No Pain, No Gain (2001 film)
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| Spanish | Más pena que gloria |
| Directed by | Víctor García León |
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| Produced by | Ana Huete |
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| Music by | Diego San José |
Production company | Olmo Films |
| Distributed by | Alta Classics |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | 138 million ₧ |
No Pain, No Gain (Spanish: Más pena que gloria)[n. 1] is a 2001 Spanish film directed by Víctor García León which stars Bárbara Lennie and Biel Duran.
Plot[edit]
Displaying a far from idyllic vision of the teenage years, the fiction follows David, a teenager who finds out that, like everyone else, he is actually quite of a loser.[2]
Cast[edit]
- Biel Durán as David[3]
- Bárbara Lennie as Gloria[3]
- Manuel Lozano as Lucas[3]
- Fernando Conde as Rafael[3]
- Asunción Planas as Carmen[3]
- Pilar Duque as Marta[3]
- Jesús Beltrán as Nacho[3]
- Rubén López as Pep[3]
- Ángela Cremonte as Alexia[3]
- Alberto Ferreiro as Gonzalo[3]
- Luis Vallejo as Perandones[3]
- Ricky Andrés Sierra as Tavero[3]
- Manuel García as Laviña[3]
- María Galiana as Teresa[3]
- Alicia Sánchez as Karen[3]
- Enrique San Francisco as Enrique[3]
Production[edit]
The screenplay was penned by the director Víctor García León alongside Jonás-Groucho.[2][4] The score was composed by Diego San José.[2] Ana Huete took over production duties.[2] An Olmos Films production,[5] the film had a 138 million ₧ budget.[2]
Release[edit]
The film screened at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival in June 2001, where it was well received.[6][4] Distributed by Alta Classics,[3] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 6 July 2001.
Accolades[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | 4th Málaga Spanish Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actor | Biel Durán | Won | [7] |
| 2002 | 16th Goya Awards | Best New Director | Víctor García León | Nominated | [5] |
| Best New Actor | Biel Durán | Nominated |
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Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Díaz-Pérez, Francisco Javier (2014). "Relevance Theory and translation: Translating puns in Spanish film titles into English". Journal of Pragmatics. 70: 120. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2014.06.007.
- ^ a b c d e Fernández-Santos, Elsa (29 June 2001). "Juventud, ese maldito tesoro". El País.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Guía didáctica para el profesorado. Más pena que gloria". Cine y Salud. Gobierno de Aragón: 2. 2012.
- ^ a b "Más pena que gloria". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Más pena que gloria". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ Márquez, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro (7 June 2001). "Excelente acogida en el Festival de Málaga del debú de Víctor García-León, 'Más pena que Gloria'". El País.
- ^ Hopewell, John (10 June 2001). "'Shame' game at Malaga". Variety.