There Is Always a Right Way

There Is Always a Right Way
Theatrical release poster
SpanishSiempre hay un camino a la derecha
Directed byJosé Luis García Sánchez
Written byRafael Azcona
Story by
  • Rafael Azcona
  • José Luis García Sánchez
Starring
CinematographyHans Burmann
Edited byPablo del G. Amo
Music byChano Domínguez
Production
companies
  • Alma Ata Films
  • Galiardo Producciones
  • Gaila
  • Función Única
  • Sogepaq
Distributed byAlta Films
Release date
  • 29 August 1997 (1997-08-29)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

There Is Always a Right Way (Spanish: Siempre hay un camino a la derecha, lit. ''There is always a path to the right'') is a 1997 Spanish satirical comedy film directed by José Luis García Sánchez and written by Rafael Azcona based on a story by García Sánchez and Azcona. It stars Juan Luis Galiardo and Juan Echanove.

Plot

A satire of 1990s trash television, the plot tracks the plight of good-natured pícaros Juan and Pepe. After returning to Spain and about to commit suicide, they are invited by dishonest television host Lanzagorta to a sensationalist show that turns their misfortune into a docudrama.

Cast

Production

The films is an Alma Ata Films, Galiardo Producciones, Gaila, Función Única and Sogepaq production. García Sánchez saw his film as "more like a sainete than an esperpento".

Release

Distributed by Alta Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 29 August 1997.

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País declared the film a "fast-paced, dismembered, amusing and furious creation about the moral misery of today's Spain".

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed the film to be an "enjoyably offbeat but hit-and-miss attack on the multiple failings of contemporary Spanish society as experienced by two good-natured rogues", highlighting their "exuberant (and psychologically implausible)" relationship as the film's strongest element.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Benavent 2000, p. 529.
  2. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (22 November 1997). "There is Always a Right Way". Variety.
  3. ↑ San José de la Rosa, Cristina; Miguel Borrás, Mercedes; Gil Torres, Alicia (2019). "Portrayal of the journalist in Spanish cinema from 1990 to 2010" (PDF). Doxa Comunicación (29). Universidad CEU San Pablo: 151, 157. ISSN 1696-019X.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Benavent 2000, p. 528.
  5. ↑ Devesa, Dolores; Potes, Alicia (2000). "Filmografía" (PDF). Nosferatu. Revista de Cine (33): 85. ISSN 1131-9372 – via Technical University of Valencia.
  6. ↑ Villena, Miguel Ángel (23 August 1997). "Garcia Sánchez ve "el esperpento español a diario en los programas de televisión"". El País.
  7. ↑ Devesa & Potes 2000, p. 85.
  8. ↑ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (29 August 1997). "Ni un títere con cabeza". El País.