El Calentito

{{Infobox film

| image = El Calentito poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| released = {{Film date|2005|04|24|Málaga|2005|06|24|Spain|df=yes}}

| director = Chus Gutiérrez

| screenplay = {{Plain list|

Juan Carlos Rubio
Chus Gutiérrez

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| producer = Tomás Cimadevilla

| starring = {{Plain list|

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| studio = {{ubl|Telespan 2000|Estudios Picasso}}

| editing = Nacho Ruiz-Capillas

| distributor = Buena Vista International

| cinematography = Kiko de la Rica

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

}}

El Calentito is a 2005 Spanish musical comedy film directed and co-written by Chus Gutiérrez. The cast stars Verónica Sánchez alongside Macarena Gómez, Juan Sanz, Ruth Díaz and Nuria González.

Plot

It is set in 1981 in Spain, having the so-called "movida madrileña" as a backdrop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2004/07/28/chus-gutierrez-rueda-calentito-filme-ambientado-movida-madrilena/0003_2893173.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|title=Chus Gutiérrez rueda "El calentito", un filme ambientado en la movida madrileña|date=28 July 2004}} Sara, a virgin girl, gets drunk after being abandoned by her boyfriend Toni. She joins all-female punk act "Las Siux" (initially formed by Leo, Carmen and Chus) after being told to replace Chus, who is leaving over personal and artistic discrepancies with the rest of the band. She is set to make her debut onstage on 23 February 1981, a date otherwise marked by the Tejero's coup d'état attempt.{{Cite web|url=http://noticine.com/festivales/4501-festival-de-malaga-no-hay-flores-muertas-en-el-calentito.html|website=Noticine|title=Festival de Málaga: No hay flores muertas en El Calentito|date=24 April 2005}}

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Verónica Sánchez as Sara{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2006/01/cultura/goya/peliculas/calentito.html|website=Goya 2006. Listado de películas nominadas|via=El Mundo|title=El Calentito|access-date=15 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115170017/https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2006/01/cultura/goya/peliculas/calentito.html|archive-date=15 January 2022}}
Macarena Gómez as Leo
{{ill|Juan Sanz|ca|Juan Sanz Zorita}} as Ernesto
Ruth Díaz as Carmen
Nuria González as Antonia
{{ill|Aitor Merino|es}} as Toni
Estíbaliz Gabilondo as Marta
{{ill|Jordi Vilches|es}} as Ferdy
Lluvia Rojo as Chus
{{ill|Nilo Mur|ca|Nilo Mur Zimmerman}} as Jorge
Antonio Dechent as Sr. Matas
Isabel Ordaz as Ana
Mariano Peña as Antonio.

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Production

The screenplay was penned by Gutiérrez alongside {{ill|Juan Carlos Rubio|es}},{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariocordoba.com/cultura/2005/07/15/mirada-hilarante-movida-38749897.html|website=Córdoba|title=Una mirada hilarante sobre la movida|date=17 May 2005}} and tried to depict both the "movida madrileña" and the "Transition". Gutiérrez herself had been a member of a band in the 1980s, Las Xoxonees. A Telespan 2000 and Estudios Picasso production, with the participation of Canal+, the film was shot in 2004 in Madrid.

Release

The film screened at the 8th Málaga Spanish Film Festival (FMCE) in April 2005. Distributed by Buena Vista Internacional, it was theatrically released in Spain on 24 June 2005.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that "thankfully lacking the earnestness of many movies with the same theme, pic's sheer exuberance carries it through its flaws".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/el-calentito-1200524728/|website=Variety|title=El Calentito|date=4 July 2005|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}

Reviewing for Fotogramas, {{ill|Esteve Riambau|es}} rated it with 3 out of 5 stars considering that with "without renouncing a critical and progressive vision" the film's point of view "avoids complacency like the plague", highlighting the film's self-ironic proposal and biographical honesty while citing the sometimes over-the-top caricature of the bad guys and some historical licenses as negative points.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a11459/el-calentito/|website=Fotogramas|title=El calentito|first=Esteve|last=Riambau|date=29 May 2008}}

Reviewing for El País, Casimiro Torreiro considers that Gutiérrez comes out of it well with her "self-ironic" proposal, writing that the story features "a desire to come to terms with the past, but also the will to do so with sufficient doses of irony so that there is no opportunity for nostalgia to show itself".{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2005/06/24/cine/1119564004_850215.html|website=El País|title=Aquellos maravillosos años|date=24 June 2005|first=Casimiro|last=Torreiro}}

Accolades

| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2005 || rowspan = "2" | 8th Málaga Spanish Film Festival || Silver Biznaga for Best Cinematography || Kiko de la Rica || {{won}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/otros-festivales-de-cine/biznaga-de-oro-para-tapas|website=Espinof|date=30 April 2005|title=Biznaga de Oro para Tapas|first=Raúl|last=Rosales}}

| AISGE Award for Best New Performer || Nuria González || {{won}}

| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2006 || 20th Goya Awards || Best Makeup and Hairstyles || Fermín Galán, Jorge Hernández || {{nom}} || {{Cite web|access-date=15 January 2022|title=El Calentito|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/el-calentito/|website=premiosgoya.com}}

| 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best New Actress || Ruth Díaz || {{nom}} || {{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/03/30/cultura/1143731270.html|website=El Mundo|date=30 March 2006|title=Manuel Alexandre, Carmelo Gómez y Adriana Ozores optan entre otros a los XV Premios Unión de Actores}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/otros-festivales-de-cine/candela-pena-y-manuel-alexandre-premiados-por-la-union-de-actores|website=Espinof|language=es|title=Candela Peña y Manuel Alexandre premiados por la Unión de Actores|date=30 May 2006|first=Beatriz|last=Maldivia}}