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Suburbs (film)

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Suburbs
Theatrical release poster
SpanishAdosados
Directed byMario Camus
Screenplay by
  • Félix Bayón
  • Mario Camus
Based onAdosados
by Félix Bayón
Produced byEnrique Cerezo
Starring
CinematographyJaume Peracaula
Edited byJosé Mª Biurrun
Music bySebastián Mariné
Production
company
Enrique Cerezo PC
Distributed byLider Films
Release date
  • 9 August 1996 (1996-08-09)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Suburbs (Spanish: Adosados) is a 1996 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus based on the novel by Félix Bayón which stars Antonio Valero, Ana Duato, Jaume Valls, Lluís Homar, and Boris Nevzorov.

Plot

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A visit to the veterinarian triggers a series of lies that jeopardizes the routine and peaceful suburban life of a successful auditor with his wife and children.[1][2]

Cast

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Production

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The film was produced by Enrique Cerezo PC.[2]

Release

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Suburbs was released theatrically in Spain on 9 August 1996.[5] It also screened at the Montreal Film Festival later in August that year.[6]

Reception

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Godfrey Cheshire of Variety billed the film as an "awitty, downbeat allegory of middle-class fears".[2]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1996
20th Montreal World Film Festival Best Screenplay Mario Camus, Félix Bayón Won

Themes

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The films has been studied within the scope of an examination of the "culture of the townhouse" as a "control device by the Spanish democratic governments in the 1990s through the urban restructuring of the suburbs of large cities".[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "'Adosados', en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos. 24 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Cheshire, Godfrey (10 November 1996). "Suburbs". Variety.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Benavent 2000, p. 48.
  4. ^ "Adosados · España 1996". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 8 June 2024 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
  5. ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 48. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  6. ^ Romero, Ana (31 August 1996). "Los actores de 'Adosados' defienden el filme en Montreal". El País.
  7. ^ Romero, Ana (4 September 1996). "'Adosados' recibe en el Festival de Montreal el premio al mejor guión". El País.
  8. ^ García Herrador, María del Pilar (2022). "¿La cultura del adosado como prisión? Una aproximación a Adosados (Mario Camus, 1996)". Área Abierta. Revista de comunicación audiovisual y publicitaria. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense. doi:10.5209/arab.81861. ISSN 2530-7592.