| My Quick Way Out | |
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| Spanish | Volando voy |
| Directed by | Miguel Albaladejo |
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| Cinematography | Alfonso Sanz Alduán |
| Edited by | Pablo Blanco |
| Music by | Lucio Godoy |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
My Quick Way Out (Spanish: Volando voy) 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 Juan Carlos Delgado "el Pera" [es] 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
- Borja Navas as Juan Carlos el Pera [es]
- Fernando Tejero as Juan
- Mariola Fuentes as Pepita
- Àlex Casanovas [es] as tío Alberto
- Mar Regueras as Bego
- José Luis García Pérez as el señorito
Production
The film is a Mediapro, Sogecine, and Estudios Picasso production, and it had the participation of Telecinco, Telemadrid, TV3 and Canal+. Shooting locations included Madrid and Toledo.
Release
Distributed by Soqepaq, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 13 January 2006. It was picked up within Karlovy Vary International Film Festival's main competition slate for its international premiere.
Reception
Javier Ocaña of El País 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".
See also
References
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (6 February 2006). "My Quick Way Out". Variety.
- "Tejero encarna al padre de El Pera en el filme ´Volando voy´". Córdoba. Prensa Ibérica. 11 January 2006.
- ^ "Volando voy". TV3. 12 June 2009 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ^ "Miguel Albadalejo refleja en 'Volando voy' la turbulenta infancia del delincuente 'El Pera'". Europa Press. 10 January 2006.
- ^ Vall, Pere (29 May 2008). "Volando voy". Fotogramas.
- "Karlovy Vary Festival lineup". Variety. 25 June 2006.
- Ocaña, Javier (12 January 2006). "Cachorro callejero". El País.