Km.0 (2000) directed by Yolanda García Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra

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A comedic look at the love lives of 14 different people and how they interconnect during one hot August afternoon around the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, Spain.

Directors: Yolanda García Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra

Writers: Yolanda García Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra

Release Date: 8 July 2000 (L'Alfàs del Pi Film Festival, Spain)
15 April 2001 (Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Italy)
30 April 2001 (Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, USA)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Storyline: At Kilometer Zero-the very center of Madrid-relationships begin, love blossoms and lives intersect as 14 people looking for sex, romance or anything in-between come together in a passionately exuberant sex farce. The story follows a series of chance meetings, missed connections and mistaken identities that soon give way to unexpected erotic interludes, hot-and-bothered sexual escapades and romantic couplings. From a fresh-faced aspiring director who becomes involved with a prostitute, to a gay dance instructor whose computer sees more action than he does, to an older woman who seeks a male escort for the first time, Km.0 is a fast-paced, inventive and stylish comedy.

Awards: 2002 Audience Award as Best Feature Film to Yolanda García Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra, Boulder Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2001 Goya Award Nomination as Best Original Song (Mejor Canción Original) to Ismael Serrano, Goya Awards
2001 Eurola Award to Yolanda García Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra, Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2002 Audience Award as Outstanding Narrative Feature to Yolanda García Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra, L.A. Outfest
2001 Audience Award to Juan Luis Iborra & Yolanda García Serrano, Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
2001 Audience Award as Best Feature to Yolanda García Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra, Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

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Cast (in credits order)
Miquel García Borda ... Benjamín (as Miquel García)
Víctor Ullate Jr. ... Bruno
Concha Velasco ... Marga
Georges Corraface ... Gerardo
Silke ... Amor
Carlos Fuentes ... Pedro
Mercè Pons ... Silvia
Alberto San Juan ... Sergio
Elisa Matilla ... Tatiana
Armando del Río ... Máximo
Jesús Cabrero ... Miguel
Cora Tiedra ... Roma
Roberto Álamo ... Policía 1
Tristán Ulloa ... Mario
Roberto Álvarez ... Policía 2
Rosario Santesmases ... Amiga de Silvia
José Bernal ... Joven religioso
José Salcedo ... Taxista
Ana Pascual ... Mujer de la joyería
Claudio Sierra ... Dependiente de la joyería 1
Joaquín Oristrell ... Dependiente de la joyería 2
Juan Luis Iborra ... Cliente de Tatiana
Carmen Balagué ... Chica del Km. 0
María Eugenia Mur ... Amiga de la chica del Km. 0
Carlos Blanes ... Chico atractivo del Km. 0
Silvia Gil ... Novia del chico atractivo
Gonzalo Garralda ... Conductor Coche Tirón
José Mellado ... Ladrón copiloto
Julia Altares ... Mujer carterista
Urbano Blanes ... Cliente del cajero
Pedro Garay ... Dependienta de la zapatería

      
Benjamin & Bruno

Comments

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

There are different pairs in this movie, a student with a flamenco dancer, a middle age lady with a gigolo, an actress with a director, a young man with a whore, a business man with a man cruising for gay dates, a young girl with a policeman and a bartender with the sister of his fiance. All of them in a way or the other will meet at Km. 0, a central place of Madrid, and more or less all of them will meet with the wrong partner that in the end will prove to be the perfect one.

The only real "gay" couple is Benjamin and Bruno, meeting by chance while Bruno was supposed to be the one night stand of someone else. Benjamin claims to be interested only in sex, but when Bruno is ready to go, after their trist, Benjamin comes out like the romantic man he is, only that Bruno has committment issues he will need to overcome.

I quite liked also the pair about the middle age woman with the gigolo. Both of them are more deep than expected. But truth be told all the couples are nice on their own, with an interesting story that you can easily follow and understand, something difficult to manage having only 1 hour and half, 7 couples and 14 characters.

Nice movie, not strictly gay; in a way a proof that in Spain being gay is "ordinary", there is not prejudice, or at least not in this movie.

[yachay.livejournal.com]

This movie looks really good, thank you Elisa. Will definitely check this one out as soon as I can.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

It's a funny comedy, a movie that is nice to see if you want a carefree night

[francy-m79.livejournal.com]

I really adored this movie! Funny and uplifting! :)