Airbag

Plot

The third feature from popular Spanish filmmaker Juanma Bajo Ulloa is a sprawling and complex action comedy with a touch of Almodovar-esque surrealistic absurdity that simultaneously satirizes gangster movies, film noir, and the Catholic Church. Juantxo is the chief protagonist. Coming from a bourgeois family, he has had all the opportunities to fulfill his father's wishes by obtaining a university degree, getting a high-paying job and making a place for himself in high society. The trouble is, Juantxo is a socially awkward idiot and a mamma's boy. He is, however, engaged to a rich and beautiful woman. A few days before his wedding, Juantxo's buddies Konradin and Paco persuade him to go out for a final night of oat-sowing. They are not long at the stag party when Juantxo falls for an exotic prostitute. Unfortunately he loses his fiancee's expensive engagement ring while messing with the hooker. Later, this valuable ring is discovered by Villambrosa, a gangster/pimp/international drug runner. His enemy Souza finds out about the ring and sends his sexy moll Fatima do Espirito Santo, a new age girl who can levitate, to investigate the situation. Meanwhile, Juantxo and friends frantically search for the ring. They have three days to find it and their journey takes them on a riotous road trip that leads them into the depths of the Mafia underworld. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Cast

• Karra Elejalde - Juantxo
• Fernando Guillen-Cuervo - Konradin
• Alberto San Juan - Paco
• Maria de Medeiros - Fatima do Espirito Santo
• Francisco Rabal - Villambrosa

Manuel Manquina - Pazos; Karlos Arguinano - Don Serafin; Luis Cuenca - Souza

Credit

Satur Idarreta - Art Director, Nuria Sanjuan - Art Director, Julio Torrecilla - Art Director, Ulrich Felsberg - Co-producer, Bina Daigeler - Costume Designer, Juanma Bajo Ulloa - Director, Pablo Blanco - Editor, Inaki Burutxaga - Executive Producer, Adrian Lipp - Executive Producer, Bingen Mendizabal - Composer (Music Score), Gonzalo Berridi - Cinematographer, Molina Efectos Especiales - Special Effects, Gilles Ortion - Sound/Sound Designer, Miguel Polo - Sound/Sound Designer, Juan Borell - Sound/Sound Designer, Karra Elejalde - Screenwriter, Fernando Guillen-Cuervo - Screenwriter, Juanma Bajo Ulloa - Screenwriter

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