Como un relámpago

A pretty good movie with great actors , entertainment , narrative excitement and fun . Miguel Hermoso delivers an enjoyable comedy in which the main and support cast are frankly outstanding . As the main attraction resides in its excellent cast in which stand out the magnificent stellar pair . In Miguel Hermoso's Like Lightning , Pablo (Eloy Azorin) is a typical adolescent , with a fondness for football and sneaking beers with his buddies. He enjoys an agreeable upper-middle class life with his mother (Assumpta Serna), who long time ago was a member of O.R.T. , an Revolutionary Organization where she met Rafael (Santiago Ramos) . Pablo has a gaping hole at the core of his identity: he has no idea who his dad is. , and finds himself on a trail that leads to Gran Canaria , the Canary Islands . There he meets a sensitive and vital person who hides behind the image of a tough man .

Filmmaker offers a fresh take on a familiar scenario, a father-son relationship , it results to be other of the innumerable stories to deal with family and rogue people , as a swindler father but with goodheart . From start to finish this moving film contains drama , emotion , a wonderful and deep friendship between father/son and a lot of songs . Hermoso carries out a solid comedy , achieving a big hit at the Spanish box office . Duo protagonist , Santiago Ramos , Eloy Azorin , are top-notch , they steal the show , both of whom turn an efficient acting . Nice film , though it has a few gaps , but anyway, its is compensated with the great performances from Santiago Ramos , chewing scenary as the roguish father . Eloy Azorin film debut , he provides a moving interpretation as the teenaged boy searching for his unknown father and preoccupied with the question to the point of obsession, he leaves his comfortable life and sets out in search of answers . Asumpta Sernas gives a fine acting as a successful lawyer and former feminist rabble , and present-day , a worried mummy . Atmospheric as well attractive musical score by the great musicians Victor Reyes and Oscar Gómez , though composed by synthesizer ; soundtrack includes some catching songs .Colorful and evocative cinematography by Fernando Arribas , showing marvelously Gran Canaria . Arribas is considered to be one of the best Spanish cameramen , including notorious titles as Tirano Banderas , El palomo Cojo , Salsa rosa , La noche más larga , El vuelo de la paloma , Pasodoble , Goya , La Forja de un rebelde , Matar al Nani , La casa de Bernarda Alba , Divinas palabras and many others .

Competent filming in the hands of a good filmmaker , as the motion picture was professionally directed by Miguel Hermoso , being shot in his usual stylistic way , without leaving amusement and fun . His feature debut was ¨Truhanes¨ with Francisco Rabal and Arturo Fernández . Ten years later , Hermoso and the same duo , Rabal-Arturo, shot a ¨Sitcom¨ that also had much success as well as the original film . Miguel Hermoso is an expert on comedy as proved in ¨Loco Veneno¨, ¨Marbella¨ and drama such as ¨Como Un Relampago¨, the biopic ¨Lola¨ about Lola Flores , ¨Luz Prodigiosa¨ and his greatest hit was ¨Fugitivas¨ . Rating : 7.5/10, good movie . The picture will appeal to Santiago Ramos and Eloy Azorin fans and Spanish comedy enthusiast . The picture has several prizes such as : Goya Awards 1997 Winner Goya Best Lead Actor Santiago Ramos ; Huelva Latin American Film Festival 1996 Winner Golden Colon Miguel Hermoso ; Miami Hispanic Film Festival 1997 Winner Golden Egret Best Director Miguel Hermoso ; Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival 1997 Winner , Best Actor Santiago Ramos , Winner Best Director Miguel Hermoso