Barcelona (film)

Barcelona
Promotional poster for Barcelona
Directed by	Whit Stillman
Produced by	Whit Stillman Antonio Llorens Jordi Tusell
Written by	Whit Stillman
Starring	Taylor Nichols Chris Eigeman Mira Sorvino
Music by	Mark Suozzo
Cinematography	John Thomas
Edited by	Christopher Tellefsen
Production company	Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release dates	July 29, 1994
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.2 million
Box office	$7,266,973

Barcelona is a 1994 comedy film written and directed by Whit Stillman and set in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The movie stars Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman and Mira Sorvino.

Plot

The main character in Barcelona is a Chicago salesman named Ted Boynton, who lives and works in the eponymous Spanish city in the early 1980s. Ted's cousin, Fred, a naval officer, unexpectedly comes to stay with Ted at the beginning of the film. Fred has been sent to Barcelona to handle public relations on behalf of a U.S. fleet scheduled to arrive later.

The cousins have a history of conflict, since childhood, to which the film refers several times. Ted and Fred develop relationships with various single women in Barcelona, and experience the negative reactions of some of the community's residents to the context of Fred's presence. Ted also faces possible problems with his American employer, and with the concept of attraction to physical beauty.

Cast

• Taylor Nichols as Ted Boynton, the film's protagonist and narrator; a liberal but uptight American businessman working in Barcelona who seeks his own path in life.
• Chris Eigeman as Fred Boynton, Ted's belligerent cousin, a U.S. Navy officer, who visits and also has his own opinions on life and love.
• Tushka Bergen as Montserrat Raventos, an attractive, blonde local woman who works at Fira de Barcelona (Barcelona Trade Fair) and becomes romantically involved with Ted.
• Mira Sorvino as Marta Ferrer, an opinionated Trade Fair employee who becomes romantically involved with Fred.
• Pep Munné as Ramon, the film's main antagonist; a manipulative, Yankee-baiting journalist who clashes with Fred and who is also romantically connected to both Montserrat and Marta.
• Hellena Schmied as Greta, a Trade Fair employee who captures Ted's interest late in the film.
• Nuria Badia as Aurora Boval, a Trade Fair employee and mutual friend of Montserrat, Marta, and Greta.
• Jack Gilpin as The Consul
• Thomas Gibson as Dickie Taylor, Ted's company supervisor

Reception

Barcelona received an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews.

External links

• Barcelona at the Internet Movie Database
• Barcelona at AllMovie
• Barcelona at Box Office Mojo
• Barcelona at Rotten Tomatoes
• Phil's whitstillman.org "Barcelona" page (Links on the film)