Suburbs (film)

Suburbs
Theatrical release poster
SpanishAdosados
Directed byMario Camus
Screenplay by
  • Félix Bayón
  • Mario Camus
Based on
Adosados
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

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.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Enrique Cerezo PC.

Release

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

Reception

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

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
1996
20th Montreal World Film FestivalBest ScreenplayMario Camus, Félix BayónWon

Themes

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".

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'Adosados', en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos. 24 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Cheshire, Godfrey (10 November 1996). "Suburbs". Variety.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.