Champions (2018 film)
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| Directed by | Javier Fesser |
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| Cinematography | Chechu Graf |
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| Music by | Rafael Arnau |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures España |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | €4.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $22.2 million[2][3] |
Champions (Spanish: Campeones) is a 2018 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Javier Fesser.[4][5] It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[6][7]
Plot
Marco Montes is the assistant coach at the basketball team CB Estudiantes. An arrogant man with bad manners, Marco is fired from his job after an altercation with his head coach during a game. After driving drunk into the back of a police car, Marco is ordered to do community service, in the form of coaching Los Amigos, a team of guys with disabilities who generally operate under the eye of kindly old-timer Julio.[8]
Cast
- Javier Gutiérrez as Marco Montes
- Juan Margallo as Julio
- Athenea Mata as Sonia
- Luisa Gavasa as Amparo
- Daniel Freire as Carrascosa
- Itziar Castro
- Julio Fernández
- Sergio Olmo
- Jesús Lago
- José de Luna
- Gloria Ramos
- Fran Fuentes
- Alberto Nieto Fernández
- Roberto Chinchilla
- Stefan López
See also
- List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "'Campeones', 'Handia' y 'Todos los saben' pelearán por ser la candidata española en los 91º Premios Oscar". Redacción AV451. audiovisual451.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Campeones (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Campeones (Champions)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ Zurro, Javier (5 April 2018). "Los campeones que enseñaron a Fesser que no se dice "subnormales"". El Español. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Fesser atribuye el éxito de "Campeones" a que "hace felices" a los espectadores". EFE. eldiario.es. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Academia de Cine [@Academiadecine] (6 September 2018). "El actor @DanielGrao7 anuncia en la Academia que Campeones, de Javier Fesser es la película que representará a España en la 91 edición de los Oscar en la categoría de Mejor Película de Habla No Inglesa" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ Hopewell, John (6 September 2018). "Javier Fesser's 'Champions' Chosen as Spain's Oscar Submission". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (23 April 2018). "'Champions' ('Campeones'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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