Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas

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Directed bySantiago Segura
Written bySantiago Segura
Starring
Music byRoque Baños
Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySantiago Segura
Written bySantiago Segura
Starring
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing de España
Release date
  • 3 October 2014 (2014-10-03) (Spain)
Running time
105 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€8,5 million
Box office€10,6 million

Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas is a 2014 Spanish action comedy film directed, written and starring Santiago Segura. It is the fifth installment of the Torrente film series, being a sequel to Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis.

The fiction starts in 2018, with Torrente getting out of jail. He decides to rob a casino (inspired in the Eurovegas hotel-casino project) together with the help of a bunch of incompetent people.[1]

Cast

As with other works by Santiago Segura, the film features a substantial number of cameos, including those of Josema Yuste,[2] Santiago Urrialde [es],[2] Falete,[2] El Gran Wyoming,[2] Imanol Arias,[2] Andrés Pajares,[2] Leo Harlem,[2] Chiquito de la Calzada,[2] Manuel Tallafé [es],[2] Xavier Deltell [es],[2] Ricardo Darín,[2] Juan Manuel Montilla, "El Langui",[2] Aníbal Gómez [es],[2] and El Rubius.[2]

Production

Torrente 5 had a budget of €8.5 million.[5] The film was produced by Amiguetes Enterprises (executive production) alongside Atresmedia Cine, Telefónica Studios and ONO.[6] It was written and directed by Santiago Segura whereas Teo Delgado was responsible for the cinematography.[7] The score was composed by Roque Baños.[8] Mónica Naranjo performs the vocals in the credit scene.[8] Filming began on 25 November 2013 and wrapped on 10 March 2014.[5] Shooting locations included the Madrid region, the Dominican Republic and the Province of Ciudad Real.[5]

Release

Photograph of a 5-story façade with open balconies. On top, lightbulb letters read "TORRENTE 5". Vertical surfaces are airbrushed with colorful realistic portraits and caricatures featuring Torrente and other characters.
A Torrente 5-inspired fairground attraction in Jerez, 2018.

Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing de España,[6] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 3 October 2014.[9] It became the third largest grossing Spanish film of 2014, after Spanish Affair and El niño.[6]

Awards and nominations

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201529th Goya AwardsBest Special EffectsAntonio Molina & Ferran PiquerNominated[10]

See also

References

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