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Backroads (1997 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Backroads' is a 1997 road movie directed by Emilio Martnez-Lzaro and written by Ignacio Martnez de Pisn, adapting the latter's novel 'Carreteras secundarias'. It stars Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verd and Miriam Daz Aroca.
Plot
Set in 1974, during the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship, the plot follows the journey of salesman Lozano and his son Felipe driving a Citron DS along the Spanish coast.
Cast
Production
Penned by Ignacio Martnez de Pisn, the screenplay is an adaptation of Martnez de Pisn's 1996 novel 'Carreteras secundarias'. The films is a Olmo Films, Sogecine, Kaplan and Fernando Trueba PC production, and it had the participation of Sogepaq and Canal+.
Release
The film screened out of competition at the 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in 1997. Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 28 November 1997.
Accolades
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| rowspan = "center" rowspan = "2" | 1998 || rowspan = "2" | 12th Goya Awards || Best Adapted Screenplay || Ignacio Martnez de Pisn || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Best New Actor || Fernando Ramallo ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 1997
References
Category:Films set in 1974
Category:Films set in Spain
Category:Spanish drama road movies
Category:1990s drama road movies
Category:1990s Spanish-language films
Category:Sogecine films
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