SANTOS has been awarded the Special Jury Prize for the Most Innovative Film of the Fantastic Film Fest 2008, in a act carried out last Monday 22 at night, early in the morning of Spain. Its director, Nicolás López, has thus received in Austin, headquarters of the prestigious North American festival, the first prize for the Spanish film that will be released in theaters in our country on October 10, after participating in the official section of the Sitges Festival, where it will premiere in Spain on October 4.
Santos, opens in Spain on October 10 and has Javier Gutiérrez, Guillermo Toledo and Elsa Pataky.
Here's what some critics have said about the movie:
“I am completely sure that Nicolás López has created a superhero genre that is fun and exciting, which is not an easy mission. Santos breaks the rules of American cinema in terms of dialogue and effects, and incredibly everything works. Santos is very funny, I had a great time.
I can't wait for the sequel! "
Aint it cool news
“I had a lot of fun with Santos. It is a delicate satire.
The effects are forceful and the human content, despite the humor of the making, is exciting. Nicolás López is a born filmmaker, with a real cinematographic talent "
Alejandro Jodorowsky
“SANTOS is beautiful, unique, grotesque, hilarious and has more than 14 levels of images, ideas and scenes with thes that you will laugh while denying with the head."
Harry Knowles, Ain't It Cool News
“Every year at Fantastic Fest, there is a movie that stands out from the rest because of its heart and soul. Santos is incredible. Set in cosmopolitan Santiago de Chile, Santos is fun, emotional, and full of freaky details, with enough inside jokes (including the best Jar Jar Binks nod I've ever seen),
as if to choke Jabba the Hutt "
Marc Savlov (Austin Chronicle, September 12, 2008)