Isi-Disi, Rough Love

Isi-Disi, Rough Love
Theatrical release poster
SpanishIsi/Disi: Amor a lo bestia
Directed byChema de la Peña
Screenplay by
  • Joaquín Górriz
  • Miguel Ángel Fernández
Produced byAndrés Vicente Gómez
Starring
CinematographyUnax Mendía
Edited byAntonio Lara
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
  • Lolafilms
  • MTV Films Europe
  • Intuition Films
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release date
  • 23 July 2004 (2004-07-23)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Isi-Disi, Rough Love (Spanish: Isi/Disi: Amor a lo bestia) is a 2004 Spanish comedy film directed by Chema de la Peña [es] from a screenplay by Joaquín Górriz and Miguel Ángel Fernández which stars Santiago Segura, Jaydy Michel, and Florentino Fernández.

Plot

The plot follows the implementation of courtship mechanisms by kalimotxo-loving metalhead friends from Leganés (Isi and Disi) with beautiful and posh Joaquín Sabina-loving Mexican university student Vanessa.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Lolafilms and MTV Films Europe in association with Intuition Films, and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+.[2] It boasted a €3.6 million budget.[4]

Release

Distributed by United International Pictures (UIP),[2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 23 July 2004. It was the second largest-grossing Spanish film at the domestic box office in 2004.[5]

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of El País warned that "its coarse comic tone, its gutted humor, and its textbook patriarchalism make this film strictly inadvisable for sensible spirits".[6]

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the "desperately unimaginative script is compensated for by cast's obvious determination to have a good time and thesps' marquee power".[2]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2005 19th Goya Awards Best Sound Antonio Rodríguez "Mármol", Nacho Royo Villanova, Patrick Ghislain Nominated [7][8]
Best Original Song "La rubia de la cuarta fila" by Joaquín Sabina Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ Mateo Ruiz-Gálvez, Juan José (23 July 2004). "La música 'heavy' une a Santiago Segura y Florentino Fernández". El País.
  2. ^ a b c d Holland, Jonathan (29 July 2004). "Isi-Disi, Rough Love". Variety.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Parodia en bruto del mundo heavy". ABC. 23 July 2004.
  4. ^ "Santiago Segura y Florentino Fernández se convierten en rockeros de risa en 'Isi-Disi'". El Mundo. 2 December 2003.
  5. ^ "El aragonés José Ángel Delgado estrena mañana en Zaragoza su primer largometraje, titulado 'Cromos'". Europa Press. 10 December 2008.
  6. ^ Torreiro, Casimiro (23 July 2004). "Gamberro y desagradable". El País.
  7. ^ Luengo, Álvaro (13 February 2022). "Joaquín Sabina y Leiva, 'Tan joven y tan viejo', la lección musical de los Goya 2022". Esquire.
  8. ^ "Isi & Disi". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 25 July 2023.