Movie Description
NICO AND DANI is a summer coming-of-age flick set in a small beach town near Barcelona. Two teenage boys--Dani (Fernando Ramallo) and Nico (Jordi Vilches)--spend a couple weeks alone at Dani's beach house when his parents leave town. They have always been best friends and have always shared everything. Suddenly they find themselves drifting apart when they meet Elena (Marieta Orozco) and Berta (Esther Nubiola) two cute local nubiles who help them discover love and sex and all of the physical and emotional pain and joy that comes with it.
The sophomore effort of Spanish director Cesc Gay is essentially a teen movie about a couple of buddies who want to get laid before they turn 18. But there is a twist to this film that is remarkable in its frankness: NICO AND DANI delivers the themes and style of recent films like WILD REEDS and BEAUTIFUL THING, but the spirit of this movie is different--it's fiestier. Fernando Ramallo and Jordi Vilches give striking performances, and they have an enthusiastic repoire that is really enjoyable to watch. The film is colored by the naiveté of the teenagers and that gives it a veracity that is at times shocking, and at other times sweet.
| Credits | | Producer: | Gerardo Herrero | | Cast: | Fernando Ramallo, Jordi Vilches |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Spanish & American Theatrical Trailers
Music Videos
Cast & Director profiles and interviews, Theatrical release: February 2, 2001.
NICO AND DANI is based on the play KRAMPAK written by Jordi Sanchez.
Editorial Reviews
"...NICO AND DANI succeeds in capturing and sustaining the fragile emotional climate of curiosity, fear, innocence and prurience that surrounds adolescent sexual experimentation..."
New York Times - Stephen Holden (02/02/2001)
"...An exceptional coming-of-age film -- subtle, humorous, compassionate, acutely perceptive -- and so adroit an adaptation of a play that you would never guess it hadn't been written directly for the screen..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (02/09/2001)
"...A well-observed game of sexual hide-and-seek..."
Total Film - Danny Scott (11/01/2003)
"...As generous with its young heroes as with its audience....A uniquely enjoyable confection...."
Sight and Sound - Paul Julian Smith (12/01/2003)
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