Isi-Disi, Rough Love Explained

Director:Chema de la Peña
Producer:Andrés Vicente Gómez
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Cinematography:Unax Mendía
Editing:Antonio Lara
Music:Roque Baños
Distributor:United International Pictures
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish

Isi-Disi, Rough Love (Spanish; Castilian: '''Isi/Disi: Amor a lo bestia'''|links=no) is a 2004 Spanish comedy film directed by from a screenplay by Joaquín Górriz and Miguel Ángel Fernández which stars Santiago Segura, Jaydy Michel, and Florentino Fernández.

Plot

The plot follows the implementation of courtship mechanisms by kalimotxo-loving metalhead friends from Leganés (Isi and Disi) with beautiful and posh Joaquín Sabina-loving Mexican university student Vanessa.[1]

Production

The film was produced by Lolafilms and MTV Films Europe in association with Intuition Films, and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+. It boasted a 3.6 million budget.[2]

Release

Distributed by United International Pictures (UIP), the film was released theatrically in Spain on 23 July 2004. It was the second largest-grossing Spanish film at the domestic box office in 2004.[3]

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of El País warned that "its coarse comic tone, its gutted humor, and its textbook patriarchalism make this film strictly inadvisable for sensible spirits".[4]

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the "desperately unimaginative script is compensated for by cast's obvious determination to have a good time and thesps' marquee power".[5]

Accolades

|-| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2005 || rowspan = "2" | 19th Goya Awards || Best Sound || Antonio Rodríguez "Mármol", Nacho Royo Villanova, Patrick Ghislain || || rowspan = "2" | [6] [7] |-| Best Original Song || "La rubia de la cuarta fila" by Joaquín Sabina || |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La música 'heavy' une a Santiago Segura y Florentino Fernández. El País. 23 July 2004. Juan José. Mateo Ruiz-Gálvez.
  2. Web site: Santiago Segura y Florentino Fernández se convierten en rockeros de risa en 'Isi-Disi'. El Mundo. 2 December 2003.
  3. Web site: El aragonés José Ángel Delgado estrena mañana en Zaragoza su primer largometraje, titulado 'Cromos'. Europa Press. 10 December 2008.
  4. Web site: Casimiro. Torreiro. El País. Gamberro y desagradable. 23 July 2004.
  5. Web site: Isi-Disi, Rough Love. Variety. Jonathan. Holland. 29 July 2004.
  6. Web site: Joaquín Sabina y Leiva, 'Tan joven y tan viejo', la lección musical de los Goya 2022. Esquire. 13 February 2022. Álvaro. Luengo.
  7. Web site: Isi & Disi. premiosgoya.com. 25 July 2023. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.