Stories from the Kronen
Encyclopedia
Stories from the Kronen is a 1995
Spanish
drama film
directed by Montxo Armendáriz
. Starring Juan Diego Botto
and Jordi Mollà
, the film is an adaptation of José Angel Mañas eponymous novel. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival
.
When they go to see Roberto’s favorite film, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
, Roberto is aroused when he sees Carlos sexually playing in the dark with his girlfriend. Pedro is the weakest member of the group. He has serious health issues, he lost a kidney and is a diabetic, being the most vulnerable, Carlos takes advantage of him and bullies him constantly, making fun of his delicacy.
An argument at Kronen between Pedro and a stranger is resolved by trying between them who can stand for more time to be hanging dangerously from a bridge over a highway. The incident is stopped by the police and Carlos and Pedro are detained. Carlos’s father is a lawyer and he gets the two friends out of jail soon. Family relationships are not important for Carlos. During his parents wedding anniversary Carlos’s sister despair with her brother lack of interest for family relationships and wild behavior, sleeping by day and partying heavily by night. Carlos relates only to his old an ailing grandfather, who had served as something of a mentor to him, but he dies.
To celebrate his birthday, Pedro invites his friends to his house for a party, but he dies as the result of having been forced by Carlos to drink a bottle of scotch.
1995 in film
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Spanish
Cinema of Spain
The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Montxo Armendáriz
Montxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta, Orbaibar, in Navarra , Spain 1949, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director....
. Starring Juan Diego Botto
Juan Diego Botto
Juan Diego Botto-Rota is an Argentine-Spanish actor.Botto's father disappeared during the Argentine Dirty War when Juan Diego was only two years old...
and Jordi Mollà
Jordi Mollà
Jordi Mollá Perales is a Spanish actor, filmmaker, writer and artist.Mollà's artwork is represented in the Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid, Picasso Mio Gallery in Madrid and Barcelona and Cold Creation Gallery in Barcelona...
, the film is an adaptation of José Angel Mañas eponymous novel. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival
1995 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Jeanne Moreau *Gianni Amelio *Jean-Claude Brialy *Nadine Gordimer *Gaston Kabore *Michele-Ray Gavras *Emilio Garcia Riera *Philippe Rousselot *John Waters...
.
Plot
Carlos, Roberto, Pedro and Manolo form a group of friends in the early twenties with a lot of time on their hands during their summer vacation. The point of encounter for the group of friends is a bar called the Kronen, where Manolo, the least affluent among them, works as a bar tender and is the singer of a rock band. Carlos is the leader of the pack. He is handsome, selfish, amoral and hedonistic. He is in into a restless pursuing of pleasure: drinking, using heavy drugs, partying and having sex. Nothing seems to stop him. At Kronen Carlos rekindles a relationship with Amalia, an ex-girlfriend whose current boyfriend is coincidentally out of town. Amalia joins the group attracted by Carlos' good looks and charm. Roberto is Carlos best friend and sidekick. He plays the drums in the band where Manolo sings. More serious and with more scrupulous than Carlos, Roberto has repressed homosexual feeling towards his best friend.When they go to see Roberto’s favorite film, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a 1986 crime horror film directed and co-written by John McNaughton about the random crime spree of a serial killer who seemingly operates with impunity. It stars Michael Rooker as the nomadic killer Henry, Tom Towles as Otis, a prison buddy with whom Henry is...
, Roberto is aroused when he sees Carlos sexually playing in the dark with his girlfriend. Pedro is the weakest member of the group. He has serious health issues, he lost a kidney and is a diabetic, being the most vulnerable, Carlos takes advantage of him and bullies him constantly, making fun of his delicacy.
An argument at Kronen between Pedro and a stranger is resolved by trying between them who can stand for more time to be hanging dangerously from a bridge over a highway. The incident is stopped by the police and Carlos and Pedro are detained. Carlos’s father is a lawyer and he gets the two friends out of jail soon. Family relationships are not important for Carlos. During his parents wedding anniversary Carlos’s sister despair with her brother lack of interest for family relationships and wild behavior, sleeping by day and partying heavily by night. Carlos relates only to his old an ailing grandfather, who had served as something of a mentor to him, but he dies.
To celebrate his birthday, Pedro invites his friends to his house for a party, but he dies as the result of having been forced by Carlos to drink a bottle of scotch.
Cast
- Juan Diego BottoJuan Diego BottoJuan Diego Botto-Rota is an Argentine-Spanish actor.Botto's father disappeared during the Argentine Dirty War when Juan Diego was only two years old...
- Carlos - Jordi MollàJordi MollàJordi Mollá Perales is a Spanish actor, filmmaker, writer and artist.Mollà's artwork is represented in the Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid, Picasso Mio Gallery in Madrid and Barcelona and Cold Creation Gallery in Barcelona...
- Roberto - Núria Prims - Amalia
- Aitor Merino - Pedro
- Armando del Río - Manolo
- Mercedes SampietroMercedes SampietroMercedes Sampietro is a Spanish actress.Her debut on stages was in 1979, and in cinema, seven years later, with Jaime Chávarri's A un dios desconocido...
- Carlos's mother - André Falcon - Carlos's grandfather
- Josep Maria PouJosep Maria Pouthumb|Josep Maria Pou in [[Barcelona]].Josep Maria Pou is a Catalan film, theatre and television actor.He studied drama in Madrid and made his debut in Teatro María Guerrero - Cinema :...
- Carlos's father - Cayetana Guillén CuervoCayetana Guillén CuervoCayetana Guillén Cuervo, is a Spanish actress and TV presenter. Her parents, Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo, and her brother, Fernando are also actors....
- Carlos's siter - Diana Gálvez - Silvia
- Iñaki Méndez - Miguel