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With George Bush on My Mind
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Wikipedia article
'With George Bush on My Mind' (; ) is a 2003 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Joaqun Oristrell, which stars Javier Cmara, Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Mnguez and Mara Botto.
Plot
The plot follows a troupe of thespians preparing a stage play (Garca Lorca's 'Play Without a Title'). The replacement lead actor is also set to read an anti war manifesto at the end of the show.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by the four leads alongside Oristrell. A Centro de Nuevos Creadores and Garbo Producciones production, the film featured a "very small" budget, and it was shot in 3 weeks and a half.
Release
The film premiered at the 51st San Sebastin International Film Festival in September 2003. It was theatrically released in Spain on 17 October 2003.
Reception
Esteve Riambau of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, writing that the film came "from the guts" to show the actors' commitment to the campaign against the Iraq War, and that it also "becomes an excellent portrait of the world of comedians", praising its boldness as the best thing about it.
Casimiro Torreiro of 'El Pas' considered, that rather than an erudite dissection of a stage play, the film tries to "reproduce the emotional pulse of a few days, those of the first months of 2003, lived frantically"; the chronicle about the commitment to protest against the war in Iraq, also praising the performances of the two Bottos, Mnguez and Cmara.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2003
References
Category:2003 comedy-drama films
Category:Spanish comedy-drama films
Category:2000s Spanish-language films
Category:Anti-war films about the Iraq War
Category:Films about actors
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