| Rivals | |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Rivales |
| Directed by | Fernando Colomo |
| Screenplay by | Joaquín Oristrell Inés París |
| Produced by | Luis de Val |
| Starring | Rosa Maria Sardà Ernesto Alterio Jorge Sanz Juanjo Puigcorbé María Pujalte Goya Toledo Santi Millán Kira Miró Gonzalo de Castro Javier Cifrián |
| Cinematography | Antonio Lara María Lara |
| Edited by | José Luis Alcaine |
| Music by | Juan Bardem |
Production company | Media Films Colomo Producciones |
| Distributed by | On Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Languages |
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| Budget | €50,000 |
Rivals (Spanish: Rivales) is a 2008 Spanish comedy-sport film directed by Fernando Colomo and written by Joaquín Oristrell and Inés París. The plot follows an Under-12 Spanish football tournament.[1][2]
Plot
When two youth football teams from Madrid and Barcelona with a longstanding rivalry reach the finals of the Youth Spanish Cup, the tension explodes on and off the field. The players from both teams share a bus and hotel with each other and with their coaches (who are in love but hide it), parents, a crazy grandmother, reporters and even pets. Guillermo (played by Ernesto Altiero) and his son Xavier find their relationship tested as Guillermo remembers his own failure to make the championship in his youth, while Xavier chooses his girlfriend over football. In director Fernando Colomo's own words, this is a "road trip movie about human relationships."[3]
Cast
- Rosa Maria Sardà as Rosa
- Ernesto Alterio as Guillermo
- Jorge Sanz as Jorge
- Juanjo Puigcorbé as Fernando
- María Pujalte as María
- Goya Toledo as Maribel
- Santi Millán as Xavier
- Kira Miró as Sara
- Gonzalo de Castro as Carlos
- Javier Cifrián as Pepe
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed Rivals to be a "disappointing" comedy for Colomo.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Rivales (2008) - El cine en". 20minutos.es. Retrieved 2014-01-28.(in Spanish)
- ^ Cahiers du cinéma España. Caimán Ediciones. January 2008. p. 49. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Rivales - 2008 El Cin En". 20minutos.es. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (5 August 2008). "Rivals". Variety.
External links
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