Golden Balls (film)

Golden Balls
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Huevos de oro
Directed by	Bigas Luna
Written by	Cuca Canals Bigas Luna
Produced by	Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring	Javier Bardem Maria de Medeiros Maribel Verdú Élisa Touati Raquel Bianca
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine
Edited by	Carmen Frías
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Production companies	LolaFilms Filmauro Hugo Films Lumière
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release date	24 September 1993 (1993-09-24)(Spain)
Running time	95 min.
Countries	Spain Italy France
Language	Spanish

Golden Balls (Spanish: Huevos de oro) is a 1993 film directed by Bigas Luna which stars Javier Bardem.

Plot

Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let nothing get in his way. He marries the daughter of a billionaire, intending to use her father's money to realise his project. Benito waltzes his way through a career of excess, fetishes and deceptions, but the personal conflicts he unleashes ultimately send his life spiraling down to disaster.

The film makes direct and symbolic references to the work of Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Cast

• Javier Bardem as Benito González ^[1]
• Maria de Medeiros as Marta ^[1]
• Maribel Verdú as Claudia ^[1]
• Elisa Touati as Rita ^[1]
• Raquel Bianca as Ana ^[1]
• Alessandro Gassmann as Miguel ^[1]
• Francesco Dominedò  [ it ] as Mosca ^[1]
• Albert Vidal  [ es ] as Folch ^[1]
• Benicio del Toro as Bob ^[1]
• Ángel de Andrés as Gil ^[1]

Production

The film was produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez. ^[2] Exterior filming included Benidorm, Melilla, and Miami.

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 24 September 1993. ^[3]

Reception

Peter Besas of Variety decried Golden Balls as a "meretricious and ultimately non-erotic film". ^[2]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1993

References

Citations

1. Sanabria 2007, p. 21.
2. Besas, Peter (18 October 1993). "San Sebastian Huevos de Oro". Variety .
3. Benavent 2000, p. 303.

Bibliography

• Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. ISBN   84-271-2326-4.
• Sanabria, Carolina (2007). "Huevos de oro (1993): el declive del macho ibérico" (PDF). Comunicación. 16 (2). Cartago: Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica: 16–23. ISSN   0379-3974.

External links

• Huevos de oro at IMDb
• Golden Balls at Rotten Tomatoes