Cachito is a 1996 Spanish road movie directed by Enrique Urbizu which stars Jorge Perugorría, Sancho Gracia, and Amara Carmona based on Arturo Pérez Reverte's story "Un relato de honor".
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| Directed by | Enrique Urbizu |
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| Based on | "Un relato de honor" by Arturo Pérez Reverte |
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| Cinematography | Alfredo Mayo |
| Edited by | Pablo Blanco |
| Music by | Bingen Mendizábal |
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| Distributed by | Líder Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot edit
Set in southern Spain,[1] the plot follows 16 year-old Toñi, who flees from a whorehouse with help from truck driver Manolo.[2]
Cast edit
- Jorge Perugorría as Manolo[3]
- Sancho Gracia as Rafael[4]
- Amara Carmona as Toñi[4]
- Elvira Mínguez as Nati[4]
- Aitor Mazo as Porky[4]
- Luis Cuenca as señor[4]
- Pilar Bardem as prima[4]
- Sara Mora as Aurora[4]
- Lola Lemos as Abuela[4]
- Pepo Oliva as Lucas[4]
- May Pascual as Amely[4]
- Carmen de la Vega as Trujillo[4]
Production edit
The film is an Origen PC and Aurum Producciones production.[5] Shooting locations included the Madrid region and Tarifa.[6]
Release edit
The film was released theatrically in Spain on 8 March 1996.[4]
Reception edit
Augusto Martínez Torres of El País found two flaws weighing down the film, namely an "excessive influence of the cartoon, with what this means of caricatured and simple" (with the film being a sort of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner vying for a Romani girl), and mainly "the lack of humanity and the excessive manichaeism of the characters".[2]
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References edit
- ^ González, Jesús Ángel (2019). "Foundational Myths and National Identity in European Transnational Post-Westerns". Western American Literature. 54 (3): 277. JSTOR 26843330.
- ^ a b Martínez Torres, Augusto (16 March 1996). "Correcaminos, Coyote y la gitana". El País.
- ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 133. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
- ^ González 2019, p. 291.
- ^ Molina, Margot (19 September 1995). "Enrique Urbizu lleva al cine 'Cachito', un relato de Arturo Pérez-Reverte". El País.