Everything in Place

Everything in Place
Everything in Place
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Cuando todo esté en orden
Directed by	César Martínez Herrada
Screenplay by	Carlos Pérez Merinero; Ion Arretxe;
Starring	Santiago Ramos; Daniel Guzmán; Miguel Rellán; Cristina Plazas; Mario Zorrilla; Antonio Dechent;
Cinematography	Ángel Luis Fernández
Edited by	Luis Villar
Music by	Pablo Cervantes
Production; companies	Dexiderius Producciones; Caligari Films;
Distributed by	Nirvana Films; Wanda Visión;
Release dates	2002 (Málaga); 17 May 2002 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Everything in Place (Spanish: Cuando todo esté en orden) is a 2002 Spanish drama film directed by César Martínez Herrada [ca] from a screenplay by Carlos Pérez Merinero [es] and Ion Arretxe starring Daniel Guzmán and Santiago Ramos alongside Miguel Rellán, Cristina Plazas, Mario Zorrilla, and Antonio Dechent.

Plot[edit]

The plot tracks the uneasy reunion between widower (and early retiree) Ignacio and his recovering drug addict son Pablo.^[1]^[2]

Cast[edit]

Santiago Ramos as Ignacio^[3]
Daniel Guzmán as Pablo^[3]
Cristina Plazas as Maribel^[3]
Manolo Solo as Juan^[3]
Celeste Rodríguez as Sandra^[3]
Mario Zorrilla [es] as Esteban^[3]
Miguel Rellán as Gerardo^[3]
Antonio Dechent as director coro^[3] ('choir director')
Julián Villagrán as Santi^[3]
José Luis García Pérez as tipo duro^[3] ('tough guy')

Production[edit]

The film is a Dexiderius and Caligari production and it had the participation of Canal Sur and backing from Junta de Andalucía and the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.^[1] Shooting locations included Alcalá de Guadaíra, Camas, Mairena del Alcor, and Seville.^[1]

Release[edit]

The film made it to the competitive slate of the 5th Málaga Film Festival.^[4] Distributed by Nirvana and Wanda Visión,^[2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 17 May 2002.^[5]

Reception[edit]

Jonathan Holland of Variety wrote that "built around a trio of well-observed perfs, pis is a finely scripted take on a family destroyed by a drug-addict son".^[2]

Casimiro Torreiro of El País considered that despite some difficulties that the film manifests, it is necessary to watch a film like this one because of "its honesty", and "disarming humanity".^[6]

Accolades[edit]


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2002	5th Málaga Film Festival	Best Music	Pablo Cervantes	Won	^[7]
2002	5th Málaga Film Festival	Jury Special Mention for Best Male Performance	Daniel Guzmán	Won	^[7]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Belausteguigoitia, Santiago (10 May 2002). "César Martínez propone un 'canto a la esperanza' en su última película". El País.
^ ^a ^b ^c Holland, Jonathan (18 June 2002). "Everything in Place". Variety.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Cuando todo esté en orden" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via ICAA.
^ "Las películas del festival". El Cultural. 24 April 2002 – via El Español.
^ "Cuando todo esté en orden". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
^ Torreiro, Casimiro (17 May 2002). "Amores difíciles". El País.
^ Green, Jennifer (6 May 2002). "Malaga festival's best film award-winner pulled from screenings". ScreenDaily.

[belausteguigoitia-1] Belausteguigoitia, Santiago (10 May 2002). "César Martínez propone un 'canto a la esperanza' en su última película". El País.

[holland-2] Holland, Jonathan (18 June 2002). "Everything in Place". Variety.

[icaa-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Cuando todo esté en orden" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via ICAA.

[4] "Las películas del festival". El Cultural. 24 April 2002 – via El Español.

[fotogramas-5] "Cuando todo esté en orden". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.

[torreiro-6] Torreiro, Casimiro (17 May 2002). "Amores difíciles". El País.

[7] Green, Jennifer (6 May 2002). "Malaga festival's best film award-winner pulled from screenings". ScreenDaily.

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