Misplaced Pages

Backroads (1997 film)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

1997 Spanish film
Backroads
Theatrical release poster
SpanishCarreteras secundarias
Directed byEmilio Martínez-Lázaro
Screenplay byIgnacio Martínez de Pisón
Based onCarreteras secundarias
by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
Produced byAna Huete
Starring
CinematographyJavier Salmones
Edited byIván Aledo
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
  • Olmo Films
  • Sogecine
  • Kaplan
  • Fernando Trueba PC
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release dates
  • 1997 (1997) (Seminci)
  • 28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Backroads (Spanish: Carreteras secundarias) is a 1997 road movie directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro and written by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, adapting the latter's novel Carreteras secundarias. It stars Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verdú and Miriam Díaz Aroca.

Plot

Set in 1974, during the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship, the plot follows the journey of salesman Lozano and his son Felipe driving a Citroën DS along the Spanish coast.

Cast

Production

Penned by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, the screenplay is an adaptation of Martínez de Pisón's 1996 novel Carreteras secundarias. The films is a Olmo Films, Sogecine, Kaplan and Fernando Trueba PC production, with the participation of Sogepaq and Canal+.

Release

The film screened out of competition at the 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in 1997. Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 28 November 1997.

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1998 12th Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Ignacio Martínez de Pisón Nominated
Best New Actor Fernando Ramallo Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ "Backroads". Variety. 6 December 1997.
  2. ^ "Carreteras secundarias". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. Castilla, Amelia (25 November 1997). "Martinez-Lázaro explora la relación padre-hijo en 'Carreteras secundarias'". El País.
  4. ^ "Carreteras secundarias". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. Galán, Diego (23 April 2004). "'Carreteras secundarias', de E. Martínez Lázaro". El País.
  6. Boletín informativo. Datos de 1997 (PDF). Madrid: Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales. pp. 38, 113. ISBN 84-8181-172-6.
  7. "Carreteras secundarias". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
Categories: