Three-60 Explained

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Director:Alejandro Ezcurdia
Screenplay:Luiso Berdejo
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish
Cinematography:Johnny Yebra
Editing:Fran Amaro
Music:Roque Baños
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures

Three-60 (Spanish; Castilian: '''Tres 60'''|links=no) is a 2013 Spanish mystery thriller film directed by Alejandro Ezcurdia (in his directorial debut feature) from a screenplay by Luiso Berdejo, who is also the co-producer. The film stars Raúl Mérida alongside Guillermo Estrella, Sara Sálamo, and Joaquim de Almeida.

Plot

The plot is set against the backdrop of surf culture.[1] Upon finding a set of photographs featuring long-missing friend Iván, young surfer Guillermo teams up with younger brother Mario, Fine Arts student Daniela and pal "El Ruso" to crack the mystery, involving a sinister commercial cartel.[2]

Production

The screenplay was penned by .[3] The film is a Bowfinger International Pictures, Atresmedia Cine, and Zinea Sortzen production with the participation of Antena 3 TV, ETB, ONO, Canal+ and La Sexta and backing from the Basque Government and Ayuntamiento de Donostia.[4] Shooting locations included the and in San Sebastián.[5]

Release

Distributed by Warner Bros., the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 July 2013.[6]

Reception

Fausto Fernández of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "a summer adventure of mystery, suspense and tension", "that puts all the infallible Hitchcockian arsenal at the service of a teen movie with a child sidekick".[7]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that although a thriller connoisseur "might dismiss [the film] as flat, we should not forget the [young] audience it appeals to", and, seeing it this way, "it is even formative".[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deia. Un giro de 'Tres-60'. 5 October 2012. Juan G.. Andrés.
  2. Web site: Santiago Segura presenta el thriller "Tres 60", la opera prima de Ezcurdia. La Información. 25 April 2013.
  3. Web site: DeAPlaneta handling int’l sales on ‘Three-60’. Variety. 3 November 2012. John. Hopewell.
  4. Web site: ‘Tres 60’ – estreno en cines 26 de julio. Audiovisual451. 22 July 2013.
  5. Web site: El Correo. Grupo Vocento. 4 March 2019. Ricardo. Aldarondo. San Sebastián como escenario e inspiración.
  6. Web site: Sex bomb: la belleza salvaje y oculta de Sara Sálamo en 'Byb' de Tele 5. vertele!. eldiario.es. 3 March 2014.
  7. Web site: Tres 60. Fotogramas. 9 May 2013. Fausto. Fernández.
  8. Web site: Tres 60. Cinemanía. 20minutos.es. 26 July 2013. Andrea G.. Bermejo.