The Great Vazquez ( El Gran Vázquez )

The Great Vazquez (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: El Gran Vázquez
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min + 30 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Storyboards
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Óscar Aibar

Written By:
Óscar Aibar

Actors:
Santiago Segura ..... Vázquez
Mercè Llorens ..... Rosa
Álex Angulo ..... Peláez
Enrique Villén ..... González
Manolo Solo ..... Ibáñez
Jesús Guzmán ..... Manuel / Voz del abuelo Cebolleta
Albert Vidal ..... Director Hotel
Pere Ponce ..... Entrevistador
Hector Vidales ..... Carlitos
Pep Sais ..... Sastre
Itziar Aizpuru ..... Paz
Lita Claver ..... Madám
Oriol Tramvia ..... Dibujante triste
Estrella Zapatero ..... 1ª mujer
Ernesto Sevilla ..... Camarero

Synopsis:

This madcap biopic (2010) dramatizes the life of the influential Spanish cartoonist Manuel Vazquez Gallego. Animated interludes feature characters from his comic strips, but apart from these and a few other cutesy conceits, director Oscar Aibar focuses more on Vazquez's sidelines as a swindler and bigamist; the result is tonally and chronologically confusing but also amorally funny. With a cigarette permanently dangling from his lip, Santiago Segura plays the artist as a compulsive con man who steals from one wife to give to another, who repeatedly fakes his father's death, and who refuses to pay for furniture out of principle. The actor's rascally energy keeps the film going even when Aibar threatens to derail it with his awkward handling of the more serious issues in Vazquez's life.

1960s, Barcelona. Comic book author Manuel Vazquez is experiencing huge success with his comics published by Bruguera. He gets what he wants, paying nothing for it, artfully dodging anyone he owes money to, and tricking and cheating his bosses. That is, until an accountant at his publishing house decides it is time for him to toe the line like everyone else.

Is it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature film about Manuel Vázquez, the best comic book author in Barcelona during the sixties, but, mainly, a man with a very particular way of living his life.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 09 June, 2011.

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