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GORDOS
Spain - 2009, 120’, 35mm, colour - World Premiere (Second Feature)
directed by Daniel Sánchez-Arévalo
screenplay Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
cinematography Juan Carlos Gómez (A.E.C.)
editing David Pinillos, Nacho Ruiz Capillas
music Pascal Gaigne
sound Carlos Faruolo
art direction Curru Garabal
costumes Tatiana Hernández
cast
Antonio de la Torre (Enrique)
Roberto Enríquez (Abel)
Verónica Sánchez (Paula)
Raúl Arévalo (Alex)
Leticia Herrero (Sofía)
Fernando Albizu (Andrés)
María Morales (Leonor)
Pilar Castro (Pilar)
Adam Jezierski (Luis)
Marta Martín (Nuria)
Teté Delgado (Beatriz)
producers José Antonio Félez, Antón Reixa
production
Tesela Producciones Cinematográficas
Gran Vía, 32 bis 3ª Planta, 28013 Madrid, Spain
Tel.+34 91 367 67 76 - Fax +34 91 367 74 16
www.tesela.com
Filmanova Invest
Maria Luisa Duran Marquina, 20 1°, 15011, La Coruña, Spain
Tel. +34 981 160 188 - Fax +34 981 145 303
www.filmanova.com
world sales
Imagina
Beatriz Setuain
Tel. +34 91 728 57 42
www.imaginasales.tv
www.gordosthemovie.com
synopsis
Five people meet at a group therapy session for fat people. A place where the main characters don’t expect to loose weight, necessarily, but hope to find out what led them to be overweight and the reasons why they don’t feel happy with their bodies. As it turns out, weight is the least of their problems and so are their bodies. They will end up facing their fears, desires, obsessions, needs, dreams, problems that haunt them, family, partners, love, sex, mistakes, guilt… Gordos is a comedy about people trapped in situations they can’t (or don’t want to) escape.
Smart and fun comic satire that explores one of the Western World’s ongoing major obsessions – fat – or rather, our body shapes; what we eat; when we eat; what we weigh and when we diet. Set in the confines of a fat therapy clinic, Sanchez Arevalo’s engaging, very entertaining movie depicts the plight of the clinic’s attendees, as they struggle to shed weight while dealing with a kaleidoscope of familial, professional, social and sexual pressures. The therapist himself also proves to be no saint, as he struggles to combat his own prejudices against his pregnant wife’s ballooning body. Pleasingly, Gordos is not Almodovar lite or simply a frothy romp, it manages to be moving and intelligent about the subject and engenders empathy and understanding of its diverse characters, whilst remaining genuine fun.
Adrian Wootton
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PROGRAMMING |
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| 03/09/2009 - 09:00 hours |
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GORDOS
Sala Perla 2
Press, Industry, All accreditations |
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| 06/09/2009 - 11:00 hours |
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GORDOS
Sala Perla 2
Tickets, All accreditations
Followed by Q&A |
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| 08/09/2009 - 24:15 hours |
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GORDOS
Sala Perla 2
All accreditations |
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trailer
PB_Gordos_ENG.pdf |
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