Sidetracked (2015 film)

Sidetracked (Spanish: Las ovejas no pierden el tren; transl. 'Sheep Do Not Miss the Train') is a 2015 comedy film written and directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero, which stars Inma Cuesta and Raúl Arévalo alongside Alberto San Juan, Candela Peña, Jorge Bosch, Irene Escolar and Kiti Mánver.

Sidetracked
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLas ovejas no pierden el tren
Directed byÁlvaro Fernández Armero
Written byÁlvaro Fernández Armero
Produced byJuan Gordon
Starring
CinematographyDavid Azcano
Edited byPaco Díaz
Production
companies
  • Morena Films
  • All My Friends & Family AIE
Distributed byeOne Films Spain
Release date
  • 30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

The plot follows a couple (Luisa and Alberto) at a low ebb, both in personal and professional terms, who decide to move to the countryside.[1]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Morena Films (Juan Gordon) and All My Friends & Family AIE, with the participation of TVE, Canal+ and the Cabildo of Gran Canaria.[5][6] It was shot in 2014.[5] Shooting locations included Madrid, Valdeprados and Gran Canaria.[5]

Release
Inma Cuesta and Álvaro Fernández Armero, during the presentation of the film at the 32nd Miami International Film Festival in March 2015.

Distributed by eOne Films Spain,[5] Sidetracked was theatrically released in Spain on 30 January 2015. The film was also selected to be the closing film of the 32nd Miami International Film Festival in March 2015.[7]

Reception

Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, extolling the performance delivered by Candela Peña as the best thing about the film.[2]

Javier Cortijo of Cinemanía scored 2½ out of 5 stars, summing up the film to be an "irregular rural and nineties apology from an expert in the latter", Fernández Armero, a staple of the (dated) 1990s Spanish romantic-urbanite dramedy genre.[8]

See also

References
  1. González, Rosario (28 January 2015). "Raúl Arévalo e Inma Cuesta se mudan al campo". Las Provincias.
  2. Vall, Pere (19 November 2014). "Las ovejas no pierden el tren. Para sagaces observadores de los treinta y muchos". Fotogramas.
  3. Álvarez, Guillermo (30 January 2015). "'Las ovejas no pierden el tren': Como la vida misma". ecartelera.
  4. "EXCLUSIVA: Una cita con Candela Peña en 'Las ovejas no pierden el tren'". Cinemanía. 26 January 2015 – via 20minutos.es.
  5. "'Las ovejas no pierden el tren' – estreno en cines 30 de enero". Audiovisual451. 25 January 2015.
  6. "Segovia y Madrid acogerán el rodaje de la película 'Las ovejas no pierden el tren', de Álvaro Fernández Armero". Europa Press. 10 March 2014.
  7. "'Las ovejas no pierden el tren' clausurará el Festival Internacional de Cine de Miami". Panorama Audiovisual. 3 February 2015.
  8. Cortijo, Javier (26 January 2015). "Las ovejas no pierden el tren". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
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