Airbag (film)

Airbag
Directed by	Juanma Bajo Ulloa
Written by	Juanma Bajo Ulloa Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Screenplay by	Karra Elejaldre
Produced by	Iñaki Burutxaga Ulrich Felsberg
Starring	Fernando Guillén Cuervo Javier Bardem Maria de Medeiros Rosa Maria Sardà Francisco Rabal Santiago Segura Karlos Arguiñano Rossy de Palma
Cinematography	Gonzalo F. Berridi
Edited by	Pablo Blanco
Music by	Bingen Mendizábal
Production companies	Canal+ TVE
Release date	June 20, 1997 (1997-06-20)
Running time	112 minutes
Countries	Spain Portugal Germany
Languages	Spanish Portuguese
Budget	$6 million

Airbag is a 1997 Spanish film written and directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa. It stars Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Maria de Medeiros and Javier Bardem. Also stars unknown actors as Karra Elejalde and Manuel Manquiña, and Spanish celebrities as Francisco Rabal, Rosa Maria Sardà, Rossy de Palma, Santiago Segura, Alaska and Karlos Arguiñano.

Cast

• Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Konradín
• Javier Bardem as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
• Karra Elejalde as Juantxo
• Alberto San Juan as Pako
• Manuel Manquiña as Pazos
• Maria de Medeiros as Fátima do Espíritu Santo
• Francisco Rabal as Villambrosa
• Rosa Maria Sardà as Aurora
• Luis Cuenca as Souza
• Pilar Bardem as La Herme
• Karlos Arguiñano as Don Serafín
• Rossy de Palma as Carmina
• Vicenta N'Dongo as Vanessa
• Raquel Meroño as Araceli
• Santiago Segura as candidato Paíño
• Nathalie Seseña as Argentina 'Scándalo'
• Juanjo Puigcorbé as jugador
• Olvido Gara as jugadora Alaska
• David Trueba as reportero

Awards and nominations

Film Awards

Year	Film Festival	Award	Category
1998	Goya Awards	Won	Best Special Effects
1998	Goya Awards	Won	Best Editing
1998	Fantasia Festival	2nd Place	Best International Film

Submissions

• Goya Awards
  • Best New Actor for Manuel Manquiña (nominated)
• British Independent Film Awards
  • Best Foreign Independent FIlm (nominated)

External links

• Airbag at IMDb
• Airbag at Rotten Tomatoes