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 DVD cover for Huevos de oro | |
| Directed by | Bigas Luna |
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| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Carmen Frías |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
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| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
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| Running time | 95 min. |
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| Language | Spanish |
Golden Balls (Spanish: Huevos de oro) is a 1993 film directed by Bigas Luna which stars Javier Bardem.
Plot
Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let nothing get in his way. He marries the daughter of a billionaire, intending to use her father's money to realise his project. Benito waltzes his way through a career of excess, fetishes and deceptions, but the personal conflicts he unleashes ultimately send his life spiraling down to disaster.
The film makes direct and symbolic references to the work of Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
Production
Exterior filming included Benidorm, Melilla, and Miami.
Cast
- Javier Bardem as Benito González.
- Maria de Medeiros as Marta.
- Maribel Verdú as Claudia.
- Elisa Touati as Rita.
- Raquel Bianca as Ana.
- Alessandro Gassmann as Miguel.
- Francesco Dominedò [it] as Mosca.
- Albert Vidal [es] as Folch.
- Benicio del Toro as Bob.
- Ángel de Andrés as Gil.
See also
References
- Citations
- ^ Sanabria 2007, p. 21.
- Bibliography
- Sanabria, Carolina (2007). "Huevos de oro (1993): el declive del macho ibérico" (PDF). Comunicación. 16 (2). Cartago: Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica: 16–23. ISSN 0379-3974.
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