The One-Handed Trick

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The One-Handed Trick
SpanishEl truco del manco
Directed by Santiago A. Zannou
Screenplay by
  • Santiago A. Zannou
  • Iván Morales
Starring
CinematographyAlbert Pascual
Edited byJaume Martí
Music byWoulfrank Zannou
Production
company
Media Films
Release dates
  • September 2008 (2008-09)(Zinemaldia)
  • 16 January 2009 (2009-01-16)(Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The One-Handed Trick (Spanish: El truco del manco) is a 2008 Spanish film directed by Santiago A. Zannou, which stars Juan Manuel Montilla "Langui" alongside Ovono Candela.

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Plot

The plot follows the attempts of two friends, Adolfo (hooked on heroin) and El Cuajo (a disabled man), of setting up a hip hop recording studio. [1] [2]

Cast

Production

The One-Handed Trick was produced by Media Films, and it had the participation of TVE. [6] Filming took place in locations belonging to the outskirts of Barcelona, including La Mina  [ es ]. [8]

Release

The film screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2008. [9] It was theatrically released in Spain on 16 January 2009.

Reception

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting "Zannou's rigor in building the story" as the best thing about the film, while citing a degree of "obviousness in the drawing of some characters" as a negative point. [4]

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that the film——"a too-rare incursion by Spanish film into the coarse realities of multiculturalism on its cities' outskirts"—features "a crudely makeshift feel that suits its subject". [6]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated it 3 out of 5 stars, considering that Zannou, "with few resources, without professional actors, but with a lot of enthusiasm, and at a rap rhythm", managed to craft "an undeceptive portrait of the reality of any city's slums" [3]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2009 23rd Goya Awards Best New Director Santiago A. ZannouWon [10]
Best New Actor Juan Manuel Montilla "Langui"Won
Best Original Song Woulfrank Zannou, Juan Manuel Montilla "Langui"Won

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References

  1. ↑ "'El truco del manco', candidata a tres Goyas, refleja el esfuerzo y los intentos de superación de los marginados". Europa Press . 9 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Elena, Alberto; Martín Morán, Ana (2016). "Transnational Contours and Representation Models in Recent Films about Immigration in Spain". In Oliete-Aldea, Elena; Oria, Beatriz; Tarancón, Juan A. (eds.). Global Genres, Local Films: The Transnational Dimension of Spanish Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 218. ISBN   978-1-5013-0298-5.
  3. 1 2 Crespo, Irene (16 January 2009). "El truco del manco". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  4. 1 2 Torreiro, Mirito (9 January 2009). "El truco del manco". Fotogramas .
  5. 1 2 Daura 2009, p. 254.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Holland, Jonathan (29 September 2008). "The One-Handed Trick". Variety .
  7. ↑ Daura, Miquel (2009). "El truco del manco. Un ejemplo de plan de marketing". Distribución y marketing cinematográfico. Manual de primeros auxilios. Barcelona: Publicacions i Edicions. Universidad de Barcelona. p. 254. ISBN   978-84-475-3404-3.
  8. ↑ Elena & Martín Morán 2016, pp. 218.
  9. ↑ Sendrós, Parana (23 September 2008). "San Sebastián: la hora española". Ámbito.
  10. ↑ "El truco del manco". premiosgoya.com . Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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