Overview
José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when he receives the mysterious films of Pedro, with whom he shares his passion for cinema.
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Setting
Set in Segovia and Madrid
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Music
Music by Ivan Zulueta
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Iván ZuluetaScreenplay
- Original title
- Arrebato
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 9, 1980
- Original language
- Spanish
- Countries
- Spain
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In the United States
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Cast
Eusebio PoncelaJosé Sirgado
Cecilia RothAna Turner
Will MorePedro
Marta Fernández MuroMarta- Helena Fernán GómezGloria
- Carmen GiraltAunt Carmen
- Max MaderaMale Prostitute
- Javier UlaciaCamera Shop Clerk
- Rosa CrespoVamp
Luis CigesDoorman
AlaskaCake Girl (archive footage)- Antonio GassetFilm Editor (uncredited)
Pedro AlmodóvarGloria's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Iván ZuluetaPedro's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
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