Course Completed

Course Completed (1987)

Asignatura aprobada

A 50-year-old playwright (Jesus Puente) bemoans his fate from his secluded home in Northern Spain in this depressing drama. Side plots include an actress and former acquaintance who comes to visit and his amorous diversions with a 20-year-old local woman.

Date of release
1987-04-09
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
José Luis Garci

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

Course Completed is a 1987 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci. The film was an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards.

Production

The project stemmed from a conversation with former football player and then-manager of Sporting de Gijón, José Manuel Fernández, and from a sentence he wrote at the Reconquista Hotel in Oviedo before presenting the Premios Princesa de Asturias de las Artes award to Luis García Berlanga: "In my life, there have always been two days left, two completely useless days, yesterday and tomorrow." Garci had stated he wouldn't make any more films until J…

Filming took place between November 2nd and December 23rd, 1986, in Asturias, particularly in the city of Gijón. The film had a budget of 150 million pesetas. Actress Encarna Paso couldn't participate due to her commitments in the theater; the role was filled by Teresa Gimpera.

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