Chill Out!
Theatrical release poster
SpanishDescongélate!
Directed byFélix Sabroso
Dunia Ayaso
Written by
  • Félix Sabroso
  • Dunia Ayaso
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKiko de la Rica
Edited byJosé Salcedo
Music byMariano Marín
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Sogefilms
Release dates
  • July 2003 (2003-07) (L'Alfàs del Pi)
  • 22 August 2003 (2003-08-22) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Chill Out! (Spanish: Descongélate!) is a 2003 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso which stars Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, and Rubén Ochandiano.

Plot

Set in a multicultural neighborhood of Madrid, the plot follows struggling bit-part actor and impersonator Justo Santos, who is offered a lead role by film director Aitor, with the latter promptly dying from drug overdose, seemingly thwarting Justo and Justo's family (brother Berto, wife Iris, and mother Katy) yearnings to solve their dire economic hardships.[1][2][3]

Cast

Production

The film is an El Deseo, Mediapro, and Filmanova production, with the participation of Telemadrid, Canal+, and Antena 3.[1]

Release

The film screened at the 15th L'Alfàs del Pi Film Festival in July 2003.[6] Distributed by Warner Sogefilms,[1] it was released theatrically in Spain on 22 August 2003.[2] It opened to a so-so €222,000 opening weekend gross at the domestic box office, but good word-of-mouth took it to €1.1 million after four weeks.[3]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that the helmers' disposable work in earlier films "settles down into something like maturity without losing its contempo edge, and first-rate performances discover unsuspected depths in the derivative, over-the-top plotline about people frantically trying to improve their lot".[1]

Jennifer Green of ScreenDaily deemed to film to be a "a sharp yet ultimately gentle comedy".[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Holland, Jonathan (23 September 2003). "Chill Out!". Variety.
  2. 1 2 "Descongélate". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Green, Jennifer (19 September 2003). "Chill Out (Descongelate)". ScreenDaily.
  4. 1 2 3 Ayala, Miguel (3 September 2023). "20 años de un rodaje «feliz»". La Provincia. Prensa Ibérica.
  5. 1 2 Silvestre, Juan (31 August 2018). "'El Ángel' y otras 19 películas producidas por El Deseo". Fotogramas.
  6. ↑ "El vallisoletano Iván Sáinz, mejor director de cortos en L'Alfàs". El País. 13 July 2003.
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