The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo
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{{Infobox film
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo|nolink=y}}
| image = The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = {{Plain list|
- Juan Cavestany
- Enrique López Lavigne
}}
| producer = {{Plain list|
- Enrique López Lavigne
- Santiago Segura
- Álvaro Augustin
}}
| writer = {{Plain list|
- Juan Cavestany
- Enrique López Lavigne
}}
| starring = {{Plain list|
- Santiago Segura
- Javier Gutiérrez
- Pilar Castro
- Carmen de la Maza
- Gerardo Malla
- Coté Soler
- Guillermo Toledo
}}
| music = Miguel Malla
| cinematography = Teo Delgado
| editing = Iván Aledo
| production_companies = {{ubl|Amiguetes Entertainment|Apache Films|Estudios Picasso}}
| distributor = Warner Sogefilms
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2004|12|03}}
| runtime =
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| budget =
| gross = €3.4 million
}}
The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo ({{langx|es|El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo|links=no}}) is a 2004 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Juan Cavestany and Enrique López Lavigne, starring Javier Gutiérrez and Santiago Segura.
Plot
The plot follows Borjamari and Pocholo, a couple of (unadapted) posh brothers in their thirties still pending for finishing a licentiate degree in law, mentally stuck in the 1980s' musical scene (specifically obsessed with Mecano), and who refuse to leave the family home. Their once bullied cousin, Pelayo, now a successful person and womanizer, tells them that Mecano is reuniting and playing a gig in the outskirts of Madrid, where they travel together with their female counterpart, Paloma.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Javier Gutiérrez as Pocholo{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/04/23/cine/1082671210_850215.html|website=El País|title=Santiago Segura deja a Torrente por Borjamari, "un pijo, ossea"|date=23 April 2014|first=Raquel|last=Garzón}}
- Santiago Segura as Borjamari
- Pilar Castro as Paloma
- Carmen de la Maza as Concha de Robles{{Cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20220115202901/fallece-81-anos-actriz-carmen-de-la-maza-gt/|website=¡Hola!|title=Fallece a los 81 años la reconocida actriz Carmen de la Maza, el amor tardío de José Luis López Vázquez|date=15 January 2022}}
- {{ill|Gerardo Malla|es}}
- {{ill|Coté Soler|es}}
- Guillermo Toledo as Pelayo
- Patricia Vico
- María Ruiz
- {{ill|Carles Sans (actor)|es|Carles Sans|lt=Carles Sans}}
- Andrés Lima
- Javivi
}}
Production
The film was produced by Santiago Segura (on behalf of Amiguetes Entertainment), Enrique López Lavigne (Apache Films) and Álvaro Augustin (Estudios Picasso).{{Cite web|url=https://los40.com/los40/2004/04/16/actualidad/1082066400_275520.html|website=Los 40|title= Santiago Segura, un pijo en 'El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo'|date=16 April 2004}}
Release
Distributed by Warner Sogefilms,{{Cite journal|title=La cultura cinematográfica en la prensa escrita. Un estudio de la información, crítica y publicidad de estrenos en el diario El País|first=José Luis|last=Sánchez Noriega|page=229|journal=Ámbitos|year=2006|issue=15|url=https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16801512}} the film was theatrically released in Spain on 3 December 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2004/12/03/cine/1102028407.html|website=Metrópoli|via=El Mundo|first=Mayka|last=Sánchez|date=7 December 2004|title=El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo}}
It grossed over €3 million at the domestic box office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/20080708/cultura/gente-mala-calidad-acerca-20080708.html|website=Diario Sur|title='Gente de mala calidad' se acerca a los fracasados en clave de comedia|date=8 July 2008|first=C.|last=Arranz}}{{Refn|group=n.|The ICAA records a gross of €3,367,646.69 and 669,610 admissions.{{Cite web|url=https://infoicaa.mecd.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=129403|website=Catálogo de Cinespañol|publisher=ICAA|title=El asombroso mundo de Borjamari and Pocholo|access-date=30 January 2022}}}}
Reception
Reviewing for Fotogramas, Mirito Torreiro gave the film a negative review, scoring 1 out of 5 stars, highlighting Pilar Castro's performance as the best of the film while negatively assessing pretty much everything else, considering the film to be "one of the comedies with the least capacity to make people laugh of all the comedies that have been made in Spain in recent years".{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a9185/el-asombroso-mundo-de-borjamari-y-pocholo/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo|first=Mirito|last=Torreiro}}
Jonathan Holland of Variety wrote that the infantilism of the lead characters "is largely duplicated by the script, which tacks cliches and deja vu gags onto a threadbare plotline", considering that "teenage auds will find some ’80s references baffling, and older viewers, who may once have identified with the protags, will be relieved to find they’ve outgrown this sort of thing".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/the-amazing-world-of-borjamari-and-pocholo-1200528927/|date=28 December 2004|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|website=Variety|title=The Amazing World Of Borjamari And Pocholo}}
See also
Informational notes
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References
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External links
- [https://infoicaa.mecd.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=129403 The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo] at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol
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