Scrambled Beer

{{Infobox film

| name = Scrambled Beer

| image = Scrambled Beer poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Cristóbal Valderrama

| writer = Cristóbal Valderrama
Carlos Labbé

| producer = Margarita Ortega

| starring = Diego Muñoz
Nicolás Saavedra

| cinematography = Jorge González Vasquez

| editing = María Teresa Viera-Gallo

| music = Cristián Schmidt

| studio = Cinepata
Forma Producciones

| distributor = BF Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2007|03|10|SXSW|2007|09|6|Chile}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = Chile

| language = Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Scrambled Beer (Spanish: Malta con huevo, {{lit|Malt with egg}}) is a 2007 Chilean science fiction comedy film directed by Cristóbal Valderrama (in his directorial debut){{Cite web |title=Malta con huevo : Búsqueda y experimentación |url=http://www.lafuga.cl/malta-con-huevo/126/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=laFuga |language=es}} and written by Valderrama & Carlos Labbé.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-09-05 |title=Director de "Malta con huevo": "No queremos cambiar el mundo, sino reírnos un poco" |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2007/09/05/274461/director-de-malta-con-huevo-no-queremos-cambiar-el-mundo-sino-reirnos-un-poco.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Emol |language=Spanish}} Starring Diego Muñoz and Nicolás Saavedra accompanied by Javiera Díaz de Valdés and Manuela Martelli.{{Cite web |title=Finaliza el rodaje del film chileno "Malta con huevo" |url=https://noticine.com/iberoamerica/36-iberoamerica/6459-finaliza-el-rodaje-del-film-chileno-malta-con-huevo.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=noticine.com}}

Synopsis

Two friends are going to live together. One of them -Vladimir- a nice, lazy and profiteering sculptor believes he is traveling through time. He goes to sleep on the day of the move and wakes up two weeks later, sleeping with his friend's girlfriend. Going back to sleep, wake up a week earlier, when a lot hasn't happened yet. The other friend -Jorge- is convinced that he has a superior mentality and to prove it he has decided to use Vladimir as his guinea pig.{{Cite web |title=Malta con huevo |url=https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/malta-con-huevo/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Cinechile |language=es}}

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=Reparto de Malta Con Huevo (película 2007). Dirigida por Cristóbal Valderrama |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/peliculas/malta-con-huevo-114922/actores |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Reparto Completo de Malta con Huevo (Cine.com) |url=https://www.cine.com/pelicula/malta-con-huevo/reparto |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=cine.com |language=es}}

Diego Muñoz as Vladimir
Nicolás Saavedra as Jorge
Javiera Díaz de Valdés as Rocio
Manuela Martelli as Fedora
Patricio Díaz as Grandote
Mariana Derderián as Mónica
Aline Küppenheim as Bárbara
Alejandra Vega as Bar Waitress
Cristina Peña y Lillo as Grandote's Girlfriend
Rodrigo Salinas as Grandote's Cousin 1
Álvaro Salinas as Grandote's Cousin 2
Camilo Torres as Pedro
Lucia Baeza as Fedora's Grandmother
Isolda Cid as Fedora's Other Grandmother
Clemente Echavarry as Child Jorge
Paula Bravo as TV Fedora Murderer
Javiera Hernández as TV Fedora Victim
Francisco González Hermosilla as Taxi Driver

Production

Principal photography began on April 4, 2006, in Chile.{{Cite web |last= |title=Fuguet satisface su sed de trabajo con "Malta con huevo" |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/cine/cine-chileno/fuguet-satisface-su-sed-de-trabajo-con-malta-con-huevo/2006-03-06/183201.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Cooperativa.cl |language=Spanish}}

Release

Scrambled Beer had its world premiere on March 10, 2007, at the South by Southwest Film Festival,{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Brian |date=2007-02-06 |title=SXSW '07 {{!}} 61 World Premieres Set for 2007 Fest in Austin; Frank's "The Lookout" Opens March Event |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/sxsw-07-61-world-premieres-set-for-2007-fest-in-austin-franks-the-lookout-opens-march-event-75188/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} then it was screened in mid-August of the same year at the 3rd Santiago International Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=Festival de Santiago tiene sus favoritos |url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/secciones/21-festival-de-santiago-tiene-sus-favoritos/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=www.lahora.com.ec |language=es}} It was commercially released on September 6, 2007, in Chilean theaters.{{Cite web |title=LatAm cinema » Se estrena en Chile "Malta con huevo", ópera prima de Cristóbal Valderrama |url=https://www.latamcinema.com/se-estrena-en-chile-malta-con-huevo-opera-prima-de-cristobal-valderrama/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}

Reception

= Box-office =

In its first week on the billboard, it debuted in third place, attracting 10,143 viewers.{{Cite web |title=LatAm cinema » "Casa de remolienda", de Joaquín Eyzaguirre, lidera la taquilla chilena |url=https://www.latamcinema.com/casa-de-remolienda-de-joaquin-eyzaguirre-lidera-la-taquilla-chilena/ |access-date=2023-08-02}} In its second week, the film came in third place grossing $32,208.{{Cite web |title=Taquilla latina: Tres repiten, una arrasa en la primera mordida y otra sube de peso |url=https://noticine.com/industria/8856-taquilla-latina-tres-repiten-una-arrasa-en-la-primera-mordida-y-otra-sube-de-peso.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=noticine.com}} For its third week, it again ranked third reaching 27,431 viewers.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-09-28 |title="Casa de remolienda" supera los 50 mil espectadores |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2007/09/28/276904/casa-de-remolienda-supera-los-50-mil-espectadores.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Emol |language=Spanish}} After 10 weeks on the billboard, it caught a total of 38,417 viewers, collecting $90,611,892 Chilean pesos, becoming the fifth most successful national film of that year.{{Cite web |title=PELÍCULAS CHILENAS "ESTRENADAS" POR AÑO: AÑOS 2001 A 2008 |url=https://www.recam.org/_files/documents/peliculas_nacionales_en_chile_2001_2008.pdf |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726124914/https://www.recam.org/_files/documents/peliculas_nacionales_en_chile_2001_2008.pdf |archive-date=2023-07-26 }}

= Accolades =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Award / Festival

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref.

2007

|Film Festival of the North of Chile

|Audience Award

|Scrambled Beer

|{{Won}}

rowspan="6" |2008

| rowspan="6" |Pedro Sienna Awards

|Best Director

|Cristóbal Valderrama

|{{Nom}}

| rowspan="6" |{{Cite web |date=2016-03-04 |title="LA VIDA ME MATA" ACAPARÓ NOMINACIONES AL PREMIO "PEDRO SIENNA 2008" |url=https://candilejas.cl/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=244 |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094210/https://candilejas.cl/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=244 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-13 |title=Filme "La Vida Me Mata" ganó en los Sienna |url=http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/cultura-y-entretencion/filme-la-vida-me-mata-gano-en-los-sienna/2008-02-01/095633.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313080847/http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/cultura-y-entretencion/filme-la-vida-me-mata-gano-en-los-sienna/2008-02-01/095633.html |archive-date=2016-03-13 }}

Best Screenplay

|Cristóbal Valderrama & Carlos Labbé

|{{Won}}

Best Soundtrack

|Cristián Mascaró Libélula

|{{Nom}}

Best Art Direction

|Constanza Meza-Lopehandía

|{{Nom}}

Best Makeup

|Marcela Zamorano

|{{Nom}}