Do It for Me
1997 Spanish film
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Do It for Me (Spanish: Hazlo por mí) is a 1997 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Ángel Fernández Santos and written by Juan Miguel Hernández. It stars Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Carlos Hipólito, and Nancho Novo.
- Ángel Fernández Santos
- Estrella de Miguel
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| Spanish | Hazlo por mí |
| Directed by | Ángel Fernández Santos |
| Screenplay by | Juan Miguel Hernández |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Juan Molina |
| Edited by | Fernando Pardo |
| Music by | Juan Carlos Cuello |
Production company | Producciones El Desierto |
| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
Dull bourgeois man Andrés Uriarte inherits his father's family business in which he meets femme fatale Isabel Velasco (herself in a relationship with brutish immate Paco Reina), sleeping with her in a nightclub. Isabel ends up suggesting Andrés that she and a friend may kidnap Andrés' son David so Andrés' father-in-law pays for the ransom.[2][3]
Cast
- Cayetana Guillén Cuervo as Isabel Velasco[4]
- Carlos Hipólito as Andrés Uriarte[4]
- Nancho Novo as Paco Reina[4]
- Eulalia Ramón as Nuria Robles[4]
- Txema Blasco as Antonio Robles[4]
- Concha Leza as Lola Robles[4]
- José Velázquez as David[4]
- Laura Aparicio as Luisa[4]
- Fernando Martín as comisario Ramos[4]
- Jorge Bosso as Miguel Castro[4]
- María Jesús Ruz as Pilar[4]
Production
Release
The film screened in the competitive slate of the 18th Mostra de València in October 1997, with Guillén Cuervo winning the best female performance award.[5] Distributed by UIP,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 7 November 1997.[6]
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be an "unpretentious, low-budget kidnap thriller" writing that, while nothing is too original, the film "is strong in not sacrificing its human elements to plot demands".[3]
Warning that his film review was not self-criticism due to match of given name and family name with the director, Ángel Fernández-Santos[a] of El País wrote that the plot suffers from "a very superficial, unsustainable, and at times painful arbitrariness".[7]
See also
Informational notes
- The film critic and occasional screenwriter, not to be confused with the director, filmmaker Ángel Fernández Santos, unrelated to the former.