La montaña rusa

2012 Spanish film
  • Daniela Fejerman
  • Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
Produced byEnrique CerezoStarring
CinematographyTeo DelgadoEdited byIván AledoMusic byRoque Baños
Production
company
Enrique Cerezo PC
Distributed byAlta Classics
Release date
  • 16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)
CountrySpainLanguageSpanish

La montaña rusa is a 2012 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro from a screenplay by Daniela Fejerman and Martínez-Lázaro which stars Verónica Sánchez, Ernesto Alterio, and Alberto San Juan alongside Ara Malikian.

Plot

The plot tracks a love triangle of three longtime friends meeting up again: a clown (Lorenzo), a television host (Luis), and a frigid violinist (Ada).[1][2][3]

Cast

  • Verónica Sánchez as Ada[4]
  • Alberto San Juan as Luis[4]
  • Ernesto Alterio as Lorenzo[4]
  • Ara Malikian as Matías[4]
  • Luis Bermejo as Álex[4]
  • Sara Martín as Carmen[4]
  • Cristina Zapata as Remedios[4]
  • Marisa Zapata as Dolores[4]
  • Gabriel Chamé [es] as Abel Merino[4]

Production

The film is an Enrique Cerezo Producciones Cinematográficas production.[5]

Release

Distributed by Alta Classics,[4] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 March 2012.[6]

Reception

Jordi Costa [es] of El País determined that "unfortunately, the film ends up being the anachronism that its own poster suggests".[7]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 1½ ouf of 5 stars, wondering "why do they call this [film] comedy".[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Roldán, Daniel (12 March 2012). "Martínez-Lázaro vuelve a la cama". El Comercio. Grupo Vocento.
  2. ^ "Esta es la última película protagonizada por Verónica Sánchez y está disponible en RTVE Play". rtve.es. 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Emilio Martínez-Lázaro vuelve a la comedia". Diario de Sevilla. Grupo Joly.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Zorrilla, Mikel (16 March 2012). "Estrenos de la semana | 16 de marzo | Los demonios, Mark Wahlberg y las sobras de los Oscar". Espinof.
  5. ^ "'La montaña rusa', la nueva película de Martínez-Lázaro". rtve.es. 22 February 2012.
  6. ^ "La actriz Verónica Sánchez y el director Emilio Martínez Lázaro participan en el ciclo 'La buena estrella'". 20minutos.es. 18 March 2012.
  7. ^ Costa, Jordi (15 March 2012). "Otra vez camino de la cama". El País.
  8. ^ Crespo, Irene (16 March 2012). "La montaña rusa". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

External links

  • La montaña rusa at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol