Flying Saucers (film) explained

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Director:Óscar Aibar
Music:Javier Navarrete
Editing:Fernando Pardo
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish
Distributor:Warner Sogefilms
Cinematography:Mario Montero

Flying Saucers (Spanish; Castilian: '''Platillos volantes'''|links=no)[1] is a 2003 Spanish science fiction comedy-drama film directed by from a screenplay by Aibar and Jorge Guerricaechevarría which stars Ángel de Andrés López and Jordi Vilches. The plot premise is based on real events.

Plot

In 1972 Spain, two decapitated corpses are found on the train tracks near Terrassa together with a note reading "The extraterrestrials are calling us. We belong to infinity". The plot goes on to explore the stories of the deceased, following textile workers Juan and José, with their lives falling apart upon developing a keen interest on UFO sightings.[2]

Production

The film is a Didac Films and Enrique Cerezo PC production.[3] Shooting locations included Terrassa.[4]

Release

Distributed by Warner Sogefilms,[5] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 7 November 2003.

Reception

Fernando Méndez-Leite of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars highlighting "the mastery of dramatic materials in an impeccable script" as the best thing about the film.[6]

Casimiro Torreiro of El País deemed the film to be "a very well-written film, and even better put into images" yet featuring an "absurd last sequence" throwing away the previous work.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spain Production Listings - Sept 9 2003. ScreenDaily. 9 September 2003.
  2. Web site: ‘Platillos volantes’, en ‘Historia de nuestro cine’. Diez Minutos. 2 November 2018.
  3. A Bibliography and Filmography of Spanish SF. Sara. Martín. Fernando Ángel. Moreno. Science Fiction Studies. 44. 2. 2017. 10.5621/sciefictstud.44.2.0331. 339.
  4. Web site: La película. Diari de Terrassa. 21 August 2015.
  5. Web site: El próximo 7 de noviembre se estrena en España ‘Platillos volantes’. Cine y Tele. 31 October 2003.
  6. Web site: Platillos volantes. Fotogramas. Fernando. Méndez-Leite. 29 May 2008.
  7. Web site: El País. Casimiro. Torreiro. 7 November 2003. Extraños visionarios.