Secdleto de la tlompeta, El (1995)

Director:

Javier Fesser

Guionista:

Javier Fesser (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Race Car | Absurd Humor | Black Comedy

Awards:

2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A tremendous, free-wheeling comedy with no real plot but an amazing energy that makes it great fun to watch

Cast

Ramón Langa	...	Narrador (voice)
Pablo Pinedo	...	Pinedo / Madre de Gutiérrez / Hermano Gemelo de Pinedo (as Pabdlo Pinedo)
Pietro Olivera	...	El Padre Lucas (as Pietdo Olivedga)
César Vea	...	El Obrero (as Cezad Vea)
Guillermo Fesser	...	El Productor de Cortos (voice) (as Guilledmo Fessed)
José Maria Deleyto	...	El Guardia Forestal del Bosque de Álamos Milenarios de Bustarviejo (as Jose Madia Deleyto)
Alberto Fesser	...	El Dueño de la Gasolinera (as Albedto Fessed)
Jaime Barella	...	Hombre de Telefónica #1 (as Jaime Badella)
Juan Luis Cano	...	Hombre de Telefónica #2
Angel Rico	...	Guardia Civil #1 (as Angel Dico)
Paco Cubo	...	Guardia Civil #2
César Macarrón	...	Excursionista Tiroteado (as Cesad Macadon)
José Riolobos	...	El niño amigo del Padre Lucas (as Jose Diolobos)
José Monleón	...	Amadeo, el Portero del Padre Lucas (as Jose Moleon)
Rogelio Fora	...	Piloto de Rally / Hermano Gemelo del Piloto de Rally (as Dogelio Foda)

Duración:

17 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Company:

Películas Pendelton

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Milagro de P. Tinto, El (1998)

A tremendous, free-wheeling comedy with no real plot but an amazing energy that makes it great fun to watch

Pinedo works in a garage and is being chased by the law despite his quiet life. Father Lucas is a kind, generous man who has great skills in making friends, being kind and avoiding dog mess on the street. Their two stories become intertwined with a producer trying to keep costs down for a lousy short film, a man mistakenly turning up in fancy dress for a normal party, a young boy with an axe, a short sighted game keeper, a bored doorman, 30 or 40 helicopters and horses, running horses.

No. No, it doesn't actually make anymore sense when you watch it either but what it does do is race through the film with a great energy and an unrestrained sense of creativity and imagination mixed with a real flair for the funny. The plot is less important than this although it is actually interesting and it all hangs together in a sort of way that is quite hilarious at times while still not actually meaning anything. I could imagine that this energy without plot could annoy those who had other expectations but I find it hard to believe that the casual viewer would not be own over by the joy that is this little film.

For all the producer's comments the film is very polished and very professional. It mixes puppets with live action, hyper style with sweeping landscape shots, the reality of the plot with the reality of it just being a film. It is hard to describe but I could not imagine it being put together in a better way or being delivered in a more enjoyable package! The cast all buy into it and they all add to the fantastic feel of the film and the feeling of them all being real but also of another world – meanwhile the narrator speaks so fast that it is hard to even keep up with the subtitles.

Overall this was a wonderful find for me and alone justified the price I paid of the DVD short films collection I bought to get it! The direction is superb, the writing is energetic and hilarious even if it has very little in the way of traditional narrative and the film is a joy to watch as it rips its way across the screen in a total blaze of unrestrained energy and creativity.