Días contados
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Directed by | Imanol Uribe |
Written by | Juan Madrid Imanol Uribe |
Starring | Javier Bardem Candela Peña Carmelo Gómez Ruth Gabriel Pepón Nieto |
Edited by | Teresa Font |
Music by | José Nieto |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Días contados (English title: Running Out of Time; literally: Numbered Days) is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by Imanol Uribe, starring Javier Bardem, Candela Peña, Carmelo Gómez and Ruth Gabriel.
Plot
Antonio (Carmelo Gómez), a brazen, individualistic ETA terrorist, travels with two fellow cell members, Carlos (Joseba Apaolaza) and Lourdes (Elvira Mínguez) to Madrid, where they intend to carry out a terrorist attack on a police station. Just like Lourdes, with whom he shares a complex romantic liaison, Antonio is caught in a downward spiral of disenchantment and despondency with respect to the organization and the life he has led so far.
He moves into the area under the guise of an unassuming photographer for the press, and finds himself falling for his neighbor, Charo (Ruth Gabriel), a naive prostitute with an impending drug problem who is unaware of Antonio's activities. She reciprocates, and Antonio uses her whimsical desire to have their first tryst in Granada as an excuse to flee Madrid right after he shoots a police officer. Meanwhile, matters become complicated when Antonio's identity as a terrorist is made public and Charo's sleazy, drug-addicted acquaintance Lisardo (Javier Bardem), incidentally an informant, gives Antonio's identity away to corrupt police officer Rafa (Karra Elejalde).
The film ends on a tragical note as the car bomb (containing 100 kg worth of explosives) and the police car carrying Charo haplessly converge in front of the police station. Fuelled by his love, a self-destructive streak, or both, Antonio follows the car to the station gate right as Carlos presses the detonator.
Production
Ruth Gabriel was barely eighteen years old at the time of filming. The film argument justified several nudes scenes of the very young actress, who insisted while filming them so that none of the crew members were absent, in order to give the sequences the greatest naturalness.[1]
Reception
Días contados was nominated for Goya Awards in 19 categories and won for the following:
- Best Actor (Carmelo Gómez)
- Best Director (Imanol Uribe)
- Best Editing (Teresa Font)
- Best Film
- Best New Actress (Ruth Gabriel)
- Best Screenplay – Adapted (Imanol Uribe)
- Best Special Effects (Reyes Abades)
- Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)
References
- ^ "El desnudo de Ruth Gabriel que revolucionó la España de los 90". www.libertaddigital.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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