Three-60
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| Spanish | Tres 60 |
| Directed by | Alejandro Ezcurdia |
| Screenplay by | Luiso Berdejo |
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| Cinematography | Johnny Yebra |
| Edited by | Fran Amaro |
| Music by | Roque Baños |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- Raúl Mérida as Guillermo[4]
- Guillermo Estrella 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 as Maria Victoria[4]
Production
[edit]The screenplay was penned by Luiso Berdejo.[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 and Zurriola Beach in San Sebastián.[6]
The sex scene between Raúl Mérida and Sara Sálamo was shot three months after the main filming had finished, because the production company wanted a different ending. The actress accepted without problems but later revealed that the experience was very unpleasant.[7]
Release
[edit]Distributed by Warner Bros.,[5] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 July 2013.[8]
Reception
[edit]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".[9]
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".[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Andrés, Juan G. (5 October 2012). "Un giro de 'Tres-60'". Deia.
- ↑ "Santiago Segura presenta el thriller "Tres 60", la opera prima de Ezcurdia". La Información. 25 April 2013.
- 1 2 Hopewell, John (3 November 2012). "DeAPlaneta handling int'l sales on 'Three-60'". Variety.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Tres 60". Bowfinger International Pictures. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- 1 2 "'Tres 60' – estreno en cines 26 de julio". Audiovisual451. 22 July 2013.
- ↑ Aldarondo, Ricardo (4 March 2019). "San Sebastián como escenario e inspiración". El Correo. Grupo Vocento.
- ↑ "Sara Sálamo rememora su escena de sexo más dura: "Fueron muy desagradables"". mundodeportivo.com. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ↑ "Sex bomb: la belleza salvaje y oculta de Sara Sálamo en 'Byb' de Tele 5". vertele!. 3 March 2014 – via eldiario.es.
- ↑ Fernández, Fausto (9 May 2013). "Tres 60". Fotogramas.
- ↑ Bermejo, Andrea G. (26 July 2013). "Tres 60". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- 2013 films
- Films scored by Roque Baños
- Spanish mystery thriller films
- 2013 directorial debut films
- 2013 thriller films
- 2013 Spanish-language films
- 2013 Spanish films
- Spanish-language thriller films
- Films shot in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Bowfinger International Pictures films
- Warner Bros. films
- Atresmedia Cine films
- Teen thriller films