Three-60

2013 Spanish film
Three-60
Theatrical release poster
SpanishTres 60
Directed byAlejandro Ezcurdia
Screenplay byLuiso Berdejo
Produced by
  • Luiso Berdejo
  • Ritxi Lizartza
  • Mikel Lejarza
  • Mercedes Gamero
  • Santiago Segura
  • Mª Luisa Gutiérrez
Starring
  • Raúl Mérida
  • Guillermo Estrella
  • Sara Sálamo
  • Joaquim de Almeida
  • Adam Jeziersky
  • Geraldine Chaplin
CinematographyJohnny Yebra
Edited byFran Amaro
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
  • Bowfinger International Pictures
  • Atresmedia Cine
  • Zinea Sortzen
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 27 July 2013 (2013-07-27)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Three-60 (Spanish: Tres 60) is a 2013 Spanish mystery thriller film directed by Alejandro Ezcurdia (in his directorial debut feature) from a screenplay by Luiso Berdejo, who is also the co-producer. The film stars Raúl Mérida alongside Guillermo Estrella, Sara Sálamo, and Joaquim de Almeida.

Plot

The plot is set against the backdrop of surf culture.[1] Upon finding a set of photographs featuring long-missing friend Iván, young surfer Guillermo teams up with younger brother Mario, Fine Arts student Daniela and pal "El Ruso" to crack the mystery, involving a sinister commercial cartel.[2][3]

Cast

  • Raúl Mérida [es] as Guillermo[4]
  • Guillermo Estrella [es] as Mario[4]
  • Sara Sálamo as Daniela[4]
  • Joaquim de Almeida as Alberto Ibarguren[4]
  • Adam Jezierski as Ruso[4]
  • Geraldine Chaplin as Jean Christophe[4]
  • Carolina Ferre as madre[4]
  • Marta Martín [es] as Maria Victoria[4]

Production

The screenplay was penned by Luiso Berdejo [eu].[3] The film is a Bowfinger International Pictures, Atresmedia Cine, and Zinea Sortzen production with the participation of Antena 3 TV, ETB, ONO, Canal+ and La Sexta and backing from the Basque Government and Ayuntamiento de Donostia.[5] Shooting locations included the Aiete Palace [es] and Zurriola Beach [es] in San Sebastián.[6]

Release

Distributed by Warner Bros.,[5] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 July 2013.[7]

Reception

Fausto Fernández of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "a summer adventure of mystery, suspense and tension", "that puts all the infallible Hitchcockian arsenal at the service of a teen movie with a child sidekick".[8]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that although a thriller connoisseur "might dismiss [the film] as flat, we should not forget the [young] audience it appeals to", and, seeing it this way, "it is even formative".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Andrés, Juan G. (5 October 2012). "Un giro de 'Tres-60'". Deia.
  2. ^ "Santiago Segura presenta el thriller "Tres 60", la opera prima de Ezcurdia". La Información. 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b Hopewell, John (3 November 2012). "DeAPlaneta handling int'l sales on 'Three-60'". Variety.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tres 60". Bowfinger International Pictures. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "'Tres 60' – estreno en cines 26 de julio". Audiovisual451. 22 July 2013.
  6. ^ Aldarondo, Ricardo (4 March 2019). "San Sebastián como escenario e inspiración". El Correo. Grupo Vocento.
  7. ^ "Sex bomb: la belleza salvaje y oculta de Sara Sálamo en 'Byb' de Tele 5". vertele!. 3 March 2014 – via eldiario.es.
  8. ^ Fernández, Fausto (9 May 2013). "Tres 60". Fotogramas.
  9. ^ Bermejo, Andrea G. (26 July 2013). "Tres 60". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.