Once and for All (film)

Once and for All () is a 1996 Spanish crime thriller film directed by Jesús Mora remaking the . It stars Toni Cantó and Adolfo Fernández.

Plot The plot is set in Gran Canaria. Former criminal turned fisherman Román hopes for buying a boat and spending time with his girlfriend Marisa, but old sadistic homosexual pal Martín comes across and proposes him a robbery.

Cast

Production The film is a Seda production, and it had the association of TVE and Canal+. Shooting locations in Las Palmas included the old Estadio Insular.

Release The film screened in the section of the 44th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1996. Distributed by Impacto Films, it was released theatrically in Spain on 5 June 1998.

Reception Jonathan Holland of Variety considered it to be "unusually safe and dependable for a debut feature" [...] successfully managing "to conceal the limitations of its budget and shooting schedule" "while only occasionally igniting passions".

Augusto Martínez Torres of El País declared the film one of the best Spanish policíacos of the time, finding Adolfo Fernández's overacting to be its only issue.

See also List of Spanish films of 1998

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