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| Spanish | Más pena que gloria |
| Directed by | Víctor García León |
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| Produced by | Ana Huete |
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| Music by | Diego San José |
| Production company | Olmo Films |
| Distributed by | Alta Classics |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | 138 million ₧ |
No Pain, No Gain (Spanish: Más pena que gloria) is a 2001 Spanish film directed by Víctor García León which stars Bárbara Lennie and Biel Duran.
Plot
Displaying a far from idyllic vision of the teenage years, the fiction follows David, a teenager who finds out that, like everyone else, he is actually quite of a loser.
Cast
- Biel Durán [es] as David
- Bárbara Lennie as Gloria
- Manuel Lozano [es] as Lucas
- Fernando Conde [es] as Rafael
- Asunción Planas as Carmen
- Pilar Duque as Marta
- Jesús Beltrán as Nacho
- Rubén López as Pep
- Ángela Cremonte as Alexia
- Alberto Ferreiro as Gonzalo
- Luis Vallejo as Perandones
- Ricky Andrés Sierra as Tavero
- Manuel García as Laviña
- María Galiana as Teresa
- Alicia Sánchez as Karen
- Enrique San Francisco as Enrique
Production
The screenplay was penned by the director Víctor García León alongside Jonás-Groucho. The score was composed by Diego San José. Ana Huete took over production duties. An Olmos Films production, the film had a 138 million ₧ budget.
Release
The film screened at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival in June 2001, where it was well received. Distributed by Alta Classics, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 6 July 2001.
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | 4th Málaga Spanish Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actor | Biel Durán | Won | |
| 2002 | 16th Goya Awards | Best New Director | Víctor García León | Nominated | |
| Best New Actor | Biel Durán | Nominated |
See also
Notes
- lit. ''More grief than glory''. The original title is also a pun as Gloria is also the name of a character. This is foregrounded by the original film poster (primarily displaying the aforementioned character) and its disjointed tipography.
References
- Díaz-Pérez, Francisco Javier (2014). "Relevance Theory and translation: Translating puns in Spanish film titles into English". Journal of Pragmatics. 70: 120. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2014.06.007.
- ^ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (29 June 2001). "Juventud, ese maldito tesoro". El País.
- ^ "Guía didáctica para el profesorado. Más pena que gloria". Cine y Salud. Gobierno de Aragón: 2. 2012.
- ^ "Más pena que gloria". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- ^ "Más pena que gloria". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- Márquez, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro (7 June 2001). "Excelente acogida en el Festival de Málaga del debú de Víctor García-León, 'Más pena que Gloria'". El País.
- Hopewell, John (10 June 2001). "'Shame' game at Malaga". Variety.