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Backroads (1997 film)

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Backroads
Theatrical release poster
SpanishCarreteras secundarias
Directed byEmilio Martínez-Lázaro
Screenplay byIgnacio Martínez de Pisón
Based onCarreteras secundarias
by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
Produced byAna Huete
Starring
CinematographyJavier Salmones
Edited byIván Aledo
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
  • Olmo Films
  • Sogecine
  • Kaplan
  • Fernando Trueba PC
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release dates
  • 1997 (1997) (Seminci)
  • 28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Backroads (Spanish: Carreteras secundarias) is a 1997 road movie directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro and written by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, adapting the latter's novel Carreteras secundarias. It stars Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verdú and Miriam Díaz Aroca.

Plot

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Set in 1974, during the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship, the plot follows the journey of salesman Lozano and his son Felipe driving a Citroën DS along the Spanish coast.[1][2]

Cast

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Production

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Penned by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, the screenplay is an adaptation of Martínez de Pisón's 1996 novel Carreteras secundarias.[3] The films is a Olmo Films, Sogecine, Kaplan and Fernando Trueba PC production,[4] with the participation of Sogepaq and Canal+.[1]

Release

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The film screened out of competition at the 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in 1997.[1][5] Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 28 November 1997.[6][7]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1998 12th Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Ignacio Martínez de Pisón Nominated [4]
Best New Actor Fernando Ramallo Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Backroads". Variety. 6 December 1997.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Carreteras secundarias". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. ^ Castilla, Amelia (25 November 1997). "Martinez-Lázaro explora la relación padre-hijo en 'Carreteras secundarias'". El País.
  4. ^ a b "Carreteras secundarias". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ Galán, Diego (23 April 2004). "'Carreteras secundarias', de E. Martínez Lázaro". El País.
  6. ^ Boletín informativo. Datos de 1997 (PDF). Madrid: Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales. pp. 38, 113. ISBN 84-8181-172-6.
  7. ^ "Carreteras secundarias". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 6 February 2022.