Taxi to Gibraltar

Taxi to Gibraltar
Taxi to Gibraltar
	Theatrical release Poster
Spanish	Taxi a Gibraltar
Directed by	Alejo Flah
Written by	Alejo Flah; Fernando Navarro;
Starring	Dani Rovira; Ingrid García-Jonsson; Joaquín Furriel;
Cinematography	Gris Jordana
Edited by	Antonio Frutos; Javi Frutos;
Music by	Aránzazu Calleja
Production; companies	La Terraza Films; Atresmedia Cine; Ikiru Films; Sacromonte Films; Código Sur Producciones; La Mano de Dios la Película AIE; Film Tonic; AZ Films;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	15 March 2019 (Spain); 14 November 2019 (Argentina);
Countries	Spain; Argentina;
Languages	Spanish; English; Spanglish;

Taxi to Gibraltar (Spanish: Taxi a Gibraltar) is a 2019 Spanish-Argentine buddy road movie and madcap comedy with adventure elements directed by Alejo Flah, starring Joaquín Furriel, Dani Rovira and Ingrid García-Jonsson.

Plot

Diego (an Argentine con-man), León (a grumpy Spanish taxi driver) and Sandra (a woman dissatisfied with her life), embark on a road trip to Gibraltar set to look out for a gold treasure purportedly hidden in the tunnels below The Rock.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Joaquín Furriel as Diego Manfredi^[2]
Dani Rovira as León Lafuente^[2]
Ingrid García-Jonsson as Sandra Sánchez^[2]
Mona Martínez as Justine^[2]^[3]
José Manuel Poga as Manchester^[2]^[3]
José Troncoso as José Manuel^[2]^[3]
Jorge García "Perrichi" as John Pérez^[3]
Juan Vinuesa as Raúl Pérez^[3]
María Hervás as Rosario^[3]
Fernanda Orazi as Alicia^[3]

Production

The screenplay was penned by Alejo Flah [es] alongside Fernando Navarro.^[2] A Spain–Argentina co-production,^[1] the film was produced by La Terraza Films, Atresmedia Cine, Ikiru Films, Sacromonte Films, Código Sur Producciones and La Mano de Dios la Película AIE alongside Film Tonic and AZ Films.^[4] It had the participation of Atresmedia, Amazon and Canal Sur, funding from the ICAA, support from ICEC [ca], and the collaboration of INCAA and the Ibermedia programme.^[5] It was shot in Madrid, La Línea, and Gran Canaria.^[6]

Release

Taxi to Gibraltar screened as the opening film of the 22nd Málaga Spanish Film Festival on 15 March 2019.^[7] Distributed by Warner Bros España,^[8] it also hit Spanish theatres on the same day. It premiered in Argentina on 14 November 2019.^[9]

Reception

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 58 out of 100 films (overall assessment: "so-so"), considering that despite the good casting, the very good shooting and resourceful production, the film fails because of the writing.^[1] She highlighted the Spanglish-speaking police agents from Gibraltar to be the best thing about the film.^[1] She however deemed García-Jonsson's and Rovira's unfunny characters to be a drag, whereas supporting actors José Manuel Poga and Mona Martínez featured too little screentime.^[1]

Reviewing for Cinemanía, Rubén Romero Santos scored 2 out of 5 stars, considering that despite a promising initial approach (successfully portraying the losers who cannot see the end of the economic crisis) the film is derailed by the inclusion of a romantic comedy, an episodic story and even an adventure-mystery story as subplots.^[10]

Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the film with 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Furriel's "touching" caricature of a deceitful Porteño as the best thing about the film.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hernández Luján, Raquel (14 March 2019). "Crítica de Taxi a Gibraltar, la nueva comedia de Dani Rovira". HobbyConsolas.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jimeno, Diego (1 April 2021). "'Taxi a Gibraltar', el viaje imposible de Dani Rovira, Joaquín Furriel e Ingrid García Jonsson". Diez Minutos.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Taxi a Gibraltar. Ficha artística". La Terraza Films. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Taxi a Gibraltar y Los Unwanted de Europa". Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. 15 March 2019.
^ "'Taxi a Gibraltar' de Alejo Flah, inaugurará el 22 Festival de Málaga". Diario Sur. 14 February 2019.
^ Silvestre, Juan (21 February 2019). "'Taxi a Gibraltar': avance, en primicia, de la buddy movie de Dani Rovira". Fotogramas.
^ "Dani Rovira abre el Festival de Málaga con 'Taxi a Gibraltar'". La Verdad.
^ "Dani Rovira, taxista "desesperado" y con problemas económicos en Taxi a Gibraltar:"El sistema no ayuda a ser más alegre"". Cultura Ocio. 15 March 2019.
^ "Taxi a Gibraltar". La Nación. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ Romero Santos, Rubén (13 March 2019). "Taxi a Gibraltar". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
^ Pando, Juan (12 March 2019). "Taxi a Gibraltar". Fotogramas.

External links

Taxi to Gibraltar at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol

[hobbyconsolas-1] Hernández Luján, Raquel (14 March 2019). "Crítica de Taxi a Gibraltar, la nueva comedia de Dani Rovira". HobbyConsolas.

[10min-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jimeno, Diego (1 April 2021). "'Taxi a Gibraltar', el viaje imposible de Dani Rovira, Joaquín Furriel e Ingrid García Jonsson". Diez Minutos.

[terrazafilms-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Taxi a Gibraltar. Ficha artística". La Terraza Films. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[4] "Taxi a Gibraltar y Los Unwanted de Europa". Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. 15 March 2019.

[5] "'Taxi a Gibraltar' de Alejo Flah, inaugurará el 22 Festival de Málaga". Diario Sur. 14 February 2019.

[6] Silvestre, Juan (21 February 2019). "'Taxi a Gibraltar': avance, en primicia, de la buddy movie de Dani Rovira". Fotogramas.

[7] "Dani Rovira abre el Festival de Málaga con 'Taxi a Gibraltar'". La Verdad.

[8] "Dani Rovira, taxista "desesperado" y con problemas económicos en Taxi a Gibraltar:"El sistema no ayuda a ser más alegre"". Cultura Ocio. 15 March 2019.

[9] "Taxi a Gibraltar". La Nación. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[10] Romero Santos, Rubén (13 March 2019). "Taxi a Gibraltar". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

[11] Pando, Juan (12 March 2019). "Taxi a Gibraltar". Fotogramas.

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