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Film · 2016

The Debut

Original titleEl debut

Directed by Gabriel Olivares · starring Raúl Peña, Jorge Monje and Silvia de Pé

  • 1 h 3 min
  • Romance · Documentary · Drama
  • Spain
  • 4.2 AverageMovieNCo
  • 1.8 Users1 vote
  • 6.5 Critics2 reviews

Synopsis

A group of actors attend a studio performance with the goal of creating a future film. With a not very well defined script, based on bullfighting, the film tells a love story between a beginner torero and a consecrated torero who discover their homosexuality. A film that tells a passionate way from the office to convey emotion and truth in the stories. Romance film directed by Gabriel Olivares, in his first feature after producing more than 20 theater shows such as dramas, comedies and musicals. 'The Debut' is played by Jorge Monje and Raul Peña along with Silvia de Pé, Cecilia Solaguren, Mar del Hoyo, Monica Vic, Eduard Alejandre, Efrain Rodriguez, Chupi Llorente, Elena de Frutos, Paco Mora and Chemi Moreno.

The essentials

Runtime
63 min1 hour and 3 minutes
How long is The Debut?
1 hour and 3 minutes (63 minutes).
Who directed The Debut?
Gabriel Olivares.
Who is in The Debut?
It stars Raúl Peña, Jorge Monje, Silvia de Pé and Mar del Hoyo.
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Director
Gabriel Olivares

Photos and posters

All 6 photos

Reviews

All 2 reviews
1.8 1 vote

What the critics say average 6.5 from 2 outlets

  • 7.0 El PaísJordi Costa "It describes a community process of creation in a brookian empty space, where intensity and sense become one in the bodies of the actors" Read
  • 6.0 FotogramasGerard A. Cassadó "A love, jealousy and tragedy between a famous bullfighter (Raúl Peña) and his pupil (Jorge Monje) that could've been filmed by the most agressive melodrama Almodóvar." Read

Soundtrack

All 4 songs
  1. NervaManuel Rojas Tirado
  2. El Gato MontésManuel Penella
  3. La EstacaLluís Llach
  4. La morena de mi coplaCarlos Castellanos Gómez, Alfonso Jofré Villegas Spotify

Trivia

  • Gabriel Olivares first film

  • Selected in the Gender and Sexuality Festival of Rio de Janeiro in the 2016 edition.

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