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The Great Vazquez
2010 Spanish film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Great Vazquez (Spanish: El gran Vázquez) is a 2010 Spanish biographical comedy-drama film directed and written by Óscar Aibar which stars Santiago Segura as the title character alongside Álex Angulo, Mercè Llorens and Enrique Villén.
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Plot
Set in 1960s Barcelona,[1] the plot follows the vicissitudes of Vázquez, a cartoonist and wastrel whose rogue way of living is threatened by the arrival of a foe, Peláez, an accountant hellbent on setting things right in the publishing house.[2][3]
Cast
- Santiago Segura as Vázquez[4]
- Álex Angulo as Peláez[5]
- Mercè Llorens as Rosa[5]
- Enrique Villén as González[5]
- Jesús Guzmán[5]
- Manolo Solo as Ibáñez[4]
- Itziar Aizpuru[6]
- Albert Vidal[6]
- Pep Sais[6]
- Pere Ponce[4]
- Ernesto Sevilla[4]
- Carlos Areces[4]
Production
The film is a Distinto Films, Tornasol Films and Castafiore Films production, with the participation of TVE, TVC and Canal+ España.[7] Shooting locations included Barcelona and the Ciudad de la Luz studio in Alicante.[8][9]
Release
The Great Vazquez was presented at the 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2010, screened as part of the festival's main competition.[10] It was theatrically released in Spain on 24 September 2010.[6]
Reception
In the view of Mark Adams, of ScreenDaily, the film constitutes "a delightful mixture of genial period comedy mixed with comic strip characters bouncing out of the screen".[5]
Carlos Marañón of Cinemanía gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, presenting it as a "Lopezvazquez-esque version of Catch Me If You Can full of city guards", considering that the imbrication of the setting with the lead character's spirit is so-so, while the supporting cast performs well.[11]
Sergi Sánchez of Fotogramas score 3 out of 5 stars, considering that the "faithful portrayal" of the working environment in Franco era and Santiago Segura's "spectacular performance", balancing "tenderness and cynicism", make the film a "pleasant surprise", while considering the animated segments to be "expendable".[12]
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References
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