''Going South Shopping'' ( es, Bajarse al moro, links=no) is a 1989 Spanish

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Fernando Colomo Fernando Colomo Gómez (born 2 February 1946) is a Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has also acted in small roles in his own and other's films. He is regarded as the father of the so-called '' comedia madrileña''. Fil ...

based on the play ''Bajarse al moro'' José Luis Alonso de Santos. It

Verónica Forqué Verónica Forqué Vázquez-Vigo (; 1 December 1955 – 13 December 2021) was a Spanish stage, film and television actress. She was a four-time Goya Award winner, the most award-winning actress alongside Carmen Maura. She had a knack for charact ...

alongside Antonio Banderas,

Juan Echanove Juan Echanove Labanda (born 1 April 1961, in Madrid) is a Spanish actor. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2002, he received the Nacho Martínez Award. Selected filmography *'' Manolete'' ( Menno Meyjes, 2008) *''Alatriste'' (Agustín ...

, and

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis (born 5 November 1968) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Biography She was born in Rome on 5 November 1968, to a Spanish father , a history lecturer exiled from Francoism, and an Italian mother, Fiorella d ...

Plot

The plot tracks the mishaps of Chusa (a

drug trafficker The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs throug ...

'going south' to

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

to buy hashish) and other characters based in the neighborhood of Lavapiés, including her cousin Jaimito, police agent Alberto, and virgin Elena.

Cast

Production

Based on José Luis Alonso de Santos's play ''Bajarse al moro'', the screenplay was penned by Alonso de Santos alongside

and

Joaquín Oristrell Joaquín Oristrell Ventura (born 15 September 1953) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Barcelona on 15 September 1953, he is the cousin of actress Yolanda Ventura and nephew of trumpeter . He has written scripts ...

. The film is an Ion Producciones and Lolafilms production. The score was composed by the sibling duo

Pata Negra Pata Negra is a Spanish flamenco-blues band, established by brothers Raimundo Amador (singer and guitarist, b. 1959 in Seville) and Rafael Amador Rafael Amador Flores (16 November 1959 – 31 July 2018) was a Mexican professional football ...

consisting of Rafael Amador and

Raimundo Amador Raimundo Amador Fernández (born in Sevilla on May 26, 1959) is a Spaniards, Spanish gypsy guitar player. Biography He started playing the guitar for well-known flamenco artists like Fernanda de Utrera or Camarón de la Isla and Paco de Lucía ...

. Shooting locations included

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, Chaouen, and

Algeciras Algeciras ( , ) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeci ...

. The dialogues incorporate elements of the

cheli Cheli is a Spanish-language juvenile sociolect or jargon diatopically restricted to the Madrid area, developed in the 1970s, primarily associated to the post-Francoist counterculture. It drew influence from the hampa and drug-dealing jargons, and ...

jargon characteristic of Madrid's outcast youth.

Release

The film opened in theatres on 5 May 1989.

Accolades

, - , rowspan = "6" align = "center" , 1990 , , rowspan = "6" ,

4th Goya Awards The 4th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 10 March 1990. ''Twisted Obsession ''Twisted Obsession'' ( es, El sueño del mono loco, links=no; ) is a 1989 Spanish-French erotic thriller directed by Fernando Trueba and starring ...

, , Best Adapted Screenplay , , Fernando Colomo , , , , rowspan = "6" , , - ,

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

, , Verónica Forqué , , , - , Best Supporting Actress , , Chus Lampreave , , , - , Best Original Score , , Pata Negra , , , - , Best Production Supervision , , Andrés Santana , , , - , Best Sound , , Miguel Ángel Polo, Enrique Molinero , ,

References

External links

* * Spanish comedy films 1989 films 1980s Spanish-language films Films shot in Madrid Films shot in Morocco Films shot in the province of Cádiz Films directed by Fernando Colomo 1989 comedy films 1980s Spanish films LolaFilms films Films set in Morocco Films about drugs Films set in Madrid {{1980s-comedy-film-stub