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The Little Spanish Soldier

The Little Spanish Soldier ( Spanish: Soldadito español ) [ 1 ] is a 1988 Spanish tragicomedy film directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico from a screenplay by Giménez-Rico and Rafael ...

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The Little Spanish Soldier (Spanish: Soldadito español)[1] is a 1988 Spanish tragicomedy film directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico from a screenplay by Giménez-Rico and Rafael Azcona. It underpins a criticism to the compulsory military service.[2]

Plot

The film follows the mishaps of a young man born to a family closely connected to the military estate who does not want to join the compulsory military service.[3]

Cast

Production

According to Giménez-Rico the original idea for the story came to him upon a meeting of his promotion of university militia, with the screenplay later penned in tandem with Rafael Azcona.[8] A Penélope production, the film had a reported budget of 150 million Pts.[8] Shooting locations included Alcalá de Henares.[9]The Spanish Little Soldier constitutes an early film depiction of the insubordination to military conscription in Spain.[10]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 7 October 1988.[5][6] It also screened at the 9th Mostra de Valencia.[11] It grossed 38,372,395 Pts (107,098 admissions).[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑Schwartz, Ronald (2008). Great Spanish Films Since 1950. Scarecrow Press. p. 410.
  2. ↑ Caparrós Lera 1992 , pág. 330.
  3. ↑ «Soldadito español» . Fotogramas . 29 de mayo de 2008.
  4. ↑ Devesa, Dolores; Potes, Alicia (2000). «Filmografía» (PDF) . Nosferatu. Revista de Cine (33): 83.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Devesa y Potes 2000 , pág. 83.
  6. 1 2 Caparrós Lera 1992 , p. 380.
  7. ↑ «Soldadito español» . Consultado el 31 de marzo de 2023 - vía Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes .
  8. ^ Hernández Miranda, Julián (29 de julio de 1988) . «Esquilache, la melancolía y un soldado español» . El País .
  9. ↑ Serrato, Fran (13 de septiembre de 2016). «Alcalá, una ciudad de cine» . El País .
  10. ↑ Velasco Martínez, Luis (2017). «Conscripción en la cinematografía española: nacionalización y servicio militar obligatorio» (PDF) . V Congreso Internacional de Historia y Cine. Escenarios del cine histórico . Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. pag. 723.ISBN​  978-84-617-7948-2.
  11. ^ Beltrán, Adolf (9 de octubre de 1988). «Comienza la 9ª Mostra de Valencia con un homenaje al actor Omero Antonutti» . El País .
  12. ↑ Caparrós Lera, José María (1992). El cine español de la democracia. De la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989) . Barcelona: Antropos. pag. 380.ISBN​  84-7658-312-5.