Justino: A Senior Citizen Killer
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Luis Guridi
Saturnino Garcfa
Juanjo Puigcorbe
Carlos Lucas
Francisco Maestre
Carmen Segarra
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Synopsis
The plot concerns a retired "puntillero" (the man who finishes off the dying bull in the ring with a stab in the neck) who, at 62, begins a new career as a serial murderer.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner, along with Michael Haneke's "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance" (Austria/1994), of the best film award at the 1994 Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film. Saturnino Garcia was also cited for best actor.
Winner of two 1994 Goya Awards, including best new director and best new actor (Saturnino Garcia).
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States February 1996
Released in United States February 1998
Released in United States October 1994
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 15-26, 1998.
Shown at Miami Film Festival February 2-11, 1996.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.
Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film October 7-15, 1994.
Feature directorial debut for film collective La Cuadrilla which met in 1979 and consists of several collaborators: Luis Guridi and Santiago Aguilar (who write and direct), Flavio Labiano, Miguel Vidal, Christine Otero and Raul Barbe.
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States October 1994 (Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film October 7-15, 1994.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of program "Recent Spanish Cinema" February 29 - March 7, 1996.)
Released in United States February 1996 (Shown at Miami Film Festival February 2-11, 1996.)
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 15-26, 1998.)
