Pink Sauce (film)

Pink Sauce
Theatrical release poster
SpanishSalsa rosa
Directed byManuel Gómez Pereira
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Carlos Orengo
  • César Benítez
Starring
CinematographyFernando Arribas
Edited byGuillermo Represa
Music byEl Combo Belga
Production
companies
  • Audiovisuales Nebli
  • Cristal PC
Distributed byColumbia Tri-Star Films de España
Release date
  • 24 January 1992 (1992-01-24)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Pink Sauce (Spanish: Salsa rosa)[1] is a 1992 Spanish screwball comedy film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira. It stars Verónica Forqué, Maribel Verdú, Juanjo Puigcorbé, and José Coronado.

Plot

The films begins with a rape attempt on Koro.[2] After meeting each other, Ana and Koro bet who is the one to woo the other's husband first.[3]

Cast

Production

A Nebli and Cristal co-production,[5] the film was the directorial debut of Manuel Gómez Pereira, who wrote the screenplay together with Joaquín Oristrell, Yolanda García Serrano, and Juan Luis Iborra.[6] The score was composed by the salsa group El Combo Belga.[6]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 24 January 1992.[7]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1992
6th Goya Awards Best New Director Manuel Gómez Pereira Nominated [8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jordan, Barry (2016) [2002]. "Gómez Pereira, Manuel". Spanish Culture and Society. The Essential Glossary. Routledge. pp. 103–104. ISBN 978-0-340-76342-1.
  2. ^ Bonorino Ramírez, Pablo Raúl (2011). La violación en el cine (PDF). Tirant lo Blach. p. 32.
  3. ^ "Salsa rosa". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Benavent 2000, p. 512.
  5. ^ Cuadros Muñoz, Roberto (2001). "Algunas notas sobre la comedia de Manuel Gómez Pereira". Cine español: situación actual y perspectivas: actas del I Congreso de Cine Español, Granada, del 3 al 5 de noviembre de 2000. p. 217. ISBN 84-8491-131-4.
  6. ^ a b Fernández-Santos, Elsa (19 January 1992). "Maribel Verdú interpreta 'Salsa rosa', primer filme de Gómez Pereira". El País.
  7. ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 512. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  8. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 274, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8