Chill Out! (2003)

Name: Chill Out!
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2003-09-12
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, Rubén Ochandiano, Carmen Machi

Chill Out! (2003), directed by Dunia Ayaso, starring Pepón Nieto and Candela Peña.

09/12/2003 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 38m

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Just Santos, cabaret actor with a talent for imitation, receives the offer of a role in a movie that could change his life and his family.

Kiko de la RicaCinematography
Dunia AyasoDirector
Félix SabrosoDirector, Writer
José SalcedoEditing

About the film

Chill Out! (Spanish: Descongélate!) is a 2003 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso which stars Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, and Rubén Ochandiano.

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Chill Out! (Spanish: Descongélate!) is a 2003 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso which stars Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, and Rubén Ochandiano.

Plot

Set in a multicultural neighborhood of Madrid, the plot follows struggling bit-part actor and impersonator Justo Santos, who is offered a lead role by film director Aitor, with the latter promptly dying from drug overdose, seemingly thwarting Justo and Justo's family (brother Berto, wife Iris, and mother Katy) yearnings to solve their dire economic hardships.

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Production

The film is an El Deseo, Mediapro, and Filmanova production, with the participation of Telemadrid, Canal+, and Antena 3.

Release

The film screened at the 15th L'Alfàs del Pi Film Festival in July 2003. Distributed by Warner Sogefilms, it was released theatrically in Spain on 22 August 2003. It opened to a so-so €222,000 opening weekend gross at the domestic box office, but good word-of-mouth took it to €1.1 million after four weeks.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that the helmers' disposable work in earlier films "settles down into something like maturity without losing its contempo edge, and first-rate performances discover unsuspected depths in the derivative, over-the-top plotline about people frantically trying to improve their lot".

Jennifer Green of ScreenDaily deemed to film to be a "a sharp yet ultimately gentle comedy".

References

Text from Chill Out! on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chill_Out!

Trivia

It premiered on September 12, 2003, a Friday.
It runs 1h38 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Descongélate!".
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Ondas 2003 among them.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosFilmanova, Media Produccion, El Deseo
CountriesSpain
LanguagesSpanish
StatusReleased

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Ondas 2003

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Kiko de la Rica Cinematography
Dunia Ayaso Director
Félix Sabroso Director
José Salcedo Editing
Félix Sabroso Writer

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What is Chill Out! about?

Chill Out!: Just Santos, cabaret actor with a talent for imitation, receives the offer of a role in a movie that could change his life and his family.

Who directed Chill Out!?

Chill Out! was directed by Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso in 2003.

Who stars in Chill Out!?

The cast of Chill Out! includes Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, Rubén Ochandiano and Carmen Machi.

How long is Chill Out!?

Chill Out! runs for 98 minutes, or 1h38.

What awards did Chill Out! win?

Chill Out! has 1 recorded awards, among them Ondas 2003.