Torremolinos 73 Movie Review 2003

Alfredo (Camara) is a struggling encyclopedia salesman in Spain during the waning days of Franco's puritanical regime. Desperate for money, he and his wife Carmen (Pena) are initially reluctant partners in his boss, Don Carlos' (Diego), latest scheme: producing "educational" Super-8 sex films for the Scandinavian market. They turn out to be naturals, with Alfredo directing and Carmen starring. Then Alfredo gets ambitious and decides he wants to be the new Ingmar Bergman, writing a script (the movie's title) and persuading a disillusioned Carmen to go along with his idea. Spanish and Danish with subtitles.

Distribution

First Run Features, The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1213, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)243-0600, Toll-free: 800-229-8575, Fax: (212)989-7649, Email: info@firstrunfeatures.com, URL: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com

Available on DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Pornography, Spain

Screenplay

Pablo Berger

Cast

Javier Camara, Candela Pena, Juan Diego, Malena Alterio, Fernando Tejero

Cinematography

Kiko de la Rica

Director

Pablo Berger

Other

Agustin Peinado, Rori Sainz de Rozas, Julio Torrecilla

Producer

Tomas Cimadevilla, Estudios Picasso, Mama Films, Nimbus Film, Buena Vista