Shacky Carmine

Shacky Carmine
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chema de la Peña
Screenplay by	Chema de la Peña Óscar de Julián
Produced by	Beatriz de la Gándara
Starring	Fernando Cayo Andrés Gertrúdix Rebeca Jiménez Pau Cólera Manolo Caro
Cinematography	David Omedes
Edited by	Antonio Lara
Production company	Fernando Colomo PC
Distributed by	Aurum Films
Release date	10 September 1999 (1999-09-10)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Shacky Carmine is a 1999 Spanish musical melodrama film directed by Chema de la Peña. It stars Fernando Cayo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Rebeca Jiménez, Pau Cólera, and Manolo Caro.

Plot

The plot follows the rise of a rock band from Salamanca formed by Apolo, Zalo, Rodol, Malú which is managed by Kiko as they move to Madrid.[1][2]

Cast

• Fernando Cayo as Apolo[3]
• Pau Cólera [es] as Zalo[4]
• Rebeca Jiménez [es] as Malú[4]
• Andrés Gertrúdix as Rodol[4]
• Nathalie Seseña as Jana[4]
• Manolo Caro as Kiko[4]
• Patxi Freytez [es] as P.K.[4]
• Mapi Galán [es] as Toni Mad[4]
• Josele Román [es] as Tini[4]
• Alicia Álvarez as Neska[4]
• Kiko Veneno as comisario Veneno[4]
• Antonio Vega as Willy[4]
• Carmen Machi as periodista Telek[5]

Production

The film is a Fernando Colomo PC production and it had the backing from Vía Digital.[1] Bunbury, Undershakers, Lliso and Carlos Jean composed songs for the film while the soundtrack also featured themes by Dover, Undrop, Hank, 7Notas 7Colores, Super Skunk, Narco, Klub, and Ari.[6]

Release

Distributed by Aurum,[1] Shacky Carmine was released theatrically in Spain on 10 September 1999.[4] The film also screened at the 1999 Toulouse Spanish Film Festival (Cinespaña).[7]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety welcomed the film as "a hip, well-played take on the rags-to-almost-riches rise of a Spanish rock group".[1]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1999

References

1. Holland, Jonathan (4 October 1999). "Shacky Carmine". Variety.
2. "Shacky Carmine". Mondosonoro. 1 February 1999.
3. Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 526. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
4. Benavent 2000, p. 526.
5. Abril Fernández, Mario (21 September 2015). "Carmen Machi cumple 52 años: del personaje de Aída García al premio Goya". ecartelera.
6. Jarque, Fietta (8 September 1999). "Chema de la Peña debuta en el cine con la historia de una banda de rock". El País.
7. "El actor Fernando Cayo obtiene el premio de teatro "Provincia de Valladolid"". El Norte de Castilla. 2 October 2007.