Going South Shopping

{{Infobox film

| native_name = {{infobox name module|es|Bajarse al moro|nolink=yes}}

| image = Bajarsealmoroposter.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Fernando Colomo

| screenplay = {{ubl|J. Luis Alonso de Santos|Joaquín Oristrell|Fernando Colomo}}

| producer = {{ubl|Carlos Durán|José Luis García Sánchez}}

| based_on = {{Based on|Bajarse al moro|José Luis Alonso de Santos}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{Plain list|

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| music = Pata Negra

| cinematography = Javier Salmones

| editing = Miguel Ángel Santamaría

| distributor =

| studio = {{ubl|Ion Films|Lolafilms}}

| released = {{Film date|1989|05|05|df=yes}}

| runtime = 83 min

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

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Going South Shopping ({{langx|es|Bajarse al moro|links=no|lit=Get Down to the Moor}}){{Cite book|first=Chris|last=Perriam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gUWAqpUPK0C&pg=PA56|page=56|title=Stars and Masculinities in Spanish Cinema: From Banderas to Bardem|year=2003|isbn=0-19-815996-X|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press}} is a 1989 Spanish comedy film directed by Fernando Colomo based on the play Bajarse al moro José Luis Alonso de Santos. It Verónica Forqué alongside Antonio Banderas, Juan Echanove, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.

Plot

The plot tracks the mishaps of Chusa (a drug trafficker 'going south' to Morocco to buy hashish) and other characters based in the neighborhood of Lavapiés in Madrid, including her cousin Jaimito, police agent Alberto, virgin Elena, and a family of nudists who run a clothing store. {{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/cine-espanol/bajarse-al-moro-desenfadada-comedia-sobre-las-buenas-intenciones|website=Espinof|title='Bajarse al moro', desenfadada comedia sobre las buenas intenciones|date=14 August 2010|first=Beatriz|last=Maldivia}}

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Verónica Forqué as Chusa{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2021-12-13/veronica-foque-mejores-peliculas_3340255/|title=Las mejores películas de Verónica Forqué: sus cuatro premios Goya y una bola extra|first=Paula|last=Corroto|date=13 December 2021|website=El Confidencial}}
Antonio Banderas as Albertico
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Elena
Chus Lampreave
Miguel Rellán
Juan Echanove as Jaimito

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Production

Based on José Luis Alonso de Santos's play Bajarse al moro, the screenplay was penned by Alonso de Santos alongside Fernando Colomo and Joaquín Oristrell.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CE-i_IEQhQEC&pg=PA400|page=400|first=Margarita|last=Piñero|title=La creación teatral en José Luis Alonso de Santos|year=2005|publisher=Editorial Fundamentos|location=Madrid|isbn=84-245-1021-6}} The film is an Ion Producciones and Lolafilms production.{{Cite web|access-date=27 October 2022|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/alece/registro_pelicula/?id=1387|title=Bajarse al moro}} The score was composed by the sibling duo Pata Negra consisting of Rafael Amador and Raimundo Amador.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRi1fTk7hVEC&pg=PA107|page=107|title=El jazz y sus espejos|volume=1|publisher=Ediciones de la Torre|year=2002|first=Joaquim|last=Romaguera i Ramió|location=Madrid|isbn=84-7960-307-0}} Shooting locations included Madrid, Chaouen, and Algeciras.{{Cite web|url=https://andaluciainformacion.es/jerez/223020/el-campo-de-gibraltar-un-extraordinario-plato-para-la-historia-del-cine/|website=Andalucía Información|author=Domínguez Saucedo|date=15 April 2012|title=El Campo de Gibraltar, un extraordinario plató para la historia del cine}} The dialogues incorporate elements of the cheli jargon characteristic of Madrid's outcast youth.{{Cite book|url=https://www.madrid.org/bvirtual/BVCM001017.pdf|title=Madrid y el cine. Panorama filmográfico de cien años de historia|location=Madrid|year=2000|publisher=Consejería de Educación. Comunidad de Madrid|isbn=84-451-1821-8|first1=Pascual|last1=Cebollada|first2=Mary G.|last2=Santa Eulalia|page=101}}

Release

The film opened in theatres on 5 May 1989.{{Sfn|Cebollada|Santa Eulalia|2000|p=101}}

Accolades

| rowspan = "6" align = "center" | 1990 || rowspan = "6" | 4th Goya Awards || Best Adapted Screenplay || Fernando Colomo || {{nom}} || rowspan = "6" | {{Citation |url=https://www.accioncultural.es/virtuales/premiosgoya/pdf/catalogo_expo_Goya_1987_2013.pdf|title=Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya|isbn=978-84-9785-791-8|year=2011|publisher=Lunwerg|pages=272–273}}

| Best Actress || Verónica Forqué || {{nom}}

| Best Supporting Actress || Chus Lampreave || {{nom}}

| Best Original Score || Pata Negra || {{nom}}

| Best Production Supervision || Andrés Santana || {{nom}}

| Best Sound || Miguel Ángel Polo, Enrique Molinero || {{nom}}