Double Feature (1984)
1h 55m
Running Time
June 22, 1984Release Date
Double Feature (1984)
1h 55m
Running Time
June 22, 1984Release Date
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Plot.
Director José Luis Garci has turned his camera inward on filmmakers and screenwriters to portray them as so self-absorbed in the creative process that there is no other world, no other human relationship that can compete. As José (Adolfo Marsillach) and Federico (Jesus Puente) work together on a new screenplay, their interactions with their family (José's teen daughters, Federico's wife) disappear under the all-consuming task of creation. The daughters give up and go off on their own, and the wife joins a convent while Federico barely notices. And when the producer is interrupted by profound grief at the sudden death of his older son, he almost automatically returns to thinking about the film project when the funeral has ended. Garci honors many great directors at the beginning of this film, and the film continues to play out as an elaboration on this homage -- an illustration both of the dedication and the cost of filmmaking, no judgments given.
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Cast & Crew.
Adolfo Marsillach
José Manuel Varela
Jesús Puente
Federico Alcántara
María Casanova
Graciela dos Santos Varela 'La Mala'
José Bódalo
Dionisio Balboa
Encarna Paso
Pili
Víctor Valverde
Actor que representa a 'El ministro'
Patricia Calot
Actriz que representa a 'La estudiante de filosofía'
Emma Suárez
Sonia
Rafael Hernández
Empleado de producciones Balboa Films
José Luis Garci
Director
Yolanda Ríos
Amelia
Horacio Valcárcel
Writer
Jesús Gluck
Composer
Jesús Hermida
Self (uncredited)
Manuel Rojas
Cinematographer
Miguel González Sinde
Editor
Julio Esteban
ProductionDesigner
José Luis Merino
Production Manager
Azucena Rodríguez
Production Assistant
Roberto Bodegas
Assistant Director
Félix Rodríguez
Property Master / Assistant Production Manager
José Esteban Alenda
Executive Producer
Enrique Molinero
Sound
Marisa Ibarra
Script Supervisor
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Wiki.
Sesión continua (English: Double Feature) is a 1984 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci. The film was an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards.
José Luis Garci wanted to cast Alfredo Landa and José Sacristán, but both actors refused because of professional rivalry between them. By the time the film was produced, Garci also worked as radio presenter on Antena 3 Radio. Some of the uncredited actors we can see in the film are actually presenters on the same radio station.
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