Once and for All (film)
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| Spanish | A tiro limpio |
| Directed by | Jesús Mora |
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| Based on | A tiro limpio by José María Ricarte and Francisco Pérez-Dolz |
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| Cinematography | Federico Ribes |
| Edited by | Iván Aledo |
| Music by | Kaelo del Río |
Production company | Seda |
| Distributed by | Impacto Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Once and for All (Spanish: A tiro limpio) is a 1996 Spanish crime thriller film directed by Jesús Mora remaking the 1963 film by Francisco Pérez-Dolz. It stars Toni Cantó and Adolfo Fernández.
Plot
The plot is set in Gran Canaria.[1] Former criminal turned fisherman Román hopes for buying a boat and spending time with his girlfriend Marisa, but old sadistic homosexual pal Martín comes across and proposes him a robbery.[2][3]
Cast
- Toni Cantó as Román[4]
- Adolfo Fernández as Martín[4]
- Roman Luknár as Picas[4]
- Luis Rodrigues as Nino[4]
- Diana Peñalver as Mónica[4]
- Laura Pamplona as Marisa[4]
- Ana Gracia as Julia[4]
- Francesc Orella as Fito[4]
- Daniel Martín as Felipe[4]
Production
The film is a Seda production,[5] and it had the association of TVE and Canal+.[2] Shooting locations in Las Palmas included the old Estadio Insular.[6]
Release
The film screened in the 'Zabaltegi' section of the 44th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1996.[7] Distributed by Impacto Films,[8] it was released theatrically in Spain on 5 June 1998.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered it to be "unusually safe and dependable for a debut feature" [...] successfully managing "to conceal the limitations of its budget and shooting schedule" "while only occasionally igniting passions".[2]
Augusto Martínez Torres of El País declared the film one of the best Spanish policíacos of the time, finding Adolfo Fernández's overacting to be its only issue.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Martínez Torres, Augusto (9 June 1998). "Revisión de un clásico". El País.
- ^ a b c Holland, Jonathan (22 December 1996). "Once and for All". Variety.
- ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 41. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Díaz Bethencourt 2022, p. 302.
- ^ Díaz Bethencourt, José (2022). Paisaje en celuloide. Canarias como decorado cinematográfico (PDF). Fundación César Manrique. p. 302. ISBN 978-84-88550-93-4.
- ^ Santana, Teresa (28 November 2017). "La ballena que trajo el cine a la ciudad". La Provincia. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Torreiro, Casimiro (24 September 1996). "Un extraordinario duelo interpretativo". El País.
- ^ "Relación de estrenos durante 1998. Banda aparte". Banda Aparte (14): 99–100. 1998. ISSN 1138-1981.