JOKES & CIGARETTES

09.04.2025

Spain, 2023, 117’

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Details
  • Director: David Trueba
  • Screenplay: Albert Espinosa, David Trueba
  • Cinematography: Sergi Vilanova Claudín
  • Editing: Marta Velasco
  • Music: Andrea Motis
  • Production: Ikiru Films, Atresmedia Cine y Televisión, La Terraza Films
  • Cast: David Verdaguer, Carolina Yuste, Pedro Casablanc, Marina Salas, Ramón Fontseré, Matilde Muñiz, César Tormo
  • 2024 Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain; Best Actor
  • 2024 Goya Awards; Best Lead Actor
  • 2024 Gaudí Awards; Best Female Lead
Recap

In the late 60s, Eugenio is a young jeweler who falls in love with Conchita, and the two of them form a musical duo. When she leaves music, he begins a career in comedy and eventually becomes one of the most important comedians in Spain.

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David Trueba

David Trueba was born in 1969 in Madrid, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for The Good Life (1996), Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013) and Soldiers of Salamina (2003).

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