No Pain, No Gain (2001 film)

No Pain, No Gain
Theatrical release poster
SpanishMás pena que gloria
Directed byVíctor García León
Screenplay by
Produced byAna Huete
Starring
Music byDiego San José
Production
company
Olmo Films
Distributed byAlta Classics
Release dates
  • June 2001 (2001-06) (Málaga)
  • 6 July 2001 (2001-07-06) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget138 million ₧

No Pain, No Gain (Spanish: Más pena que gloria)[n. 1] is a 2001 Spanish film directed by Víctor García León which stars Bárbara Lennie and Biel Duran.

Plot

Displaying a far from idyllic vision of the teenage years, the fiction follows David, a teenager who finds out that, like everyone else, he is actually quite of a loser.[2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by the director Víctor García León alongside Jonás-Groucho.[2][4] The score was composed by Diego San José.[2] Ana Huete took over production duties.[2] An Olmos Films production,[5] the film had a 138 million ₧ budget.[2]

Release

The film screened at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival in June 2001, where it was well received.[6][4] Distributed by Alta Classics,[3] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 6 July 2001.

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2001 4th Málaga Spanish Film Festival Silver Biznaga for Best Actor Biel Durán Won [7]
2002 16th Goya Awards Best New Director Víctor García León Nominated [5]
Best New Actor Biel Durán Nominated

See also

Notes

  1. ^ lit. ''More grief than glory''. The original title is also a pun as Gloria is also the name of a character. This is foregrounded by the original film poster (primarily displaying the aforementioned character) and its disjointed tipography.[1]

References

  1. ^ Díaz-Pérez, Francisco Javier (2014). "Relevance Theory and translation: Translating puns in Spanish film titles into English". Journal of Pragmatics. 70: 120. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2014.06.007.
  2. ^ a b c d e Fernández-Santos, Elsa (29 June 2001). "Juventud, ese maldito tesoro". El País.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Guía didáctica para el profesorado. Más pena que gloria". Cine y Salud. Gobierno de Aragón: 2. 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Más pena que gloria". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Más pena que gloria". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. ^ Márquez, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro (7 June 2001). "Excelente acogida en el Festival de Málaga del debú de Víctor García-León, 'Más pena que Gloria'". El País.
  7. ^ Hopewell, John (10 June 2001). "'Shame' game at Malaga". Variety.