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The Bicycle
2006 Spanish film
The Bicycle (Spanish: La bicicleta) is a 2006 Spanish drama film directed by Sigfrid Monleón [es] from a screenplay by Martín Román. It stars Pilar Bardem, Sancho Gracia, Bárbara Lennie, Javier Pereira, and Alberto Ferreiro.
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Spanish | La bicicleta |
Directed by | Sigfrid Monleón |
Screenplay by | Martín Román |
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Cinematography | Alfonso Parra |
Edited by | Ángel Armada |
Music by | Joan Valent |
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Distributed by | Nirvana Films |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Set in Valencia,[1] the plot follows three stories developing around a bicycle. Boy Ramón exchanges his bike at Mario's workshop, and the bike ends up in the hands of young student and courier Julia, who comes across old woman Aurora, and lends her the bike.[2][3]
- Pilar Bardem as Aurora[3]
- Sancho Gracia as Mario[3]
- Bárbara Lennie as Julia[3]
- Javier Pereira as Santi[3]
- Alberto Ferreiro [es] as Luis[3]
- José Miguel Sánchez as Ramón[3]
- Carlos Bardem as Antonio[4]
- Rosana Pastor as Victoria[4]
- Juan José Otegui [es] as Eugenio[3]
- Albert Forner [es] as Guzmán[4]
- Sergi Calleja as activista[4]
- Cristina Plazas as Angeles[4]
- Carmen Belloch [es] as Carmencin[4]
- Cristóbal Suárez [es] as Vicente[4]
The screenplay was penned by Martín Román.[5] The film was produced by Indigo Media, Wanda Vision and Fenix and it had the participation of Spanish and Valencian pubcasters TVE and RTVV.[6] It was fully shot in Valencia.[7]
The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in March 2006.[2][8] Distributed by Nirvana Films,[6] it was released theatrically in Spain on 30 June 2006.[9]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "well-intentioned but wobbly".[6]
- Estrada, Javier (30 June 2006). "Actuar es un lujo que sólo unos pocos pueden permitirse". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
- Bosco, Roberta (30 June 2006). "Sigfrid Monleón aborda el consumismo y la utopía en 'La bicicleta'". El País.
- "La bicicleta". Wanda Films. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- Holland, Jonathan (11 April 2006). "The Bicycle". Variety.
- Türschmann, Jörg (2021). "La bicicleta en el cine de ficción. El medio de transporte del buscavidas" [The bicycle in feature films. The hustler’s means of transport]. deSignis. 34. Federación Latinoamericana de Semiótica: 189–201. doi:10.35659/designis.i34p189-201. hdl:2133/21365.
- "La bicicleta". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.