Cinema Days (2007 film)

Cinema Days
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Días de cine
Directed by	David Serrano
Written by	David Serrano Alberto San Juan
Produced by	Tomás Cimadevilla
Starring	Alberto San Juan Nathalie Poza Miguel Rellán Javier Gutiérrez Andrés Lima Luis Bermejo Fernando Tejero Roberto Álamo Gerardo Malla Amparo Valle Diego Martín Malena Alterio
Cinematography	Kiko de la Rica
Edited by	Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music by	Miguel Malla
Production companies	TeleSpan2000 Estudios Picasso LaZona Films
Release date	9 February 2007 (2007-02-09)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Cinema Days (Spanish: Días de cine)[1] is a 2007 Spanish comedy film directed by David Serrano. It stars Alberto San Juan, Nathalie Poza, Miguel Rellán, Javier Gutiérrez, Andrés Lima, Luis Bermejo, and Fernando Tejero.

Plot

Set in 1977 Spain, during the so-called Transition,[2] the plot follows the developments upon the shooting of a social conscience-stirring film by reputed anti-francoist auteur Federico Solá, who is forced by sleazy producer José María Culebras to work with former wunderkind and in-the-dumps folkloric artist Silvia Conde as a leading actress.[3][4][5][6]

Cast

• Alberto San Juan as Federico Solá[5]
• Nathalie Poza as Silvia Conde[5]
• Miguel Rellán as José Mª Culebras[5]
• Javier Gutiérrez as Benito Magallanes[5]
• Andrés Lima as Marcial Pérez[5]
• Luis Bermejo as Manolo Castaño[5]
• Fernando Tejero as Fino[5]
• Roberto Álamo as Alfredo Torres[5]
• Gerardo Malla [es] as Francisco Grandes[5]
• Amparo Valle as Mari[5]
• Diego Martín as Augusto[5]
• Malena Alterio as Gloria[5]

Production

The film was written by David Serrano with the collaboration of Alberto San Juan.[7] It is a TeleSpan2000, Estudios Picasso, and LaZona Films production.[8]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 9 February 2007.[6] Its theatrical gross amounted to about €600,000.[9]

Reception

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, lamenting that "the lack of control over the script leads the film to nonsense", while citing some performances (such as Rellán's) as a positive point.[6]

Jordi Costa [es] of El País deemed the film to be a "comedy of weak humor and erratic tone".[10]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2007

References

1. Hopewell, John (12 June 2007). "Venevision takes three at Madrid". Variety.
2. Caparrós Lera, José María (2016). "El cine y la transición política en España (1975-1982)" (PDF). Transiciones de la dictadura a la democracia. Americana eBooks & Inter-American Research Center. p. 30. ISBN 978-615-5423-30-7.
3. Belategui, Oskar L. (9 February 2007). ""Sigue habiendo productores que quieren acostarse con la actriz"". El Norte de Castilla. Grupo Vocento.
4. "David Serrano intenta hacer autocrítica del cine español en la comedia 'Días de cine'". Europa Press. 8 February 2007.
5. "Días de cine". La Zona. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
6. Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "Días de cine". Fotogramas.
7. "El loco mundo de un rodaje". 20minutos.es. 1 February 2007.
8. Green, Jennifer (14 February 2006). "Spain's Telespan in five-picture pact with BVI". ScreenDaily.
9. Vértice360. Memoria de 2007 (PDF). p. 35.
10. Costa, Jordi (9 February 2007). "Posfranquismo 'chiripitifláutico'". El País.