Anything for Bread

Anything for Bread (Spanish: Todo por la pasta) is a 1991 Spanish film directed by Enrique Urbizu and written by Luis Marías.

Anything for Bread
Directed by	Enrique Urbizu
Written by	Luis Marías
Produced by	Joaquín Trincado (producer) Gaizka Uraga (executive producer)
Starring	María Barranco Kiti Mánver Antonio Resines Pepo Oliva José Amezola
Cinematography	Carles Gusi
Edited by	Ana Murugarren
Music by	Bernardo Bonezzi
Distributed by	Creativideo
Release date	14 August 1991 (1991-08-14) (Spain)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Premise

The film centres on an armed robbery within a bingo hall,^[1] within a background in the underworld of drug dealing, sexual perversion, police corruption and a political assassination. Woven through this are the stories of two very different women from opposite backgrounds. Azucena is a robber fleeing the scene when she is picked up by a young woman, Verónica. Both are vulnerable, having been threatened and betrayed, and soon start fighting against each other to gain the proceeds of the robbery. As they get to know each other, they develop a mutual respect, and this helps them fight the dangerous men who are chasing them. The two women eventually become sisters-in-arms and keep the stolen money.^[2]

Cast

• María Barranco as Azucena
• Kiti Manver as Verónica
• Antonio Resines as Ángel
• Pepo Oliva as Pereda
• José Amezola as David
• Luis Ciges as José María
• Caco Senante as Casares
• Maite Blasco as Asunción
• Klara Badiola as Sor Inés
• Pedro Díez del Corral as Blasco
• Pilar Bardem as Begoña
• Ramón Barea as Aniceto
• Ramón Goyanes as Pascual

Production

The director used Álex de la Iglesia's graphic work for production design.^[3][4]

It was filmed in Bilbao, Bakio, Santurce, Okondo, Getaria, Gipuzkoa and Arrieta,^[5] in the Basque region of Spain.^[6] The city of Bilbao gave the film a neo-noir look with a post modern-twist.^[7]

Awards and nominations

Won

• Goya Awards
  • Best Supporting Actress (Kiti Manver)

Nominated

• Goya Awards^[8]
  • Best Original Score (Bernardo Bonezzi)
  • Best Screenplay – Original (Luis Marías)
  • Best Special Effects (Kit West)

Reception

It has also been called "a satisfactory thriller".^[9]

One reviewer noted that the film was "a strange mixture of thriller and comedy", it has "great set pieces" but an "excessively jumbled script". It is an "irregular but sympathetic product".^[1]