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Tooth and Nail

1977 · 96 min

A dry, austere political drama that feels like watching hopes quietly curdle, demanding patience and rewarding attention with a bitter clarity.

Directed by
Paulino Viota
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alicia Sánchez, Santiago Ramos, Alfredo Mayo
Overview
The second feature length movie of Paulino Viota, this is a disillusioned and biting look at the years of Spanish democratic transition, narrated in a dry and scrawny style that shows the political intrigues, struggles and frustrated hopes of the first years of Spanish transition to democracy.

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Directed by
Paulino Viota
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alicia Sánchez, Santiago Ramos, Alfredo Mayo
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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • betrayal
  • power
  • class
  • deception
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Paulino Viota
Starring
Alicia Sánchez, Santiago Ramos, Alfredo Mayo, Guadalupe Güemes, Víctor Petit, Antonio Malonda, Fidel Almansa, Eduardo Bea
Runtime
96 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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