Sleepless in Madrid
{{Infobox film
| image = Sleepless in Madrid poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Insomnio|nolink=yes}}
| director = Chus Gutiérrez
| screenplay = {{ubl|Chus Gutiérrez|Juan Flahn|Fernando León}}
| cinematography = Arnaldo Catinari
| music = Mateo Alonso
| starring = {{ubl|Cristina Marcos|Candela Peña|Ernesto Alterio|María Pujalte|Ginés García Millán}}
| studio = {{ubl|Sogetel|Boca Boca Producciones}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|02|13}}
| budget = 250 million ₧
}}
Sleepless in Madrid or Insomnia ({{langx|es|Insomnio|links=no}}){{Harvnb|Gómez Alonso|2011|p=119}}; {{Harvnb|Colmeiro|Gabilondo|2013|p=88}} is a 1998 Spanish comedy film directed by Chus Gutiérrez. It stars Cristina Marcos, Candela Peña, Ernesto Alterio, María Pujalte and Ginés García Millán.
Plot
Set in Madrid, focusing on the psychological developments and casual relationships through the urban routine of a group of young people,{{sfn|Gómez Alonso|2011|p=119}} and bringing in elements of costumbrismo mixed with metaphors of a "self-absorbed" social environment,{{Sfn|Losilla|1999|p=68}} the plot tracks the lives of three sleepless people, Evan, Alba and Juan (and their partners) during the hot summer. Adrián is with Alba (a mother who has just given birth) whereas Juan is worried by his future with his would-be wife Isabel.{{sfn|Gómez Alonso|2011|p=119}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Cristina Marcos as Eva
- Candela Peña as Alba
- Ernesto Alterio as Juan
- María Pujalte as Isabel{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a8804/insomnio2/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=Insomnio}}
- Ginés García Millán as Adrián{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=309}}
- Fele Martínez as Rafa
- Pedro Alonso
- Chete Lera as Agustín{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|page=309}}
- Alberto San Juan
- {{ill|Saturnino García|es}} as padre de Isabel{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=309}}
- {{ill|Celia Ballester|es}} as madre de Isabel{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=309}}
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Production
The screenplay is the result of the mashup of three different screenplays (two of them jointly worked by Chus Gutiérrez and {{ill|Juan Flahn|es}} and a third one in which Fernando León de Aranoa also participated). The film was produced by Bocaboca and Sogetel.{{Sfn|Colmeiro|Gabilondo|2013|p=88}}{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/02/11/cultura/887151605_850215.html|website=El País|title=Chus Gutiérrez habla en 'Insomnio' de la soledad, el vértigo y la pérdida del sueño|date=11 February 2018|first=Teresa|last=Cendros}} Arnaldo Catinari was responsible for the cinematography whereas Mateo Alonso was responsible for the music. The budget amounted to 250 million ₧.
Release
The film was theatrically released in Spain on 13 February 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sensacine.com/peliculas/pelicula-137603/|website=Sensacine|title=Insomnio|access-date=14 June 2022}}
Reception
Augusto Martínez Torres of El País assessed the film to be a "fun comedy that works perfectly".{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/02/24/cultura/888274811_850215.html|date=24 February 1998|first=Augusto|last=Martínez Torres|title=Una divertida comedia realista|website=El País}}
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book|first1=José|last1=Colmeiro|first2=Joseba|last2=Gabilondo|title=A Companion to Spanish Cinema|editor-first=Jo|editor-last=Labanyi|editor-first2=Tatjana|editor-last2=Pavlović|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|year=2013|isbn=978-1-4051-9438-9|chapter=Negotiating the Local and the Global: Andalusia, the Basque Country, and Galicia|pages=81–110}}
- {{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=osqY14bYoI0C&pg=PA119|title=World Film Locations Madrid|isbn=978-1-84150-568-8|publisher=Intellect Books, The University of Chicago Press|year=2011|chapter=Bright Young Things: Neo-existentialism in Madrid cinema of the 1990's|first=Rafael|last=Gómez Alonso|pages=118–120}}
- {{Cite journal|title=El fantasma, su sombra y el lector por horas. Diez apuntes sobre el cine español de 1998.|first=Carlos|last=Losilla|url=https://riunet.upv.es/bitstream/handle/10251/42344/BANDA_APARTE_014-015_017.pdf?sequence=4|journal=Banda aparte: Revista de Cine - Formas de Ver|issn=1138-1981|issue=14–15|year=1999|pages=62–70|via=Universitat Politècnica de València|location=Valencia}}
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