Fotos (film)

Fotos is a 1996 Spanish surreal melodrama film written and directed by Elio Quiroga (in his directorial debut feature) which stars Gustavo Salmerón, Mercedes Ortega, and Miky Molina.

Plot
The plot follows the mishaps of sexually-repressed and virgin young woman Azucena who breaks up with her boyfriend and is sexually attacked by plastic artist César. Guided by a Virgin apparition, she takes refuge in a club, where she falls for well-off transvestite stripper Narciso.

Production
Fotos is a Plot Films and Comunicación Integral production, and it had the collaboration of Sogedasa. Shooting locations included Jávea and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The film was scored by Carles Casas, edited by Juan Carlos R. Arroyo, and lensed by Ángel Luis Fernández.

Release
The film was presented at the 29th Sitges Film Festival in October 1996. Distributed by Filmax, it was released theatrically in Spain on 22 November 1996. It has attained cult status.

Reception
Casimiro Torreiro of El País described the film as "a truly spectacular cross between passionate soap opera, homosexual and ghostly iconography, and surreal religious provocation".

Accolades

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 * colspan = "2" | Jury Special Prize || Won
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 * colspan = "2" | Jury Special Prize || Won
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