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Title: PIKADERO

Reference number: 13879

Date: 2015

Director: d. Ben Sharrock

Sponsor: Creative Scotland

Producer: Irune Gurtubai

Production company: Caravan Cinema

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 98 mins

Description: Unable to fly the nest due to the economic crisis that grips Spain, a penniless, young couple have trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents' homes. As they become increasingly desperate to make love and with no money to afford a hotel, they are forced to look for local public hotspots used for sex, known as picaderos. However, things are never as easy as they seem and their relationship is quickly tested as they try to break free from the shackles of a crumbling economy. [Synopsis from director's website, https://www.bensharrock.com/copy-of-film, last accessed 12/10/2021]

Catalogued from secondary sources including Creative Scotland the director's website.

[Pikadero has screened at over 40 international film festivals and won multiple awards worldwide.

Festivals and Awards
San Sebastian (World Premiere), Zurich Film Festival (WINNER: Critic's Choice Award), Kiev Molodist Film Festival (WINNER: Fipresci Award & Best International Film Award), Mumbai Film Festival, Torino, Rio de Janeiro, Gotheburg]

Credits: Creative Scotland

Caravan Cinema Ltd

Pikadero
PI-KA-DE-RO
noun
1. A riding school.
2. A public place used for sexual encounters.

Written and Directed by Ben Sharrock
p. Irune Gurtubai
Cinematographer Nick Cooke

ed. Karel Dolak
a.d. Eider Ruiz
sound designer Ania Przygoda
composer Atzi Muramatsu

[Cast
Bárbara Goenaga Ane
Zorion Eguileor Tomas
Ylenia Baglietto Girl in car
Lander Otaola I-aki
Joseba Usabiaga Gorka
Itziar Lazkano Ama
Víctor Benjumea Maxi
Peio Arnáez Aita
Galder Pérez Guy in car]