''My Quick Way Out'' ( es, Volando voy, links=no) is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Miguel Albaladejo which stars Borja Navas as Juan Carlos "El Pera".

Plot

Based on the early life of and set in the 1970s, the plot follows the mishaps of Juan Carlos, a 9-year-old car thief and driver from Getafe, who only sees his delinquent life back on track thanks to the efforts of Tío Alberto at Leganés's Ciudad de los Muchachos school.

Cast

Production

The film is a Mediapro,

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, and

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production, and it had the participation of Telecinco,

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and Canal+. Shooting locations included

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and

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Release

Distributed by Soqepaq, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 13 January 2006. It was picked up within

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's main competition slate for its international premiere.

Reception

Javier Ocaña of ''

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'' deemed the film to be "overly explanatory and somewhat discursive", considering that it ends up "buried by too many ups and downs in writing, directing and acting". Pere Vall of '' Fotogramas'' rating the film 2 out of 5 stars, pointing out at the writing as the film's worst, while positively singling out Mariola Fuentes and some family sequences as positive elements. Jonathan Holland of '' Variety'' deemed the film to be "an unconvincing period piece based on the true story of a kid criminal in ’70s Madrid", "studded with good moments" but failing "to develop its rich source material".

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