the drug war they have accidentally created.
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Cast
edit- Karra Elejalde as Juantxo
- Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Konradín
- Alberto San Juan as Pako
- Maria de Medeiros as Fátima do Espíritu Santo
- Manuel Manquiña as Pazos
- Karlos Arguiñano as Don Serafín
- Luis Cuenca as Souza
- Francisco Rabal as Villambrosa
- Rosa Maria Sardà as Aurora
- Javier Bardem as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
- Pilar Bardem as La Herme
- Rossy de Palma as Carmina
- Vicenta Ndongo as Vanessa
- Raquel Meroño as Araceli
- Santiago Segura as candidato Paíño
- Nathalie Seseña as Argentina 'Scándalo'
- Juanjo Puigcorbé as jugador
- Olvido Gara as jugadora Alaska
- David Trueba as reportero
Reception
editThe film was hugely successful in Spain, grossing $609,312 in its first week of release from 131 screens and was in the top 10 for 19 weeks.[3][4] It was the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year with a gross of 1,152 million Spanish Pesetas.[2]
Awards and nominations
editFilm Awards
edit| Year | Film Festival | Award | Category |
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| 1998 | Goya Awards | Won | Best Special Effects |
| 1998 | Goya Awards | Won | Best Editing |
| 1998 | Fantasia Festival | 2nd Place | Best International Film |
Submissions
edit- Goya Awards
- Best New Actor for Manuel Manquiña (nominated)
- British Independent Film Awards
- Best Foreign Independent Film (nominated)
References
edit- ^ Holland, Jonathan. Film Reviews: Airbag, Variety, July 27, 1997.
- ^ a b Boletín informativo. Anexo cultura en cifras. Datos de 1997 (PDF) (in Spanish). ICAA. 1998. p. 145.
- ^ Green, Jennifer (5 December 1997). "Made in Spain". Screen International. p. 43.
- ^ Green, Jennifer (31 October 1997). "Spain tastes Almodovar's flesh". Screen International. p. 27.
External links
edit- Airbag at IMDb
- Airbag at Rotten Tomatoes
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