Airbag (1997)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Juanma Bajo Ulloa

Writers:

Juanma Bajo Ulloa (writer)
Karra Elejalde (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 June 1997 (Spain)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Mommy's boy Konradin is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Juantxo and Paco, he loses his...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Road | Absurdism

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Fernando Guillén Cuervo	...	Konradín
Karra Elejalde	...	Juantxo
Alberto San Juan	...	Pako
Manuel Manquiña	...	Pazos
Maria de Medeiros	...	Fátima do Espíritu Santo
Francisco Rabal	...	Villambrosa
Rosa Maria Sardà	...	Aurora
Luis Cuenca	...	Souza
Pilar Bardem	...	La Herme
Karlos Arguiñano	...	Don Serafín
Albert Pla	...	Sacerdote
Vicenta N'Dongo	...	Vanessa
Raquel Meroño	...	Araceli
Fernando Sansegundo	...	Touriño
Aitor Mazo	...	Pintinho

Also Known As:

Airbag - Jetzt knallt's richtig! (Germany) (TV title)
Airbag - tre uomini e un casino (Italy) [it]
Poduszka powietrzna (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Spain | Portugal | Germany

Language:

Spanish | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Asegarce Zinema

Quotes:

Candidato Paiño: [while being arrested for pederasty] How would I know that she was 8? She told me she was 20... Shame on their fathers, who dress them like whores!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Año Mariano (2000)

Soundtrack:

Soy rebelde

Laughther over four wheels

Well, this is a fast crazy road trip movie with lot of funny situations and with a bunch of very hilarious characters. Everything starts with the wedding preparatives of a wealthy vasconian couple from northern Spain. The father of the man, who gambles his life on a poisoned omelette "roulette", to get the money to keep his honor in front of his haughty ex-wife and relatives. The four guys who decide to have their bachelor's party on a whorehouse where the engage ring disappears under suspictious circumstances, after a crazy night of delirious party with a beautiful cuban dancer.

This is the starting point of a hunting of the four guys after the ring, a "fraternity" that steals a test Volvo from the garage and runs after the mob's goodfather who found the ring, all over the northern coast of Spain towards Galicia.

Taken by the gangsters as drug dealers, pursued by the Guardia Civil and the mob, everything that you can imagine is far from the stupid things that may happen to these guys.

It was a great hit in Spain, and lots of funny words and phrases perdured in the joke slang of many spaniards.

Favourite characters: Pazos: The mob's lieutenant who's cell phone call to his wife made hundreds to jump out their seats in laughter: "Qué pofesioná" Bachelor's father: Famous Spanish chef takes the role of authentic vasconian who's love for good food and red wine is only comparable with his gamble addiction to "Pelota Vasca". His speech in the pre-wedding dinner is great: "... Here my son, a lawyer, just finished college at 30 years old ..." ... "Con dos cojones !!" :-D