Trout
SpanishLas truchas
Directed byJosé Luis García Sánchez
Screenplay by
CinematographyMagín Torruella
Edited byEduardo Biurrun
Music byVíctor Manuel
Production
company
Arándano
Release dates
  • 25 February 1978 (1978-02-25) (Berlinale)
  • 1 April 1978 (1978-04-01) (Spain)
Running time
99 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Trout (Spanish: Las truchas)[1][2] is a 1978 Spanish film directed by José Luis García Sánchez. The film was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.[3]

Plot

A satirization of middle class society under the rule of Franco, the plot concerns about an annual dinner of a fishing club whose members eat rotten trout while refusing to accept that there is a problem with it.[4]

Cast

Release

The film was presented at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in February 1978.[8] It was theatrically released in Spain on 1 April 1978.[9] It grossed 31,244,437 ₧ (263,375 admissions).[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ D'Lugo, Marvin (1997). Guide to the Cinema of Spain. Wesport · London: Greenwood Press. p. 210. ISBN 0-313-29474-7.
  2. ^ Jacobsen, Wolfang (2000). Fifty Years Berlinale. p. 259. ISBN 387584906X.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 1978: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2007-04-14.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c d Caparrós Lera 1992, p. 172.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "La Academia de Cine proyecta hoy la ganadora del Oso de Oro de la Berlinale de 1978 'Las Truchas', de García Sánchez". Europa Press. 27 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Muere Verónica Forqué a los 66 años". Cinemanía. 13 December 2021 – via 20minutos.es.
  8. ^ Samaniego, Fernando (28 February 1978). ""Las truchas", un intento de autogestión cinematográfica". El País.
  9. ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (1992). El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos. p. 172. ISBN 84-7658-312-5.

External links

Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear
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