1997 Spanish film
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| Spanish | Siempre hay un camino a la derecha |
| Directed by | José Luis García Sánchez |
| Written by | Rafael Azcona |
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| Cinematography | Hans Burmann |
| Edited by | Pablo del G. Amo |
| Music by | Chano Domínguez |
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| Distributed by | Alta Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
There Is Always a Right Way (Spanish: Siempre hay un camino a la derecha, lit. ''There is always a path to the right'') is a 1997 Spanish satirical comedy film directed by José Luis García Sánchez and written by Rafael Azcona based on a story by García Sánchez and Azcona. It stars Juan Luis Galiardo and Juan Echanove.
Plot
A satire of 1990s trash television, the plot tracks the plight of good-natured pícaros Juan and Pepe. After returning to Spain and about to commit suicide, they are invited by dishonest television host Lanzagorta to a sensationalist show that turns their misfortune into a docudrama.
Cast
- Juan Luis Galiardo as Juan
- Juan Echanove as Pepe
- Rosa María Sardá as Angélica
- Neus Asensi as Carmela
- Javier Gurruchaga as Lanzagorta
- Adriana Davidova as Milena
- Manuel Alexandre as Candelario
- Tina Sainz as Luchi
- Fernando Vivanco as comisario
- Queta Claver as Titi
- Sara Mora [es] as Sonsoles
- Jaroslaw Bielski [es] as Bergachovic
Production
The films is an Alma Ata Films, Galiardo Producciones, Gaila, Función Única and Sogepaq production. García Sánchez saw his film as "more like a sainete than an esperpento".
Release
Distributed by Alta Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 29 August 1997.
Reception
Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País declared the film a "fast-paced, dismembered, amusing and furious creation about the moral misery of today's Spain".
Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed the film to be an "enjoyably offbeat but hit-and-miss attack on the multiple failings of contemporary Spanish society as experienced by two good-natured rogues", highlighting their "exuberant (and psychologically implausible)" relationship as the film's strongest element.
See also
References
- Benavent 2000, p. 529. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBenavent2000 (help)
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (22 November 1997). "There is Always a Right Way". Variety.
- San José de la Rosa, Cristina; Miguel Borrás, Mercedes; Gil Torres, Alicia (2019). "Portrayal of the journalist in Spanish cinema from 1990 to 2010" (PDF). Doxa Comunicación (29). Universidad CEU San Pablo: 151, 157. ISSN 1696-019X.
- ^ Benavent 2000, p. 528. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBenavent2000 (help)
- Devesa, Dolores; Potes, Alicia (2000). "Filmografía" (PDF). Nosferatu. Revista de Cine (33): 85. ISSN 1131-9372 – via Technical University of Valencia.
- Villena, Miguel Ángel (23 August 1997). "Garcia Sánchez ve "el esperpento español a diario en los programas de televisión"". El País.
- Devesa & Potes 2000, p. 85.
- Fernández-Santos, Ángel (29 August 1997). "Ni un títere con cabeza". El País.