- Torremolinos 73
Infobox Film
name = Torremolinos 73
image_size = 175px
caption = Javier Cámara and Candela Peña in "Torremolinos 73"
director =Pablo Berger
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writer =Pablo Berger
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starring =Javier Cámara Candela Peña
Juan Diego
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released = 2003
runtime = 91 min.
country =Spain /Denmark
language = Spanish / Danish
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imdb_id = 0339806"Torremolinos 73" is a
2003 Spanish/Danishcomedy film directed byPablo Berger .Plot
The protagonist, Alfredo López, is an exasperated
encyclopedia salesman forMontoya Publishing House and lives with his faithful wife Carmen in1973 Spain . Carmen and Alfredo are offered by the Montoya Publishing House to createpornographic film s that will be imported intoScandinavia n countries under the pretence of being an audiovisual encyclopedia of human reproduction. Unknowingly, Carmen becomes an adult film star in theNorthern European countries though they are well-paid for their films. In the meantime Alfredo and Carmen are trying to have a child and Carmen discovers that Alfredo has a sperm count of zero.Inspired to become a film-maker, Alfredo writes a
Ingmar Bergman -inspired feature film titled "Torremolinos 73". His boss offers to fund the filming of it with Alfredo as director and Carmen as the female star.At Carmen's suggestion, Alfredo's boss changes the final scene so that Carmen is to have sex with her male co-star so as to get herself pregnant. Alfredo eventually accepts this and the film ends with the couple having a daughter, and Alfredo beginning a new career as a wedding film director.
Main cast
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Javier Cámara as Alfredo
*Candela Peña as Carmen
*Juan Diego as Carlos
*Malena Alterio as Vanessa
*Fernando Tejero as Juan Luis
*Mads Mikkelsen as MagnusExternal links
*imdb title|id=0339806|title=Torremolinos 73
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