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Director: | Fernando Colomo | ||
Music: | Pata Negra | ||
Cinematography: | Javier Salmones | ||
Editing: | Miguel Ángel Santamaría | ||
Runtime: | 83 min | ||
Country: | Spain | ||
Language: | Spanish |
Going South Shopping (Spanish; Castilian: '''Bajarse al moro'''|links=no|lit=Get Down to the Moor)[1] is a 1989 Spanish comedy film directed by Fernando Colomo based on the play Bajarse al moro José Luis Alonso de Santos. It Verónica Forqué alongside Antonio Banderas, Juan Echanove, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.
The plot tracks the mishaps of Chusa (a drug trafficker 'going south' to Morocco to buy hashish) and other characters based in the neighborhood of Lavapiés, including her cousin Jaimito, police agent Alberto, and virgin Elena.[2]
Based on José Luis Alonso de Santos's play Bajarse al moro, the screenplay was penned by Alonso de Santos alongside Fernando Colomo and Joaquín Oristrell.[3] The film is an Ion Producciones and Lolafilms production.[4] The score was composed by the sibling duo Pata Negra consisting of Rafael Amador and Raimundo Amador.[5] Shooting locations included Madrid, Chaouen, and Algeciras.[6] The dialogues incorporate elements of the cheli jargon characteristic of Madrid's outcast youth.[7]
The film opened in theatres on 5 May 1989.
|-| rowspan = "6" align = "center" | 1990 || rowspan = "6" | 4th Goya Awards || Best Adapted Screenplay || Fernando Colomo || || rowspan = "6" | |-| Best Actress || Verónica Forqué || |-| Best Supporting Actress || Chus Lampreave || |-| Best Original Score || Pata Negra || |-| Best Production Supervision || Andrés Santana || |-| Best Sound || Miguel Ángel Polo, Enrique Molinero || |}