Doghead
Theatrical release poster
SpanishCabeza de perro
Directed bySanti Amodeo
Written bySanti Amodeo
Produced byJosé Antonio Félez
Starring
CinematographyAlex Catalán
Edited byJosé M. G. Moyano
Music bySanti Amodeo
Production
companies
  • Tesela PC
  • La Zanfoña
Distributed byAlta Classics
Release date
  • 6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)
CountrySpanish
LanguageSpanish

Doghead (Spanish: Cabeza de perro) is a 2006 Spanish drama film directed, written and scored by Santi Amodeo starring Juan José Ballesta and Adriana Ugarte.

Plot

Displaying a fable-like tone and an omniscient off-camera narrator,[1] the plot tracks the mishaps of Samuel, affected by a rare neurological condition and overprotected by his family.[2]

Cast

Production

A Tesela Producciones Cinematográficas and La Zanfoña Producciones production,[8] the film had the participation of Canal Sur and Canal+.[3] Shooting took place in Seville, Costa del Sol and Madrid.[5][7]

Released

Distributed by Alta Classics,[3] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 6 October 2006. The film also screened at the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival held in June 2007.[9]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety, deemed Doghead to be a "revitalizing, winsomely idiosyncratic" film, with the result of Amodeo's craft being "a visually striking, deceptively subtle item that revels in its unconventionality".[3]

Javier Ocaña of El País, considered that the film possesses "a very special magic and a strange poetry", blending in "a modern visualization and a script between the profound and the candorous".[1]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2007 21st Goya Awards Best New Actress Adriana Ugarte Nominated [8]
10th Shanghai International Film Festival Best Actor Juan José Ballesta Won [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ocaña, Javier (6 October 2006). "Magia demente". El País.
  2. ^ Marinero, Ismael (6 October 2006). "Cabeza de perro". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Holland, Jonathan (16 October 2006). "Doghead". Variety.
  4. ^ "10 años del estreno de 'Cabeza de perro': el ascenso de Adriana Ugarte y el estancamiento de Juan José Ballesta". Bekia. 6 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b Molina, Margot (16 December 2005). "Santiago Amodeo rueda en Sevilla 'Cabeza de perro'". El País.
  6. ^ Oliver, Amy Dolin (2013). Changing perspectives at the Goya awards: migrant and ethnic identity construction in contemporary spanish cinema (2004-2011). Granada. Universidad de Granada. p. 271.
  7. ^ a b Ginart, Belén (6 October 2006). "Juan José Ballesta recrea a un joven en busca de su identidad". El País.
  8. ^ a b "Cabeza de perro". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. ^ "La película 'Cabeza de perro' sorprende en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Shanghai". El Mundo. 21 June 2007.
  10. ^ "Juan José Ballesta, mejor actor en el Festival de Shangai". Diario Sur. 25 June 2007.

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