Doghead (film)

Doghead (Spanish: Cabeza de perro) is a 2006 Spanish drama film directed, written and scored by Santi Amodeo starring Juan José Ballesta and Adriana Ugarte.

"Cabeza de perro" redirects here. For the pirate, see Cabeza de Perro.
Doghead
Theatrical release poster
SpanishCabeza de perro
Directed bySanti Amodeo
Written bySanti Amodeo
Produced byJosé Antonio Félez
Starring
CinematographyAlex Catalán
Edited byJosé M. G. Moyano
Music bySanti Amodeo
Production
companies
  • Tesela PC
  • La Zanfoña
Distributed byAlta Classics
Release date
  • 6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)
CountrySpanish
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Displaying a fable-like tone and an omniscient off-camera narrator,[1] the plot tracks the mishaps of Samuel, affected by a rare neurological condition and overprotected by his family.[2]

Cast

Production

A Tesela Producciones Cinematográficas and La Zanfoña Producciones production,[8] the film had the participation of Canal Sur and Canal+.[3] Shooting took place in Seville, Costa del Sol and Madrid.[5][7]

Released

Distributed by Alta Classics,[3] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 6 October 2006. The film also screened at the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival held in June 2007.[9]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety, deemed Doghead to be a "revitalizing, winsomely idiosyncratic" film, with the result of Amodeo's craft being "a visually striking, deceptively subtle item that revels in its unconventionality".[3]

Javier Ocaña of El País, considered that the film possesses "a very special magic and a strange poetry", blending in "a modern visualization and a script between the profound and the candorous".[1]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
200721st Goya AwardsBest New ActressAdriana UgarteNominated[8]
10th Shanghai International Film FestivalBest ActorJuan José BallestaWon[10]

See also

References
  1. Ocaña, Javier (6 October 2006). "Magia demente". El País.
  2. Marinero, Ismael (6 October 2006). "Cabeza de perro". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  3. Holland, Jonathan (16 October 2006). "Doghead". Variety.
  4. "10 años del estreno de 'Cabeza de perro': el ascenso de Adriana Ugarte y el estancamiento de Juan José Ballesta". Bekia. 6 October 2016.
  5. Molina, Margot (16 December 2005). "Santiago Amodeo rueda en Sevilla 'Cabeza de perro'". El País.
  6. Oliver, Amy Dolin (2013). Changing perspectives at the Goya awards: migrant and ethnic identity construction in contemporary spanish cinema (2004-2011). Granada. Universidad de Granada. p. 271.
  7. Ginart, Belén (6 October 2006). "Juan José Ballesta recrea a un joven en busca de su identidad". El País.
  8. "Cabeza de perro". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. "La película 'Cabeza de perro' sorprende en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Shanghai". El Mundo. 21 June 2007.
  10. "Juan José Ballesta, mejor actor en el Festival de Shangai". Diario Sur. 25 June 2007.
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