A group of youngsters try to sabotage Spain’s entry in a music competition in this unscripted, surreal Zulueta film featuring top bands of the era.
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Iván Zulueta's debut feature emerges as a playful and satirical exploration of youth rebellion and musical subcultures. Set against the backdrop of the Francoist era, the film follows a group of young musicians who own a record store specialising in British pop. When a song – Mentira, mentira (Lie, Lie) – they despise is selected to represent Spain in the fictional Mundocanal festival – a parody of the Eurovision Song Contest – they embark on a series of humorous and unconventional attempts to sabotage its success.
Shot without a traditional script, Un, dos, tres... al escondite inglés captures the spontaneous energy of its cast and the vibrant pop culture of the time. Featuring performances by prominent Spanish bands such as Fórmula V, Los Ángeles, and Los Pop Tops, the film intertwines music and narrative, reflecting the era's youth-driven cultural shifts of late-1960s Spain.
Iván Zulueta – Un, dos, tres... al escondite inglés
1969, 90 minutes, colour, Spanish spoken, English subtitles
With Patty Shepard, Judy Stephen, Mercedes Juste
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'𝘌𝘜𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘐𝘈 𝘌𝘚𝘗𝘈Ñ𝘈: 𝘐𝘷á𝘯 𝘡𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘢, 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴. 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘈𝘻𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰, 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘻 𝘓𝘰𝘣𝘰' 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘜𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘐𝘈 𝘌𝘚𝘗𝘈Ñ𝘈.
𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭.
𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘢 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘢ñ𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘪ó𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘢ñ𝘢.
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘰 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰, 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪ó𝘯 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘢ñ𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯.
You may also like the following events from Contour Series:
- Next Saturday, 11th October, 01:00 pm, Contour Series | EUROPALIA ESPAÑA: Iván Zulueta, Through the Looking-Glass in Mechelen
- This month, 16th October, 01:00 pm, [Nocturne] Contour Series | EUROPALIA ESPAÑA: Iván Zulueta, Through the Looking-Glass in Mechelen
- Next month, 15th November, 04:30 pm, Contour Series | Ocaña, retrato intermitent (1978) - VENTURA PONS i.h.k.v. BAFF in Mechelen
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