Jamón, Jamón
1992
· Movie
· 94 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Every rating
63–66
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Letterboxd on 63, highest is AlloCiné on 66.
See the most agreed on films →José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and proposes to Silvia, a beautiful laborer on the underwear assembly line, his mom enlists Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter, to seduce Silvia.
Details
- Director
- Bigas Luna
- Writers
- Bigas Luna, Cuca Canals
- Studio
- Ovídeo TV S.A., Sogepaq, Lolafilms
- Released
- 3 September 1992
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 win from 7 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 7th Goya Awards 1993 | Best Actor | Javier Bardem | Nominee |
| 7th Goya Awards 1993 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| 7th Goya Awards 1993 | Best Director | Bigas Luna | Nominee |
| 7th Goya Awards 1993 | Best Sound | Miguel Rejas Ricard Casals | Nominee |
| 7th Goya Awards 1993 | Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| 7th Goya Awards 1993 | Best Original Screenplay | Cuca Canals, Bigas Luna | Nominee |
| 49th Venice International Film Festival 1992 | Silver Lion | Bigas Luna | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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7th Goya Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actor | Javier Bardem | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Director | Bigas Luna | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Cuca Canals, Bigas Luna | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Miguel Rejas Ricard Casals | Nominee |
49th Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Lion | Bigas Luna | Winner |