Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella
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Torrente 2, Misión en Marbella | |
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Directed by | Santiago Segura |
Screenplay by | Santiago Segura |
Produced by | Juan Dakas Andrés Vicente Gómez |
Starring | Santiago Segura Gabino Diego Tony Leblanc José Luis Moreno |
Cinematography | Guillermo Granillo |
Edited by | Fidel Collados |
Music by | Roque Baños |
Production companies | Amiguetes Entertainment Lolafilms |
Distributed by | Lolafilms Distribución |
Release date | 30 March 2001 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Box office | $21 million (Spain)[1] |
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella is a 2001 Spanish dark comedy. The film is the sequel to Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley, and, like the first film, it was written and directed by Santiago Segura who takes the leading role of José Luis Torrente. It surpassed its predecessor as the highest-grossing Spanish film of all time.[2]
Plot[]
Torrente has moved to Marbella, where, after being wiped out of the money he had gained, he has returned to private investigation. But in one of his cases he gets involved in the middle of a villain's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation... and he knows nothing.
Cast[]
- Santiago Segura as José Luis Torrente
- Gabino Diego as Cuco
- Tony Leblanc as Mauricio Torrente
- José Luis Moreno as Spinelli
- Inés Sastre as Bella cantante
- Arturo Valls as Fabiano
- Juanito Navarro as Alcalde de Marbella
- Eloi Yebra as Gayolo
- Rosanna Walls as Robertson
- Carolina Bona as Lolita
- Paloma Cela as Casera
- José Luis López Vázquez as Guijarro
- Manuel Barragán as Himself
- To note the participation of the tennis player Carlos Moya which makes an appearance as tennis coach[3]
Production locations[]
Reception[]
The film had the second highest-grossing weekend ever in Spain behind Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and became Spain's highest-grossing film of all time with a gross of $21 million.[2][4][1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hopewell, John (24 December 2001). "Homegrown pix gain in Europe". Variety. p. 7.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Groves, Don (26 April 2001). "U.K. reads 'Diary,' but o'seas lacks hop". Variety. p. 12.
- ^ "Santiago Segura vuelve con Torrente 2. Misión en Marbella". Hola! (in Spanish). 28 March 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Groves, Don (23 April 2001). "Bullock sings in Germany; Oscar dims". Variety. p. 12.
External links[]
- Spanish-language films
- 2001 films
- Films shot in Madrid
- Spanish films
- Madrid in fiction
- Andalusia in fiction
- Films scored by Roque Baños
- Films directed by Santiago Segura
- 2000s Spanish film stubs