Pasodoble (film)
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| Directed by | José Luis García Sánchez |
| Screenplay by |
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| Produced by | Hervé Hachuel |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Fernando Arribas |
| Edited by | Pablo G. del Amo |
| Music by | Carmelo Bernaola |
Production company | Tesauro |
| Distributed by | Iberoamericana Distribución |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
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
- Fernando Rey as Don Nuño de Riomayor[3]
- Caroline Grimm as Makren[3]
- Juan Diego as Juan Luis[3]
- Antonio Resines as Topero[4]
- Cassen as Acacio[4]
- Mari Carmen Ramírez as Carmen[4]
- Kiti Manver as Camila[4]
- Eva León[5]
- Miguel Rellán as Velázquez[4]
- Antonio Gamero as poli[4]
- Luis Ciges[5]
- Pedro Reyes[5]
- María Galiana[5]
- Manuel Caro[5]
- Juan Luis Galiardo[5]
- Antoñita Colomé as María[4]
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. |
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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
- ^ Puche-Ruiz 2019, pp. 133–134.
- ^ "Pasodoble". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- ^ a b c Puche-Ruiz 2019, p. 133.
- ^ a b c d e f g Devesa & Potes 2000, p. 83.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Pasodoble (1988)". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ a b c Torres, Rosana (11 March 1988). "El oblicuo humor de García Sánchez". El País.
- ^ Utrera Macías 2007, pp. 121–36.
- ^ Puche-Ruiz 2019, p. 134.
- ^ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (12 June 1988). "Risas y muecas". El País.
- ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, pp. 271–272, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
- Bibliography
- Devesa, Dolores; Potes, Alicia (2000). "Filmografía". Nosferatu. Revista de Cine (33): 74–87. ISSN 1131-9372 – via Universitat Politècnica de València.
- Puche-Ruiz, María C. (2019). "Traspasando el espacio frontal a ritmo de "Pasodoble" (1988). Apropiación social del Palacio de Viana (Córdoba)". In Travé Molero, R.; Milano, C. (eds.). De dos orillas: imagen y experiencia en el turismo. Tenerife: PASOS, Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural. pp. 133–158. ISBN 978-84-88429-39-1.
- Utrera Macías, Rafael (2007). "El cine de la nacionalidad andaluza. La búsqueda de una compleja identidad". Cine, nación y nacionalidades en España. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez. pp. 121–136. doi:10.4000/books.cvz.20937. ISBN 978-84-9096-265-7.