PELLET
by Achero Mañas
synopsis
El Bola a.k.a. "Pellet" is a 12 years old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The arrival of a new boy at school changes his attitude towards his classmates, and friendship. The heart of the story is the change in El Bola's life, at almost all levels, after befriending this new classmate.
international title: | Pellet |
original title: | El Bola |
country: | Spain, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Intramovies |
year: | 2000 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Achero Mañas |
film run: | 88' |
release date: | SP 20/10/2000, IT 23/08/2002, DK 22/11/2002, BE 05/02/2003, GR 28/02/2003, UK 04/04/2003, FR 30/04/2003, NO 08/08/2003, NL 21/02/2004 |
screenplay: | Achero Mañas, Verónica Fernández |
cast: | Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón |
cinematography by: | Juan Carlos Gómez |
film editing: | Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
art director: | Satur Idarreta |
costumes designer: | Mar Bardavío |
music: | Eduardo Arbide |
producer: | José Antonio Félez, Daniel Goldstein, Francisco Lázaro, Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Ricardo Steinberg |
production: | RTVE - Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, Tesela Producciones Cinematograficas, Vía Digital |
distributor: | Axiom Films, Argentina Video Home, Primer Plano Film Group S.A. (AG), Film Movement (US), Les Films du Safran (FR), Twin Film (NL), Wanda Visión S.A. (SP) |