Jokes & Cigarettes

Jokes & Cigarettes (2023)

Saben aquell

Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.

Date of release
2023-11-01
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (61)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
David Trueba

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $986.6K
  • Awards: 7 · Nominations: 6. Including: Gaudí Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role; Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role; Gaudí Award for Best Art Direction; Gaudí Award for Best Production Director

Jokes & Cigarettes is a 2023 Spanish biographical drama film directed by David Trueba from a screenplay by Trueba and Albert Espinosa which stars David Verdaguer as comedian Eugenio alongside Carolina Yuste. It features Catalan- and Spanish-language dialogue.

Production

The screenplay was penned by Albert Espinosa based on the books Eugenio and Saben aquell que diu by Gerard Jofra, Eugenio's son. The film is an Ikiru Films, Atresmedia Cine and La Terraza Films production, and it had the participation of Atresmedia, Movistar+, and HBO Max and backing from ICEC and TVC.

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