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Sinatra (1988 film)

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Sinatra
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrancesc Betriu
Written by
Based onSinatra
by Raúl Núñez
Produced byEnrique Viciano
Starring
CinematographyCarlos Suárez
Edited byTeresa Alcocer
Music byJoaquín Sabina
Production
company
Ideas y Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release date
  • 13 May 1988 (1988-05-13)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Sinatra is a 1988 Spanish melodrama film directed by Francesc Betriu based on Raúl Núñez's homonymous novel. It stars Alfredo Landa as the title character alongside Ana Obregón and Maribel Verdú.

Plot

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Set in Barcelona,[1] the plot follows the plight of perpetual loser Antonio Castro aka "Sinatra", a Frank Sinatra imitator working in an El Paralelo club who is abandoned by his wife, and then comes across the likes of young drug-addict Natalia, transvestite La Rosita, and sex worker Begonia.[2]

Cast

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Production

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The film is an Ideas y Producciones Cinematográficas production.[4]

Release

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The film was released theatrically on 13 May 1988.[6] It grossed 38,372,395 (107,098 admissions).[4]

Reception

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Ángel Luis Inurria of El País assessed that the film's main flaw "lies in the situational reiteration" [...] which "achieves disinterest and causes boredom".[7]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1989
3rd Goya Awards Best Actor Alfredo Landa Nominated [8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (2001). "Cataluña y su historia, en la pantalla". Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea. 23. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense. ISSN 0214-400X.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Boquerini (14 August 2023). "Los diez mejores trabajos en el cine de Alfredo Landa". Las Provincias. Grupo Vocento.
  3. ^ Trujillo Ros, Susana (2013). "Sinatra (1988)". In San Miguel, Helio; Torres Hortelano, Lorenzo J. (eds.). World Film Locations: Barcelona. Bristol: Intellect Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-78320-025-2.
  4. ^ a b c Caparrós Lera 1992, p. 380.
  5. ^ Trujillo Ros 2013, p. 60.
  6. ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (1992). El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos. p. 380. ISBN 84-7658-312-5.
  7. ^ Inurria, Ángel Luis (16 May 1988). "Nacido para perder". El País.
  8. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 271, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8