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Torremolinos 73
''Torremolinos 73'' is a 2003 Spanish/Danish comedy film directed by Pablo Berger. Plot Alfredo López is an exasperated encyclopedia salesman for the ''Montoya Publishing House'' and lives with his faithful wife Carmen in 1973 Spain. Carmen and Alfredo are given the opportunity by the Montoya Publishing House to create pornographic films that will be imported into Scandinavian countries under the pretence of being an audiovisual encyclopedia of human reproduction. They have no other choice as Alfredo's encyclopedia sales are practically zero and Carmen loses her job. Unknowingly, Carmen becomes an adult film star in the Northern European countries though they are well-paid for their films. In the meantime Alfredo and Carmen are trying to have a child and Carmen discovers that Alfredo has a sperm count of zero. Inspired to become a film-maker, Alfredo writes an Ingmar Bergman-inspired feature film titled ''Torremolinos 73''. His boss offers to fund the filming of it with Alfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Berger
Pablo Berger Uranga (born 1963) is a Spanish film director born in Bilbao, Spain. Life and work Pablo Berger attended primary and secondary school in Artxanda Trueba, located on the outskirts of Bilbao, Spain. In 1988 he directed his first short film, ''Mamá'' (''Mum'') with artistic director Álex de la Iglesia and Ramon Barea. With the financial winnings from a grant from the Provincial Council of Biscay, he went to study for a masters in film at New York University. After getting his Ph.D., he worked as a professor of management at the New York Film Academy. Thereafter, he began a parallel career as a publicist and producer of music, culminating in 2003 with his film ''Torremolinos 73'', with Javier Cámara, Fernando Tejero and Candela Peña. In 2012 he premiered his third film ''Blancanieves'' (''Snow White''), which was the Spanish representative of the Academy Awards in 2013, in the category of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ''Blancanieves'' won ten Goya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
