The One-Handed Trick
| The One-Handed Trick | |
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| Spanish | El truco del manco |
| Directed by | Santiago A. Zannou |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Albert Pascual |
| Edited by | Jaume Martí |
| Music by | Woulfrank Zannou |
Production company | Media Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
The One-Handed Trick (Spanish: El truco del manco) is a 2008 Spanish film directed by Santiago A. Zannou, which stars Juan Manuel Montilla "Langui" alongside Ovono Candela.
Plot
[edit]The plot follows the attempts of two friends, Adolfo (hooked on heroin) and El Cuajo (a disabled man), of setting up a hip hop recording studio.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Juan Manuel Montilla "Langui" as El Cuajo[3]
- Ovono Candela as Adolfo[4]
- Javier Iglesias "Gordo" as Chacho[5][6]
- Elio Toffana as Galleta[6]
- Mala Rodríguez as Tsunami[7]
- Juan Navarro as Marquitos[6]
- Diego Carrasco as Jesús[5]
Production
[edit]The One-Handed Trick was produced by Media Films, and it had the participation of TVE.[6] Filming took place in locations belonging to the outskirts of Barcelona, including La Mina.[8]
Release
[edit]The film screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2008.[9] It was theatrically released in Spain on 16 January 2009.
Reception
[edit]Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting "Zannou's rigor in building the story" as the best thing about the film, while citing a degree of "obviousness in the drawing of some characters" as a negative point.[4]
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that the film——"a too-rare incursion by Spanish film into the coarse realities of multiculturalism on its cities' outskirts"—features "a crudely makeshift feel that suits its subject".[6]
Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated it 3 out of 5 stars, considering that Zannou, "with few resources, without professional actors, but with a lot of enthusiasm, and at a rap rhythm", managed to craft "an undeceptive portrait of the reality of any city's slums"[3]
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2009 | 23rd Goya Awards | Best New Director | Santiago A. Zannou | Won | [10] |
| Best New Actor | Juan Manuel Montilla "Langui" | Won | |||
| Best Original Song | Woulfrank Zannou, Juan Manuel Montilla "Langui" | Won |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "'El truco del manco', candidata a tres Goyas, refleja el esfuerzo y los intentos de superación de los marginados". Europa Press. 9 January 2009.
- ^ Elena, Alberto; Martín Morán, Ana (2016). "Transnational Contours and Representation Models in Recent Films about Immigration in Spain". In Oliete-Aldea, Elena; Oria, Beatriz; Tarancón, Juan A. (eds.). Global Genres, Local Films: The Transnational Dimension of Spanish Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-5013-0298-5.
- ^ a b Crespo, Irene (16 January 2009). "El truco del manco". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ a b Torreiro, Mirito (9 January 2009). "El truco del manco". Fotogramas.
- ^ a b Daura 2009, p. 254.
- ^ a b c d e Holland, Jonathan (29 September 2008). "The One-Handed Trick". Variety.
- ^ Daura, Miquel (2009). "El truco del manco. Un ejemplo de plan de marketing". Distribución y marketing cinematográfico. Manual de primeros auxilios. Barcelona: Publicacions i Edicions. Universidad de Barcelona. p. 254. ISBN 978-84-475-3404-3.
- ^ Elena & Martín Morán 2016, pp. 218.
- ^ Sendrós, Parana (23 September 2008). "San Sebastián: la hora española". Ámbito.
- ^ "El truco del manco". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.