Turnip Top

Turnip Top (Spanish: Cara de acelga)[1][2][3] is a 1987 Spanish road movie and comedy film directed and starred by José Sacristán, also featuring Fernando Fernán Gómez, Marisa Paredes, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Miguel Rellán, Amparo Baró, and Amparo Soler Leal.

Turnip Top
SpanishCara de acelga
Directed byJosé Sacristán
Screenplay byJosé Sacristán
Story by
  • José Sacristán
  • Carlos Pérez Marinero
Produced byAlfredo Matas
Starring
CinematographyCarlos Suárez
Edited byJosé Luis Matesanz
Music byRicardo Miralles
Production
companies
  • INCINE
  • Jet Films
  • Lince Films
Release date
  • 20 January 1987 (1987-01-20)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

The plot follows the aimless adventures of hitchhiking drifter Antonio ("cara de acelga") and his encounters with a number of colourful characters.[4][5]

Cast

Production

The film is an Incine, Lince Films, and Jet Films production.[6] The screenplay was penned by Sacristán based on an original story by Sacristán and Carlos Pérez Merinero.[1]

Release

The film was theatrically released on 20 January 1987.[7] It made an in-year gross of 30,893,384 ₧ (104,149 admissions).[8]

Reception

Jordi Batlle Caminal of El País deemed Turnip Top to be "a film peppered with a thousand and one anecdotes and a motley crew of colorful characters", "comedy in its sad state".[9]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
19882nd Goya AwardsBest Production SupervisionMarisol CarniceroWon[10]
Best Supporting ActressMarisa ParedesNominated

See also

References
  1. Third Festival of Films from Spain in New York. 1987. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-92-0-007716-6 – via Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
  2. Schwartz, Ronald (2008). Great Spanish Films Since 1950. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. xxxvi. ISBN 978-0-8108-5405-5.
  3. "From Spain, a Schedule of Double Features". The New York Times. 27 March 1987.
  4. Bayón, Miguel (1995). José Sacristán. La memoria de la tribu. Huelva: Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva. p. 140. ISBN 9788475643625.
  5. Cara de acelga. 29 May 2008.
  6. "Cara de acelga". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. Asión Suñer, Ana (2019). Cuando el cine español buscó una tercera vía (1970-1980): Testimonios de una transición olvidada. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. p. 183. ISBN 9788417358976.
  8. Caparrós Lera, J.M (1992). "Cuadro 7. Relación de las cincuenta películas españolas de mayor número de espectadores en España en 1987". El cine español de la democracia: De la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos. p. 422. ISBN 84-7658-312-5.
  9. Batlle Caminal, Jordi (10 October 1990). "Cara de acelga". El País.
  10. Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 270, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
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