Double Feature

Double Feature (1984)

Drama

Director José Luis Garci has turned his camera inward on filmmakers and screenwriters to portray them as so self-absorbed in the creative process that there is no other world, no other human relationship that can compete. As José (Adolfo Marsillach) and Federico (Jesus Puente) work together on a new screenplay, their interactions with their family (José's teen daughters, Federico's wife) disappear under the all-consuming task of creation. The daughters give up and go off on their own, and the wife joins a convent while Federico barely notices. And when the producer is interrupted by profound grief at the sudden death of his older son, he almost automatically returns to thinking about the film project when the funeral has ended. Garci honors many great directors at the beginning of this film, and the film continues to play out as an elaboration on this homage -- an illustration both of the dedication and the cost of filmmaking, no judgments given.

Director: José Luis Garci

Casts

	Adolfo Marsillach as José Manuel Varela
	Jesús Puente as Federico Alcántara
	María Casanova as Graciela dos Santos Varela 'La Mala'
	José Bódalo as Dionisio Balboa
	Encarna Paso as Pili
	Emma Suárez as Sonia
	Rafael Hernández as Empleado de producciones Balboa Films
	Juan Calot as
	Víctor Valverde as Actor que representa a 'El ministro'
	Patricia Calot as Actriz que representa a 'La estudiante de filosofía'
	Pablo Hoyos as
	Yolanda Ríos as Amelia
	Diana Salcedo as
	Primitivo Rojas as
	Maite Marchante as
	Jesús Hermida as Self (uncredited)

Crew