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Taxi to Gibraltar
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Wikipedia article
'Taxi to Gibraltar' is a 2019 Spanish-Argentine buddy road movie and madcap comedy with adventure elements directed by Alejo Flah, starring Joaqun Furriel, Dani Rovira and Ingrid Garca-Jonsson.
Plot
Diego (an Argentine con-man), Len (a grumpy Spanish taxi driver) and Sandra (a woman dissatisfied with her life), embark on a road trip to Gibraltar set to look out for a gold treasure purportedly hidden in the tunnels below The Rock.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by alongside Fernando Navarro. A SpainArgentina co-production, the film was produced by La Terraza Films, Atresmedia Cine, Ikiru Films, Sacromonte Films, Cdigo Sur Producciones and La Mano de Dios la Pelcula AIE alongside Film Tonic and AZ Films. It had the participation of Atresmedia, Amazon and Canal Sur, funding from the ICAA, support from , and the collaboration of INCAA and the Ibermedia programme. It was shot in Madrid, La Lnea, and Gran Canaria.
Release
'Taxi to Gibraltar' screened as the opening film of the 22nd Mlaga Spanish Film Festival on 15 March 2019. Distributed by Warner Bros Espaa, it also hit Spanish theatres on the same day. It premiered in Argentina on 14 November 2019.
Reception
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' gave the film 58 out of 100 films (overall assessment: "so-so"), considering that despite the good casting, the very good shooting and resourceful production, the film fails because of the writing. She highlighted the Spanglish-speaking police agents from Gibraltar to be the best thing about the film. She however deemed Garca-Jonsson's and Rovira's unfunny characters to be a drag, whereas supporting actors Jos Manuel Poga and Mona Martnez featured too little screentime.
Reviewing for 'Cinemana', Rubn Romero Santos scored 2 out of 5 stars, considering that despite a promising initial approach (successfully portraying the losers who cannot see the end of the economic crisis) the film is derailed by the inclusion of a romantic comedy, an episodic story and even an adventure-mystery story as subplots.
Juan Pando of 'Fotogramas' rated the film with 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Furriel's "touching" caricature of a deceitful 'Porteo' as the best thing about the film.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2019
* List of Argentine films of 2019
References
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