27 Hours (film)

1986 Spanish film

27 Hours

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Spanish| 27 horas
Directed by| Montxo Armendáriz
Written by|

* Montxo Armendáriz
* Elías Querejeta

Produced by| Elías Querejeta
Starring|

* Martxelo Rubio
* Maribel Verdú
* Jon Donosti
* Antonio Banderas

Cinematography| Javier Aguirresarobe
Music by| Ángel Illarramendi

Production
company

Elías Querejeta PC

Release date

* September 1986 (1986-09) (SSIFF)

Country| Spain
Language| Spanish

27 Hours (Spanish: 27 horas)[1] is a 1986 Spanish quinqui film directed by Montxo Armendáriz which stars Martxelo Rubio, Maribel Verdú and Jon Donosti, also featuring the collaboration of Antonio Banderas.

## Plot

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Set in 1980s San Sebastián, the plot tracks three friends (Jon, Patxi and Maite) over the course of 27 hours, two of which are a couple hooked on heroin and the other one works as dockworker.[2][3]

## Cast

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* Martxelo Rubio [es] as Jon[4]
* Jon Donosti as Patxi[4]
* Maribel Verdú as Maite[4]
* Antonio Banderas as Santa[4]
* André Falcón as Jon's uncle[4]
* Josu Balbuena as Xavi[4]
* Michel Duperrer as Maite's brother[4]
* Silvia Arrese-Igor as Jon's sister[4]
* Michel Berasategui as Jon's father[4]
* Esther Román as Jon's mother[4]

## Production

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The screenplay was penned by Montxo Armendáriz alongside Elías Querejeta.[5] An Elías Querejeta PC production,[6] the film was shot in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa.[7] It had the support of ETB.[8] The score was authored by Ángel Illarramendi [es] whereas Javier Aguirresarobe took over the cinematography.[5] The film was shot in Spanish.[9]

## Release

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The film screened at the 34th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1986.[7]

## Accolades

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Year  | Award  | Category | Nominee(s)  | Result | Ref.

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1987 | 1st Goya Awards | Best Film | Nominated | [6]

## See also

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* List of Spanish films of 1986

## References

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Citations

1. ^ "From Spain, a schedule of double features". New York Times. 27 March 1987.
2. ^ Ysàs 2004, pp. 68–69.
3. ^ Lozano, Carmen (11 March 2020). "La Filmoteca rescata cinco títulos del cine 'quinqui' español de los 80". Córdoba.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ysàs 2004, p. 70.
5. ^ a b "27 horas". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
6. ^ a b "27 horas". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
7. ^ a b Fernández Santos, Ángel (20 September 1986). "Montxo Armendáriz, con '27 horas', mantiene la alta calidad de la muestra donostiarra". El País.
8. ^ "La película '27 ordu', esta noche, en el programa 'Zinez' de ETB1". EITB. 2 August 2017.
9. ^ Rodriguez 2007, p. 105.

Bibliography

* Rodriguez, Marie-Soledad (2007). "En busca de un hipotético cine castellano o castellano-leonés". In Berthier, Nancy; Seguin, Jean-Claude (eds.). Cine, nación y nacionalidades en España. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez. pp. 101–120. ISBN 978-84-96820-05-0.
* Ysàs, Pere (2004). "La primera generación del postfranquismo" (PDF). In Ruzafa Ortega, Rafael (ed.). La historia a través del cine: transición y consolidación democrática en España. Universidad del País Vasco, Servicio Editorial. pp. 51–70. ISBN 84-8373-645-4.

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