The Bicycle

The Bicycle
Spanish	La bicicleta
Directed by	Sigfrid Monleón
Screenplay by	Martín Román
Produced by	Emilio Oviedo José María Morales Francisco Lázaro
Starring	Pilar Bardem Sancho Gracia Bárbara Lennie Javier Pereira Alberto Ferreiro José Miguel Sánchez Carlos Bardem Rosana Pastor Juan José Otegui Albert Forner Sergi Calleja Cristina Plazas
Cinematography	Alfonso Parra
Edited by	Ángel Armada
Music by	Joan Valent
Production companies	Indigo Media Wanda Vision Fenix
Distributed by	Nirvana Films
Release dates	22 March 2006 (2006-03-22) (Málaga) 30 June 2006 (2006-06-30) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Bicycle (Spanish: La bicicleta) is a 2006 Spanish drama film directed by Sigfrid Monleón [es] from a screenplay by Martín Román. It stars Pilar Bardem, Sancho Gracia, Bárbara Lennie, Javier Pereira, and Alberto Ferreiro.

Plot

Set in Valencia,[1] the plot follows three stories developing around a bicycle. Boy Ramón exchanges his bike at Mario's workshop, and the bike ends up in the hands of young student and courier Julia, who comes across old woman Aurora, and lends her the bike.[2][3]

Cast

• Pilar Bardem as Aurora[3]
• Sancho Gracia as Mario[3]
• Bárbara Lennie as Julia[3]
• Javier Pereira as Santi[3]
• Alberto Ferreiro [es] as Luis[3]
• José Miguel Sánchez as Ramón[3]
• Carlos Bardem as Antonio[4]
• Rosana Pastor as Victoria[4]
• Juan José Otegui [es] as Eugenio[3]
• Albert Forner [es] as Guzmán[4]
• Sergi Calleja as activista[4]
• Cristina Plazas as Angeles[4]
• Carmen Belloch [es] as Carmencin[4]
• Cristóbal Suárez [es] as Vicente[4]

Production

The screenplay was penned by Martín Román.[5] The film was produced by Indigo Media, Wanda Vision and Fenix and it had the participation of Spanish and Valencian pubcasters TVE and RTVV.[6] It was fully shot in Valencia.[7]

Release

The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in March 2006.[2][8] Distributed by Nirvana Films,[6] it was released theatrically in Spain on 30 June 2006.[9]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "well-intentioned but wobbly".[6]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2006

References

1. Estrada, Javier (30 June 2006). "Actuar es un lujo que sólo unos pocos pueden permitirse". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
2. "Sigfrid Monleón cuenta la vida de tres personajes a través de una bicicleta". El País. 22 March 2006.
3. Bosco, Roberta (30 June 2006). "Sigfrid Monleón aborda el consumismo y la utopía en 'La bicicleta'". El País.
4. "La bicicleta". Wanda Films. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
5. "´La bicicleta´ pasea por el cambio de las grandes urbes". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 29 June 2006.
6. Holland, Jonathan (11 April 2006). "The Bicycle". Variety.
7. Türschmann, Jörg (2021). "La bicicleta en el cine de ficción. El medio de transporte del buscavidas" [The bicycle in feature films. The hustler’s means of transport]. deSignis. 34. Federación Latinoamericana de Semiótica: 189–201. doi:10.35659/designis.i34p189-201. hdl:2133/21365.
8. "Monleón y Chema Rodríguez, dos formas de entender el cine". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento. 22 March 2006.
9. "La bicicleta". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.