I Have a House

I Have a House
Theatrical release poster
SpanishTengo una casa
Directed byMónica Laguna
Screenplay byMónica Laguna
Starring
CinematographyTeo Delgado
Edited byPablo Blanco
Music byLos Enemigos
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Española
Release dates
  • May 1996 (1996-05) (Festimad)
  • 13 September 1996 (1996-09-13) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

I Have a House (Spanish: Tengo una casa) is a 1996 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Mónica Laguna [es] (in her directorial debut feature). It stars Nancho Novo, Pedro Alonso, Silke, and Ernesto Alterio.

Plot

Searching for a 1500, two young males (Nico and Ferrari) end up instead in a cabin in the forest owned by beleaguered radio broadcaster Bólido, who is preparing for suicide. Bólido's childhood acquaintance Kelly, a rude woman raised with her father in a filling station nearby, also comes into action.

Cast

Production

Laguna developed the premise about the film while listening to the song "Tengo una casa" by the musical band Los Enemigos [es], that eventually participated in the score of the film, whose plot likewise concerns about a band follower.

The film is an El Deseo production. Laguna explained in an interview that the film was fully shot in the Sierra de Urbasa, near Alsasua, except for a fire scene that did not make the final cut.

Release

For its premiere, the film made it to the film slate of the Madrid Independent Festival, "Festimad". It was released theatrically in Spain on 13 September 1996.

Reception

Fernando Morales of El País recommended the film, deeming it to be "an honest comedy about a group of marginalized people sharing house, friendship love, and a drive for breaking with the past".

See also

References

  1. ↑ Díaz López, Marina (2013). "El Deseo's "Itinerary": Almodóvar and the Spanish Film Industry". In D'Lugo, Marvin; Vernon, Kathleen M. (eds.). A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar (PDF). Wiley-Blackwell. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-4051-9582-9.
  2. ↑ "Tengo una casa". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "Mi casa es un jardín en medio del asfalto". El Mundo. 2 June 2008.
  4. ↑ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 572. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Benavent 2000, p. 572.
  6. 1 2 García, Rocío (11 September 1996). "Mónica Laguna retrata a tres personajes urbanos en un bosque". El País.
  7. ↑ Rodríguez Centeno, Juan Carlos (2014). "El cine como referente de los grupos musicales españoles en la década de 1980". Historia y Comunicación Social. 19: 674.
  8. ↑ Olid, Miguel (1997). "Mónica Laguna" (PDF). Plano Corto (12): 19. ISSN 1133-827X.
  9. ↑ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (2 May 1996). "Madrid se convierte en capital del arte alternativo". El País.
  10. ↑ Morales, Fernando (8 November 1997). "Tengo una casa". El País.