''Disco, Ibiza, Locomía'' is a 2024

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film directed by

Kike Maíllo Enrique "Kike" Maíllo Iznájar (; born 3 June 1975) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for '' Eva'', which won him the 2011 Goya Award for Best New Director. Biography From 1994 Maíllo studied at the Escola Superior ...

from a screenplay by Maíllo and Marta Libertad based on the musical ensemble

Locomía Locomía (also known as Loco Mía) was a Spanish pop group popular in the late 1980s and 1990s. They combined elements of tropical with British music of the new wave and New Romantics. Their first hit was the eponymous song "Locomia". The ori ...

. Its cast is led by

Jaime Lorente Jaime Lorente López (born 12 December 1991) is a Spanish actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Denver in ''Money Heist'' and Nano in ''Elite''. Education Born on 12 December 1991, Jaime Lorente López studied Dramatic Art at The ...

Alberto Ammann José Alberto Ammann Rey (born 1978) is an Argentine and Spanish actor. He has played various roles in films, television and theater. His feature film debut in '' Cell 211'' (2009) earned him a Goya Award for Best New Actor. Other film works i ...

Alejandro Speitzer Alejandro Sánchez Speitzer (born 21 January 1995) is a Mexican actor. Career Alejandro Speitzer started his career as a child actor when he was 5 years old. His very first job was in a recurring role in the Mexican TV mini-series ''Ray of Lig ...

, and

Blanca Suárez Blanca Martínez Suárez (born 21 October 1988) is a Spanish actress. She gained notoriety for her performance in Globomedia teen drama series '' The Boarding School'' (2007–10), which was followed by '' The Boat'' (2011–13). Her television ...

Plot

In 1980s Spain, a group of friends interested in fashion and new to

Ibiza Ibiza (; ; ; #Names and pronunciation, see below) or Iviza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of th ...

develop a musical career upon coming across music producer José Luis Gil.

Cast

Production

The film is a Nadie es Perfecto, La chica de la curva and SBD Films production. It had the participation of

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, and

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. Shooting locations included

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and

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Release

''Disco, Ibiza, Locomía'' premiered at the

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on 8 March 2024. The film was released theatrically in Spain on 17 May 2024 by DeAPlaneta. It was released on Netflix on 6 September 2024.

Reception

Critical response

Javier Ocaña Javier Ocaña (born 1971) is a Spanish film critic. Life and career Ocaña was born in 1971 in Martos, province of Jaén. He earned a licentiate degree in law from the University of Granada and a master's degree in journalism from the Autonomo ...

of ''

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'' deemed the film to be a "disaster" and a "a missed opportunity". Martín Fernández Cruz of ''

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'' gave the film a 'very good' rating, assessing that Lorente "delivers a moving performance". Andrea G. Bermejo of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, underscoring in the verdict that "it does not quite do justice to Locomía's crazy story, but almost".

Accolades

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39th Goya Awards The 39th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, took place at the in Granada, Andalusia, on 8 February 2025. The gala was broadcast on La 1 (Spanish TV channel), La 1 and RTVE Play. Backgr ...

, , Best Costume Design , , Ester Palaudàries, Vinyet Escobar , , , ,

References

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