Double Feature

Double Feature

Release date : June 22, 1984
Runtime : 1h 55m
Countries of origin : Spain /
Original Language : Spanish /
Director : José Luis Garci /
Production companies : Nickel Odeon /
June 22, 1984 1h 55m Spain Drama Spanish More
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Director José Luis Garci has turned his camera inward on filmmakers and screenwriters to portray them as so self-absorbed in the creative process that there is no other world, no other human relationship that can compete. As José (Adolfo Marsillach) and Federico (Jesus Puente) work together on a new screenplay, their interactions with their family (José's teen daughters, Federico's wife) disappear under the all-consuming task of creation. The daughters give up and go off on their own, and the wife joins a convent while Federico barely notices. And when the producer is interrupted by profound grief at the sudden death of his older son, he almost automatically returns to thinking about the film project when the funeral has ended. Garci honors many great directors at the beginning of this film, and the film continues to play out as an elaboration on this homage -- an illustration both of the dedication and the cost of filmmaking, no judgments given.
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Adolfo Marsillach
José Manuel Varela
Jesús Puente
Federico Alcántara
María Casanova
Graciela dos Santos Varela 'La Mala'
José Bódalo
Dionisio Balboa
Rafael Hernández
Empleado de producciones Balboa Films
Víctor Valverde
Actor que representa a 'El ministro'
Patricia Calot
Actriz que representa a 'La estudiante de filosofía'
Jesús Hermida
Self (uncredited)

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  • title:Double Feature
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1984
  • Runtime:1h 55m
  • Genres: Drama ·
  • Countries of origin: Spain ·
  • Original Language: Spanish ·
  • Director: José Luis Garci /
  • Writers: José Luis Garci · Horacio Valcárcel ·
  • Production companies: Nickel Odeon ·
  • Overview:Director José Luis Garci has turned his camera inward on filmmakers and screenwriters to portray them as so self-absorbed in the creative process that there is no other world, no other human relationship that can compete. As José (Adolfo Marsillach) and Federico (Jesus Puente) work together on a new screenplay, their interactions with their family (José's teen daughters, Federico's wife) disappear under the all-consuming task of creation. The daughters give up and go off on their own, and the wife joins a convent while Federico barely notices. And when the producer is interrupted by profound grief at the sudden death of his older son, he almost automatically returns to thinking about the film project when the funeral has ended. Garci honors many great directors at the beginning of this film, and the film continues to play out as an elaboration on this homage -- an illustration both of the dedication and the cost of filmmaking, no judgments given.
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