Double Feature (1984)

ALL 06/22/1984 (es) Drama 115 Min
  • Release
    06/22/1984
  • Production
    Nickel Odeon
  • Rotten tomato
    51%
  • Original title
    Sesión continua
  • Original language
    es
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. José Luis Garci

    Director

  2. Story

  3. José Luis Garci

    Producer



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  1. Adolfo Marsillach

    José Manuel Varela

  2. Jesús Puente

    Federico Alcántara

  3. María Casanova

    Graciela dos Santos Varela 'La Mala'

  4. José Bódalo

    Dionisio Balboa

  5. Encarna Paso

    Pili

  6. Emma Suárez

    Sonia

  7. Rafael Hernández

    Empleado de producciones Balboa Films

  8. Juan Calot

  9. Víctor Valverde

    Actor que representa a 'El ministro'

  10. Patricia Calot

    Actriz que representa a 'La estudiante de filosofía'

  11. Pablo Hoyos

  12. Yolanda Ríos

    Amelia

  13. Diana Salcedo

  14. Primitivo Rojas

  15. Maite Marchante

  16. Jesús Hermida

    Self (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 16 , Crews : 23

Keyword

Double Feature (1984) 115 Min

ALL 06/22/1984 (es)
Drama
  • Release 06/22/1984
  • Production
    Nickel Odeon
  • Original title Sesión continua
  • es
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. José Luis Garci

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Miguel González Sinde

    Editor

  4. José Luis Garci

    Producer