Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas

Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySantiago Segura
Written bySantiago Segura
Starring
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing de España
Release date
  • 3 October 2014 (2014-10-03) (Spain)
Running time
105 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€8,5 million
Box office€10,6 million

Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas is a 2014 Spanish action comedy film directed, written and starring Santiago Segura. It is the fifth installment of the Torrente film series, being a sequel to Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis.

Plot

The fiction starts in 2018, with Torrente getting out of jail. He decides to rob a casino (inspired in the Eurovegas hotel-casino project) together with the help of a bunch of incompetent people.[1]

Cast

As with other works by Santiago Segura, the film features a substantial number of cameos, including those of Josema Yuste,[2] Santiago Urrialde,[2] Falete,[2] El Gran Wyoming,[2] Imanol Arias,[2] Andrés Pajares,[2] Leo Harlem,[2] Chiquito de la Calzada,[2] Manuel Tallafé,[2] Xavier Deltell,[2] Ricardo Darín,[2] Juan Manuel Montilla, "El Langui",[2] Aníbal Gómez,[2] and El Rubius.[2]

Production

Torrente 5 had a budget of €8.5 million.[5] The film was produced by Amiguetes Enterprises (executive production) alongside Atresmedia Cine, Telefónica Studios and ONO.[6] It was written and directed by Santiago Segura whereas Teo Delgado was responsible for the cinematography.[7] The score was composed by Roque Baños.[8] Mónica Naranjo performs the vocals in the credit scene.[8] Filming began on 25 November 2013 and wrapped on 10 March 2014.[5] Shooting locations included the Madrid region, the Dominican Republic and the Province of Ciudad Real.[5]

Release

Photograph of a 5-story façade with open balconies. On top, lightbulb letters read "TORRENTE 5". Vertical surfaces are airbrushed with colorful realistic portraits and caricatures featuring Torrente and other characters.
A Torrente 5-inspired fairground attraction in Jerez, 2018.

Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing de España,[6] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 3 October 2014.[9] It became the third largest grossing Spanish film of 2014, after Spanish Affair and El niño.[6]

Awards and nominations

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201529th Goya AwardsBest Special EffectsAntonio Molina & Ferran PiquerNominated[10]

See also

References

Informational notes
  1. ↑ Comic duo formed by Luis Carlos Tortosa (Bigotes) and Álvaro Tortosa (Dientes).[4]
Citations
  1. ↑ "Torrente 5 Operación Eurovegas, El peliculón de Antena 3". 20minutos.es. 5 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "'Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas', ¿el final de la saga?". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Vázquez, Tamara; Moreno, Raquel (3 October 2014). "¿Quién es Quién en 'Torrente 5'?". Mcgufilms. Expansión.
  4. ↑ Téllez, Irene (26 February 2015). "Los humoristas 'Bigotes y Dientes' asaltan TVE en la noche de los lunes". Ideal.
  5. 1 2 3 "Finaliza el rodaje de 'Torrente 5', que se estrenará el 17 de octubre". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). 12 March 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "La cifra de espectadores de cine español creció un 117 por ciento en 2014". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Costa, Jordi (2 July 2014). "Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Torrente 5 viaja hasta 2018". La Región (in Spanish). 30 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Gómez, Chema (6 October 2014). "Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas, mejor estreno en 2014". ign.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Torrente 5, Operación Eurovegas" (in Spanish). Premios Goya. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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