Double Feature
5.9
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
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Adolfo Marsillach
José Manuel Varela
Known for
The Black Tulip
Jesús Puente
Federico Alcántara
Known for
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Count Dracula
María Casanova
Graciela dos Santos Varela 'La Mala'
Also in
El crack
The Worker
José Bódalo
Dionisio Balboa
Known for
Django
Compañeros
Encarna Paso
Pili
Also in
Begin the Beguine
The Enchanted Forest
Emma Suárez
Sonia
Known for
Julieta
The Gardener
Rafael Hernández
Empleado de producciones Balboa Films
Known for
The Cannibal Man
Tepepa
Juan Calot
Known for
The Hit
Víctor Valverde
Actor que representa a 'El ministro'
Also in
Hunting Ground
Onofre
Patricia Calot
Actriz que representa a 'La estudiante de filosofía'
No other roles listed
Pablo Hoyos
Also in
Begin the Beguine
El crack
Yolanda Ríos
Amelia
Also in
Helltrain
F. E. N.
José Luis Garci Director · Horacio Valcárcel Writer Jesús Gluck Composer
First release June 22, 1984 · Produced in Spain · Production Nickel Odeon Dos
Production
Nickel Odeon
Production
Nickel Odeon Dos
Production
Spain
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Original title
Sesión continua
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Spain · June 22, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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