Dying of Laughter

1999 Spanish film

Dying of Laughter

Spanish| Muertos de risa
Directed by| Álex de la Iglesia
Written by|

* Jorge Guerricaechevarría
* Álex de la Iglesia

Produced by| Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring|

* Santiago Segura
* El Gran Wyoming
* Álex Angulo

Cinematography| Flavio Martínez Labiano
Edited by| Teresa Font
Music by| Roque Baños

Production
company

Lola Films

Release date

* 12 March 1999 (1999-03-12) (Spain)

Running time

| 113 minutes
Country| Spain
Language| Spanish
Budget| 530 million ₧
Box office| €6,299,097.15

Dying of Laughter (Spanish: Muertos de risa) is a 1999 Spanish black comedy film co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia which stars Santiago Segura, El Gran Wyoming and Álex Angulo. The plot tracks the mishaps of a comedic duo formed by Nino and Bruno, who actually hate each other.[1]

## Plot

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Nino and Bruno are two comedians who first meet each other in an Andalusian nightclub during the waning days of the Franco regime. When they discover that the audience enjoys their humor as a duo, they decide to become a comedic pair and quickly rise to stardom. Beneath their success and adulation, however, the pair develop an acrimonious relationship with each other.

## Cast

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* Santiago Segura as Nino[2]
* El Gran Wyoming as Bruno[2]
* Álex Angulo as Julián[2]
* Carla Hidalgo [es] as Laura[2]
* Jesús Bonilla as military member in coup d'état[2]
* María Asquerino as Nino's mother[2]
* José María Íñigo as himself[2]
* Uri Geller as himself[2]
* Antonio Resines as himself[2]
* Víctor Manuel as himself[2]
* Massiel as herself[2]
* Alfonso Lussón [es][3]
* Ramón Barea[3]

## Production

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Produced by Lola Films and featuring the participation of Telecinco,[2][4] the film had a budget of 350 million Spanish peseta (c. €3.2 million).[5]

## Release

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The film, which premiered on 12 March 1999 in Spain, grossed €6,299,097.15 at the box office.[2]

## Awards and nominations

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

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2000 | 14th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Álex Angulo | Nominated | [6]

## See also

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* List of Spanish films of 1999

## References

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Citations

1. ^ Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier, eds. (2004). "Muertos de Risa: A Return to National Referents and Political Commentary". Alternative Europe: Eurotrash and Exploitation Cinema Since 1945. Wallflower Press. p. 57\. ISBN 978-1903364932. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Buse, Triana Toribio & Willis 2007, p. 184.
3. ^ a b "Álex de la Iglesia. Atzera begirakoa. Retrospectiva. Rétrospective" (PDF). Euskadiko Filmategia. Filmoteca Vasca. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
4. ^ Batlle, Diego (14 December 2000). "Las dos caras del humor español". La Nación.
5. ^ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (3 March 1999). "Álex de la Iglesia da una visión esperpéntica de la transición española en "Muertos de risa"". El País.
6. ^ "Muertos de risa". Premios Goya. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Bibliography

* Buse, Peter; Triana Toribio, Núria; Willis, Andy (2007). The cinema of Álex de la Iglesia. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-7136-2.

## External links

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* Dying of Laughter at IMDb

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Films directed|

* Acción mutante (1993)
* The Day of the Beast (1995)
* Perdita Durango (1997)
* Dying of Laughter (1999)
* La comunidad (2000)
* 800 Bullets (2002)
* Crimen Ferpecto (2004)
* The Oxford Murders (2008)
* The Last Circus (2010)
* As Luck Would Have It (2011)
* Witching & Bitching (2013)
* Words with Gods (2014)
* My Big Night (2015)
* The Bar (2017)
* Perfect Strangers (2017)
* Venicephrenia (2022)
* Four's a Crowd (2022)

Television|

* Plutón B.R.B. Nero (2008–09)
* 30 Coins (since 2020)

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