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Tight 38-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Akixo
1989 0h 38m ES
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6.5
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★6.5TMDB · 2
Synopsis
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Akixo is a young man with artistic talent who tries to flee his controlling widowed mother. He spends his time with his friends, drinking and smoking pot in the bars of Vitoria. His cousin will arrive one weekend, ignorant about drugs, but will receive his trial by fire, leaving Akixo more lost and confused than ever.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ion Gabella
Txabela Ruíz-Matas
Juanjo Hernández
Ángel López León
Mikel Jauregi
Pedro Arri
Sun Morales
Txema Blasco
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- Writers
- Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- Languages
- Basque, Spanish
- Countries
- Spain
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The take
Juanma Bajo Ulloa directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Basque, Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 38-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Basque, Spanish.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Ion Gabella and Txabela Ruíz-Matas and Juanjo Hernández carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0225042 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 38 min · 0h 38m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ES
- IMDB
- Akixo (1989)
Also by
Juanma Bajo Ulloa
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1989-01-01
