Barrio (film): Difference between revisions

| gross = 2€2,921920,995.49 €000

Javi, Manu, and Rai are friends from school. They are teenagers, and they talk about girls a lot but seldom talk withto them. They live together in a poor neighborhood of Madrid. It is a barrio ofwith large social housing blocks. There is little to do, and in August even less. The centre of the city is far away, so the three friends spend most of their time in the barrioneighborhood. TheOn television, newsthey sayssee people that thousands of inhabitants of the city have goneflocked to the coastbeaches for the summer., Theyand they wish they were among them. TheWalking windows of theby travel agentsoffices arethey full ofsee tempting offers., Butbut their lives demonstrate how hard it is to leave the barrioneighborhood and how hard it is to improve their situation. In the end, their lives take an unexpected turn.

The film was produced by [[Elías Querejeta]] is credited as producer.<ref name="ep" /> The filmIt was shot in Madrid, primarily in [[San Blas-Canillejas|San Blas]] and [[Ventas (Madrid)|La Elipa]], but also in [[Aluche]], [[Hortaleza]], [[Carabanchel]] and [[Villaverde (Madrid)|Villaverde]].{{Sfn|San Julián Alonso|2019|p=569}}

Distributed by Warner Sogefilms,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistadelibros.com/barrio-1998-fernando-leon-de-aranoa/|website=[[Revista de Libros]]|title=Fernando León de Aranoa. Barrio. La mirada del narrador|first=José María|last=Guelbenzu|date=1 November 1998}}</ref> the film was released on 2 October 1998.<ref name=ep>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/10/07/madrid/1538927461_649170.html|website=[[El País]]|title=Recorrido por el ‘Barrio’ de Fernando León de Aranoa 20 años después|date=8 October 2018|first=Pablo|last=León|first2=Sergio C.|last2=Fanjul}}</ref> The film grossed 2€2,921920,995.49 €000 at the box office.{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=113}}