Cachito (film)

Cachito
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Enrique Urbizu
Screenplay by	Imanol Uribe Francisco Pino Jesús Regueira Enrique Urbizu
Based on	"Un relato de honor" by Arturo Pérez Reverte
Starring	Jorge Perugorría Sancho Gracia Amara Carmona Elvira Mínguez Aitor Mazo Luis Cuenca Pilar Bardem
Cinematography	Alfredo Mayo
Edited by	Pablo Blanco
Music by	Bingen Mendizábal
Production companies	Origen PC Aurum Producciones
Distributed by	Líder Films
Release date	8 March 1996 (1996-03-08)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Cachito is a 1996 Spanish road movie directed by Enrique Urbizu which stars Jorge Perugorría, Sancho Gracia, and Amara Carmona based on Arturo Pérez Reverte's story "Un relato de honor".

Plot

Set in southern Spain,[1] the plot follows 16-year-old Toñi, who flees from a brothel with help from truck driver Manolo.[2]

Cast

• Jorge Perugorría as Manolo[3]
• Sancho Gracia as Rafael[4]
• Amara Carmona [es] as Toñi[4]
• Elvira Mínguez as Nati[4]
• Aitor Mazo [es] as Porky[4]
• Luis Cuenca as Gentleman[4]
• Pilar Bardem as Cousin[4]
• Sara Mora [es] as Aurora[4]
• Lola Lemos [es] as Grandmother[4]
• Pepo Oliva [ca] as Lucas[4]
• May Pascual as Amely[4]
• Carmen de la Vega as Trujillo[4]

Production

The film is an Origen PC and Aurum Producciones production.[5] Shooting locations included the Madrid region and Tarifa.[6]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 8 March 1996.[4]

Reception

Augusto Martínez Torres of El País found two flaws weighing down the film, namely an "excessive influence of the cartoon, with what this means of caricatured and simple" (with the film being a sort of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner vying for a Romani girl), and mainly "the lack of humanity and the excessive manichaeism of the characters".[2]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1996

References

1. González, Jesús Ángel (2019). "Foundational Myths and National Identity in European Transnational Post-Westerns". Western American Literature. 54 (3): 277. JSTOR 26843330.
2. Martínez Torres, Augusto (16 March 1996). "Correcaminos, Coyote y la gitana". El País.
3. Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 133. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
4. Benavent 2000, p. 133.
5. González 2019, p. 291.
6. Molina, Margot (19 September 1995). "Enrique Urbizu lleva al cine 'Cachito', un relato de Arturo Pérez-Reverte". El País.