Pasodoble (film)

Pasodoble
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJosé Luis García Sánchez
Screenplay by
Produced byHervé Hachuel
Starring
CinematographyFernando Arribas
Edited byPablo G. del Amo
Music byCarmelo Bernaola
Production
company
Tesauro
Distributed byIberoamericana Distribución
Release date
  • 9 June 1988 (1988-06-09)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Pasodoble is a 1988 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis García Sánchez and co-written by Rafael Azcona. Its ensemble cast features Fernando Rey, Juan Diego, Antonio Resines, Cassen, Mari Carmen Ramírez, Kiti Mánver, Eva León, Miguel Rellán, Antonio Gamero, Luis Ciges, Pedro Reyes, Caroline Grimm, María Galiana, Manuel Caro, Juan Luis Galiardo, and Antoñita Colomé.

Plot

Makren, claiming to be the natural daughter of the aristocrat Don Nuño and a Swiss nurse, makes it to Córdoba looking for her biological father, coming across her purported half brother Juan Luis, a social parasite and Andalusian señorito, and the Pizarreros, a Romani family squatting the 'Museo Legado Pontirole'.[1][2]

Cast

Production

García Sánchez billed his work as "baroque, realistic, bitter, and amusing".[6] The film was shot in Córdoba and Madrid.[6] A Tesauro production,[7] it had a budget of 150 million .[6] The Palace of Viana stood in for the Museo Legado Pontirole.[8]

Release

The film premiered on 9 June 1988.[5]

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País described Pasodoble as "an almost unsustainable choral work which García Sanchez sustains with disarming ease".[9]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1989
3rd Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay Rafael Azcona, José Luis García Sánchez Nominated [10]
Best Original Score Carmelo Bernaola Won
Best Production Supervision Marisol Carnicero Nominated
Best Sound Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg Nominated

See also

References

Citations
  1. ^ Puche-Ruiz 2019, pp. 133–134.
  2. ^ "Pasodoble". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Puche-Ruiz 2019, p. 133.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Devesa & Potes 2000, p. 83.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Pasodoble (1988)". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Torres, Rosana (11 March 1988). "El oblicuo humor de García Sánchez". El País.
  7. ^ Utrera Macías 2007, pp. 121–36.
  8. ^ Puche-Ruiz 2019, p. 134.
  9. ^ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (12 June 1988). "Risas y muecas". El País.
  10. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, pp. 271–272, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
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