"Spanish Movie" - spoof

I've only just heard about this, but Fox have produced/backed another in their parody series (Scary Movie, Date Movie, Superhero Movie) but the latest is poking fun at contemporary Spanish cinema. And it's completely Spanish-made.

Now I don't usually bother with this sort of stuff, partly because after Airplane and Naked Gun the laughs are usually outweighed by the frathouse goonishness; and partly because I'm rarely familiar enough with the movies being spoofed to get half the jokes. But this time it's Spanish!

Apparently the films they're taking off are:

• Volver
• El Orfanato (The Orphanage)
• El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)
• Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside)
• Los Otros (The Others)
• [REC]
• Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes; remade as Vanilla Sky)

All big films from recent years and all with an international distribution. The director and cast are all Spanish too (with the exception of the inevitable appearance by Leslie Nielson) so we may be spared Hollywood's cod-Iberian efforts and see a genuine película española.

Here's the trailer. (No subtitles but I just know you'll manage.)


I must admit that I like the bit with the Tomás character from El Orfanato.

Released in Spain last December, apparently it did well at the box office and has been sold to various countries but not yet, unfortunately, to the UK. Maybe we'll have to wait for the DVD release.