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Kamikaze (2014 film)

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Kamikaze
Theatrical release poster
Directed byÁlex Pina
Screenplay by
  • Álex Pina
  • Iván Escobar
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMigue Amoedo
Edited byAntonio de Frutos
Music byManel Santisteban
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 24 March 2014 (2014-03-24) (Málaga)
  • 28 March 2014 (2014-03-28) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Kamikaze is a 2014 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Álex Pina from a screenplay by Pina and Iván Escobar which stars Álex García, Eduardo Blanco, Verónica Echegui, Carmen Machi, Leticia Dolera, Iván Massagué and Héctor Alterio.

Plot

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The plot follows a suicidal bomber from a fictional country from the Caucasus who sees his plans thwarted by chance and is forced to stay in a winter resort with a group of Spaniards.[1]

Cast

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Production

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The film is an Atresmedia Cine, Cangrejo Films, and Globomedia [es] production.[4] Shooting locations included the Aragonese Pyrenees, Madrid, and Toledo.[5]

Release

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The film screened on 24 March 2014 at the 17th Málaga Film Festival.[1] Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España,[3] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 28 March 2014.

Reception

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Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter deemed the feel-good movie about a suicide bomber to be a "a bizarre hybrid of genres that wants to do many things but doesn't do any of them very well".[4]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing that the film avoids thriller and drama, genres both "suitable" for the story the film wants to tell, opting "for an improbable tone of costumbrista comedy" instead.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bayona, Victoria R. (25 March 2014). "Álex García se mete en la piel de un creíble 'Kamikaze'". Málaga Hoy. Grupo Joly.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Críticas de los estrenos de cine del 28 de marzo". Cadena COPE. 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b Caviaro, Juan Luis (28 March 2014). "Estrenos de cine | 28 de marzo | El Capitán América contra la comedia europea y las paranoias de Villeneuve y Carruth". Espinof.
  4. ^ a b Holland, Jonathan (2 April 2014). "Kamikaze: Malaga Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. ^ "Finaliza el rodaje de 'Kamikaze', con Álex García, Verónica Echegui, Carmen Machi y Leticia Dolera". Europa Press. 1 May 2013.
  6. ^ Bermejo, Andrea G. (28 March 2014). "Kamikaze". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
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