Manolito Four Eyes (film)

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Manolito Four Eyes
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SpanishManolito Gafotas
Directed by Miguel Albaladejo
Screenplay by
Based on the character
by Elvira Lindo
Produced by Julio Fernández
Starring
CinematographyAlfonso Sanz Alduán
Edited byPablo Blanco
Music by Lucio Godoy
Production
companies
Distributed by Filmax
Release dates
  • 6 June 1999 (1999-06-06)(Málaga)
  • 25 June 1999 (1999-06-25)(Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Manolito Four Eyes [1] (Spanish: Manolito Gafotas) is a 1999 Spanish comedy film directed by Miguel Albaladejo based on the character created by Elvira Lindo.

Contents

Plot

The plot follows the mishaps of Manolito "Gafotas", a boy from the working-class neighborhood of Carabanchel, living with his mother, his grandfather, and his younger brother ('the Imbecile'), while his father is often away due to his job as a truck driver. [2] [3]

Cast

Production

The film is a Castelao Productions and Dos Ocho Cine production for Sogedasa. [6] Apart from writing duties, Lindo also played a small role as the agent Cardona. [3]

Release

The film premiered in a non-competitive slot of the Málaga Film Festival in June 1999. [7] Distributed by Filmax, [2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 25 June 1999. [8] It grossed €2,552,809 (691,758 admissions). [6]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that Albaladejo's sophomore feature "harnesses winsome perfs to spot-on child's-eye observation, making for an enjoyably refreshing hour and a half". [2]

Ángel Fernández-Santos in El País described the film as a "intelligent and very lively, fun, clean, free" comedy. [3]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2000
 14th Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Elvira Lindo, Miguel AlbaladejoNominated [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Manolito Four Eyes". Netflix. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (19 July 1999). "Manolito Gafotas". Variety .
  3. 1 2 3 Moreno, Arancha (19 May 2025). "'Manolito Gafotas', el niño de Carabanchel que conquistó "el mundo mundial"". Aisge.
  4. ↑ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 363. ISBN   84-271-2326-4.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Benavent 2000, p. 363.
  6. 1 2 Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 135.
  7. ↑ Márquez, Héctor (7 June 1999). "Albadalejo da carne a Manolito Gafotas". El País .
  8. ↑ Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 135. ISBN   978-84-460-2414-9.
  9. ↑ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 282, ISBN   978-84-9785-791-8
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