72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Trip to Spain

Michael Winterbottom
UK      108 m.
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Michael Winterbottom is on the road for the third time with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, after their success with The Trip and The Trip to Italy. Six meals in six different places on a road trip through Spain from the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean coast - visiting Cantabria, the Basque Country, Aragon, Rioja, Castile La Mancha and ending in Andalucia. Steve, now turned 50, is still chasing love - he wants to get back together with his ex-girlfriend Mischa, but she is with another man. Rob's acting career is going from strength to strength, his family life is fulfilling - he has had another child since Steve last saw him. Steve has just starred as a chef in a US TV series and is asked to do a set of restaurant reviews in Spain to publicise the show. As usual Rob will write the newspaper articles, this time using Don Quixote as inspiration. Meanwhile Steve is hoping to write a more ambitious book based on this trip and his earlier experiences in Spain. He imagines himself in the tradition of writers such as Orwell, Hemingway, and Laurie Lee. After all, Steve is now an Oscar nominated writer...

Director
Michael Winterbottom
Screenplay
Michael Winterbottom
Production
Revolution Films (United Kingdom)
Melissa Parmenter
Baby Cow (United Kingdom)
Small Man (United Kingdom)
Photography
James Clarke
Edition
Mags Arnold, Paul Monaghan, Marc Richardson
Music
NA
Cast
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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54 Lynette Ave.
SW4 9HD
London
United Kingdom
Running Time
108 m.
Country
UK
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