Advantages of Travelling by Train
Advantages of Travelling by Train | |
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Spanish | Ventajas de viajar en tren |
Directed by | Aritz Moreno |
Written by | Javier Gullón |
Produced by | Leire Apellaniz Juan Gordon Merry Colomer |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Javier Agirre |
Edited by | Raúl López |
Music by | Cristobal Tapia de Veer |
Production company | Morena Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Countries | Spain France |
Language | Spanish |
Advantages of Travelling by Train (Spanish: Ventajas de viajar en tren) is a 2019 black comedy film directed by Aritz Moreno in his feature length directorial debut and written by Javier Gullón. The film is an adaptation of the novel Ventajas de viajar en tren by Spanish author Antonio Orejudo and stars Luis Tosar, Pilar Castro, Quim Gutiérrez and Belén Cuesta.
The film received four nominations at the 34th Goya Awards including Best New Director and won the Feroz Award for Best Comedy Film.
Plot[]
After arriving home to find her husband completely crazy, the young literary editor Helga Pato is forced to put him into a psychiatric clinic in the north of the country. On the return train journey, a stranger, to help pass the time, suddenly asks her: “Would you like me to tell you about my life?” He is Ángel Sanagustín, a psychiatrist who Works in the clinic where Helga's husband was admitted, and he is investigating the story of the worst clinical case he has ever come across, that of Martin Urales de Úbeda, an extremely dangerous paranoid, obsessed with, among other things, garbage.
After finishing Martin's story, Ángel says goodbye to Helga and disappears, but he has left behind a file full of stories. Helga is fascinated by them and decides to try to publish them. With this objective, Helga begins a search for Ángel. The problem is that she mistakes narrators with authors, and authors with characters.[1]
Cast[]
- Pilar Castro as Helga Pato
- Ernesto Alterio as Ángel Sanagustín
- Quim Gutiérrez as Emilio
- Luis Tosar as Martín Urales de Úbeda
- Belén Cuesta as Amelia Urales de Úbeda
- Macarena García as Rosa
- Javier Godino as Cristóbal de la Hoz
Release[]
The film premiered in the Official Fantàstic Competition at the Sitges Film Festival in 2019.[2][3] It was released in cinemas in Spain on November 8, 2019.[4]
Reception[]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on six reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[5] Ricardo Rosado for the Spanish magazine Fotogramas gave the film three out of five stars calling the movie "brave and free", writing that "the movie can celebrate its own insanity unlike any other".[6] Mikel Zorrilla from Espinof gave the film four out of five stars calling the film "a daring debut film that never ceases to surprise".[4]
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Premios CEC | Best Actress | Pilar Castro | Nominated | [7] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Javier Gullón | Nominated | |||
Goya Awards | Best New Director | Aritz Moreno | Nominated | [8] | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Javier Gullón | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | Mikel Serrano | Nominated | |||
Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Karmele Soler and Olga Cruz | Nominated | |||
2020 | Feroz Awards | Best Comedy Film | Advantages of Travelling by Train | Won | [9] |
Best Director | Aritz Moreno | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Javier Gullón | Nominated | |||
Best Main Actress | Pilar Castro | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Quim Gutiérrez | Nominated | |||
Best Original Soundtrack | Cristobal Tapia de Veer | Nominated | |||
Best Film Poster | Advantages of Travelling by Train | Nominated | |||
European Film Awards | Best Comedy | Nominated | [10] | ||
Platino Awards | Best First Feature Film | Nominated | [11] |
References[]
- ^ "ADVANTAGES OF TRAVELLING BY TRAIN". Morena Films. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Ventajas de viajar en tren (Advantages of Travelling by Train)". Sitges Film Festival. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Tones, John (9 October 2019). "Sitges 2019: 'Ventajas de viajar en tren'. Un divertidísimo viaje a los abismos de la mente" [Sitges 2019: 'Advantages of traveling by train'. A hilarious journey to the depths of the mind]. Espinof (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ a b Zorrilla, Mikel (8 November 2019). "'Ventajas de viajar en tren': una atrevida ópera prima que no deja de sorprender al espectador". Espinof (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Rosado, Ricardo (8 November 2019). "CRÍTICA DE 'VENTAJAS DE VIAJAR EN TREN'". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Sanchez, María (3 January 2020). "Nominaciones a la 75 edición de las Medallas del CEC". Acción (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Lang, Jamie (2 December 2019). "'Pain and Glory,' 'While at War,' Endless Trench' Lead Goya Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Así quedan las nominaciones a los Premios Feroz 2019". Fotogramas (in Spanish). 29 November 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Grater, Tom (10 November 2020). "European Film Award Nominations: 'Another Round', 'Corpus Christi', 'Martin Eden' Lead The Way". Deadline. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Premios Platino Xcaret 2020: "Dolor y gloria" y "La casa de papel", las grandes triunfadoras" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links[]
- 2019 films
- Spanish-language films
- 2019 black comedy films
- Spanish films
- 2010s Spanish-language films
- Spanish black comedy films
- Morena Films films