Muertos de risa

feature film, 1999

DIRECTED BY: Álex de la Iglesia


CAST:
Santiago Segura,
El Gran Wyoming,
Álex Angulo

SCRIPT:
Alex de la Iglesia,
Jorge Guerricaechevarria

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Flavio Martínez Labiano

Synopsis:
In a TV show, totally by accident, Bruno and Nino become the most popular comedian couple in Spain. As time passes, they become stars and things begin to change. Nino falls in love with a political activist, Laura. But one night when he comes home he finds Laura in bed with – Bruno! Nino "snaps" and starts hating Bruno so much he cannot see him anymore. Also, Bruno feels the same –he simply cannot stand his former colleague. In spite of that they still appear together in the show, and their hatred is the inspiration for great black humor. The more they hate each other, the more audience loves them. This is so funny that one of them has to die - of laughing!

color, 113 min