Cobardes (2008)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Directors:

José Corbacho
Juan Cruz

Escritores:

José Corbacho (writer)
Juan Cruz (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 abril 2008 (Spain)

Plot:

A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back. |

Plot Keywords:

Politician | Teenager | Abuse

Premios:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Daily fears and loneliness

Reparto

Blanca Apilánez
Albert Baulies
Javier Bódalo	...	Chape
Jordi Boixaderas	...	Javier
Frank Crudele
Antonio de la Torre	...	Joaquín
José Ángel Egido
Eduardo Espinilla	...	Guille
Eduardo Garé	...	Gaby
Ariadna Gaya	...	Carla
Lluís Homar	...	Guillermo
Elvira Mínguez	...	Merche
Maria Molins
Esther Ortega	...	Rubia escotada / Policia 1
Paz Padilla	...	Magda
Josep Tomàs
Francisco Vidal

Dirigida por
José Corbacho
Juan Cruz

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
José Corbacho		writer
Juan Cruz		writer

Producida por
Juan Carlos Caro	....	executive producer
José Corbacho	....	associate producer
Juan Cruz	....	associate producer
Carlos Fernández	....	executive producer
Julio Fernández	....	executive producer
Julio Fernández	....	producer
Alberto Marini	....	co-executive producer
Tadeo Villalba hijo	....	producer

Música original por
Pablo Sala

Fotografía por
David Omedes

Montaje por
David Gallart

Casting
Pep Armengol

Diseño de producción por
Baltasar Gallart		(as Balter Gallart)

Diseño de vestuario por
María Engo

Departamento de maquillaje
Pepa Navas	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Teresa Gefaell	....	production manager
Carla Pérez de Albéniz	....	production manager
Jesús L. Pérez Villar	....	post-production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Marc Rial	....	additional third assistant director
Carlos Rosal	....	second second assistant director
Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo	....	first assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Montse Soler	....	property master

Departamento de sonido
Marc Orts	....	sound re-recording mixer
Natxo Ortúzar	....	sound recordist
Oriol Tarragó	....	supervising sound editor
Giannie Tognarelli	....	wildsound recordist
Edgar Vidal	....	sound effects editor
Kiku Vidal	....	foley artist
Nacho Ybarra	....	boom operator

Visual Effects
Quico Noizeux	....	digital compositor
Sandra Picher	....	visual effects coordinator

Especialistas
Antonio Higueruelo	....	action coordinator

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Javier Alomar	....	assistant camera
Jordi Juani	....	gaffer
Josep Llopart	....	electrician

Departamento de reparto
Anabel Pereda	....	casting assistant

Departamento de vestuario
Aurora Pedredo	....	assistant costume designer

Departamento de Edición
Quique Cañadas	....	digital intermediate colorist: inserts
Manolo Millán	....	color timer
Martí Roca	....	assistant editor

Departamento de Música
Marc Blanes Matas	....	music mixer
Guy Wenger	....	music mixer

Otros miembros del equipo
Anna Ubach Font	....	production secretary
Goyo Gamez	....	first production assistant
Martin Samper	....	making-of
Albert Val	....	story editor

Gracias
Luis San Narciso	....	thanks

Compañías Productores

• Ensueño Films
• Filmax

Distribuidores

• CDI Films (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• HBO Hungary (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (original airing) (Cinemax)

También conocida como:

Cowards (International: English title)

Duración:

Argentina:89 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Argentina:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Compañía:

Ensueño Films

Daily fears and loneliness

Only last week a friend said that school-time bullying in preadolescence or adolescence leaves a scar for a life-time. To be bullied in a phase in life when you are full of insecurities and your self-esteem and self-image are just shaping themselves, to be bullied by your peers is a terrible burden. It's a cowardly act by cowards who make their best to make you a coward.

Cobardes is not a happy movie. It is not an easy movie. It has quite a pessimistic under-tone that reflects our time of disconnected families and media violence. It has no winners and a plenty of losers. There is no black and white here but a general sense of shades of depressive grey. It manages to avoid cheap moralism and unnecessary preaching and instead delivers a conclusion that we all fear for something/someone and we are all ready to misuse power over those that are vulnerable to us.

Cobardes might not be as fresh, small and beautiful as the previous movie by the directors. It's much more a product, professionally made and very well acted that might lack in passion but gives food for though. The (inner) world of adolescents is always a mystery not only to themselves but to the people around them. The script has its flaws and imperfections but that is overruled by the impressive work by the actors, especially the young ones. They manage to give a face and presence to some uneasy feelings and play well with our sympathies. The movie has rhythm and a polemic, but excellent ending. It is not a masterpiece and doesn't pretend to be that but it is one of the very few, if any, well done movies on a difficult and merging theme that hopefully connects with the young audience and makes them reflect on this issue.