Los abajo firmantes (2003)

Name: Los abajo firmantes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2003-10-17
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Javier Cámara, Elvira Mínguez, María Botto, Juan Diego Botto, Fernando Guillén

Los abajo firmantes (2003), directed by Joaquín Oristrell, starring Javier Cámara and Elvira Mínguez.

10/17/2003 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 30m

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The first actor of a theater company on tour in Spain dies in a car accident. A new actor, Jorge Ruiz, is to relieve you. He's handsome, young and revolutionary. His arrival creates tension, jealousy and distrust in the rest of the cast, is-especially in Mario Soto, which is responsible to lead in the absence of the author of the assembly, busy with an opera for the Teatro Real in Madrid . Already in the first trial of the work concerned the "Play Without a Title" by Federico Garcia Lorca, their personalities collide head. Morante Carmen, leading actress of the company, and Laura G. Reyna, which was secret lover of the deceased, witness the struggle between the two. As if that were not enough, the newcomer brings added conflict: reading at the end of the function of a manifesto for peace. Mario questioned that decision and the company is divided.

Joaquín OristrellDirector, Writer
Elvira MínguezWriter
Federico García LorcaWriter
Javier CámaraWriter

About the film

With George Bush on My Mind (Spanish: Los abajo firmantes; transl. 'The Signers Below') is a 2003 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Joaquín Oristrell, which stars Javier Cámara, Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Mínguez and María Botto.

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Plot

The plot follows a troupe of thespians preparing a stage play (García Lorca's Play Without a Title). The replacement lead actor is also set to read an anti-war manifesto at the end of the show.

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Production

The screenplay was penned by the four leads alongside Oristrell. A Centro de Nuevos Creadores and Garbo Producciones production, the film featured a "very small" budget, and it was shot in 3 weeks and a half.

Release

The film premiered at the 51st San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2003. It was theatrically released in Spain on 17 October 2003.

Reception

Esteve Riambau of Fotogramas rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, writing that the film came "from the guts" to show the actors' commitment to the campaign against the Iraq War, and that it also "becomes an excellent portrait of the world of comedians", praising its boldness as the best thing about it.

Casimiro Torreiro of El País considered, that rather than an erudite dissection of a stage play, the film tries to "reproduce the emotional pulse of a few days, those of the first months of 2003, lived frantically"; the chronicle about the commitment to protest against the war in Iraq, also praising the performances of the two Bottos, Mínguez and Cámara.

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Text from With George Bush on My Mind on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_George_Bush_on_My_Mind

Trivia

It premiered on October 17, 2003, a Friday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

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CountriesSpain
LanguagesSpanish
StatusReleased

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Joaquín Oristrell Director
Elvira Mínguez Writer
Federico García Lorca Writer
Javier Cámara Writer
Joaquín Oristrell Writer
Juan Diego Botto Writer
María Botto Writer

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What is Los abajo firmantes about?

Los abajo firmantes: The first actor of a theater company on tour in Spain dies in a car accident. A new actor, Jorge Ruiz, is to relieve you. He's handsome, young and revolutionary. His arrival creates tension, jealousy and distrust in the rest of the cast, is-especially in Mario Soto, which is responsible to lead in the absence of the a…

Who directed Los abajo firmantes?

Los abajo firmantes was directed by Joaquín Oristrell in 2003.

Who stars in Los abajo firmantes?

The cast of Los abajo firmantes includes Javier Cámara, Elvira Mínguez, María Botto, Juan Diego Botto and Fernando Guillén.

How long is Los abajo firmantes?

Los abajo firmantes runs for 90 minutes, or 1h30.