Backroads (Spanish: Carreteras secundarias) is a 1997 road movie directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro and written by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, adapting the latter's novel Carreteras secundarias. It stars Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verdú and Miriam Díaz Aroca.
| Backroads | |
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| Spanish | Carreteras secundarias |
| Directed by | Emilio Martínez-Lázaro |
| Screenplay by | Ignacio Martínez de Pisón |
| Based on | Carreteras secundarias by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón |
| Produced by | Ana Huete |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Javier Salmones |
| Edited by | Iván Aledo |
| Music by | Roque Baños |
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| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Set in 1974, during the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship, the plot follows the journey of salesman Lozano and his son Felipe driving a Citroën DS along the Spanish coast.[1][2]
Penned by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, the screenplay is an adaptation of Martínez de Pisón's 1996 novel Carreteras secundarias.[3] The films is a Olmo Films, Sogecine, Kaplan and Fernando Trueba PC production,[4] and it had the participation of Sogepaq and Canal+.[1]
The film screened out of competition at the 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in 1997.[1][5] Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 28 November 1997.[6][7]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 1998 | 12th Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ignacio Martínez de Pisón | Nominated | [4] |
| Best New Actor | Fernando Ramallo | Nominated |