By Force | |
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Spanish | A golpes |
Directed by | Juan Vicente Córdoba |
Screenplay by |
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Produced by | Enrique Cerezo |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Teo Delgado |
Edited by | Pablo Blanco |
Music by | Guateque All Stars |
Production company | Enrique Cerezo PC |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
Release date |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
By Force (Spanish: A golpes) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Vicente CórdobaNatalia Verbeke and Daniel Guzmán alongside Juana Acosta, María Vázquez, Marian Álvarez, and Zay Nuba.
which starsThe plot tracks five boxing-practicing friends from Vallecas (María, Juanita, Vicky, Mena, and Nitzia) pushed by circumstances into a criminal career as ram-raiders.[1][2]
The film is an Enrique Cerezo PC and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+.[6]
Distributed by Sony Pictures,[6] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 4 November 2005.[3]
Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the film "starts out looking somewhat punch-drunk but sharpens considerably over the final rounds".[6]
José Luis Sánchez Noriega[7]
determined that even if it is an "honest and willful work", By Force is a failed film as a cinematographic work.