Double Feature (1984)

  • NR
  • 06/22/1984 (ES)
  • Drama
  • 1h 55m

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.

José Luis Garci

Director, Writer

Horacio Valcárcel

Writer

Cast

Adolfo Marsillach's headshot

Adolfo Marsillach

José Manuel Varela
Jesús Puente's headshot

Jesús Puente

Federico Alcántara
María Casanova's headshot

María Casanova

Graciela dos Santos Varela 'La Mala'
José Bódalo's headshot

José Bódalo

Dionisio Balboa
Encarna Paso's headshot

Encarna Paso

Pili
Emma Suárez's headshot

Emma Suárez

Sonia
Rafael Hernández's headshot

Rafael Hernández

Empleado de producciones Balboa Films
Juan Calot's headshot

Juan Calot

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