The secret of the marble gang

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Movie
German title The secret of the marble gang
Original title Zipi y Zape y the club de la canica
Country of production Spain
original language Spanish
Publishing year 2013
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Oskar Santos
script Jorge Lara,
Francisco Roncal
production Mercedes Gamero ,
Mikel Lejarza ,
Francisco Ramos ,
Koldo Zuazua
music Fernando Velázquez ,
Jaime Gutiérrez Domínguez
camera Josu Inchaustegui
cut Carolina Martínez Urbina
occupation

The Secret of the Marble Gang is a Spanish feature film by Oskar Santos from 2013 . It is based on the comic series Zipi y Zape by José Escobar Saliente . The sequel, The Secret of Captain's Island , was released in 2016.

action

The twin brothers Simmi and Sammi are sent to boarding school for the summer. The re-education center is run by the strict Falconetti, who forbids all forms of games and entertainment. When Simmi gets in trouble because he interrupted a school lesson, he is locked in the "room of reflection" to think about his wrongdoing. However, hidden in the room he finds a bag of marbles. Together with his brother Sammi, classmate Micro and Falconetti's niece, Matilde, they form the marble gang and play various pranks, such as defacing the statue of the school founder Esperanza at night, each leaving a marble as a trademark.

When Falconetti tries to clean up the vandalism left by the marble gang, he accidentally breaks part of the statue and finds a map showing a route to hidden diamonds under the school. When, while performing one of their pranks, the Marble Gang discovers how the school security staff slash open hundreds of stuffed animals during the night, they decide to investigate. The marble gang sneaks into Falconetti's office and finds the card and an old report about the school, which shows that Esperanza's school was originally a school full of games and toys. The marble walk decodes the clues on the map and solves the related puzzles as Falconetti pursues them, and ends up in a room full of toys. Falconetti finds her and locks her in the toy room, but the gang discovers a machine into which they have to put several toys that they picked up while following the clues and exploring the school. Music starts playing at school, and students and teachers discover that it comes from the statue of Esperanza. The underground room in which the marble corridor was locked begins to spiral upwards into the school yard, where all students and teachers are gathered. The other students begin cheering on the marble gang while Falconetti is captured. The film ends with Sammi remembering how "we never found the diamonds, but it [was] the best summer we've ever had" and the 5 members of the marble gang hold their last marble and it in the air throw. It turns out that the diamonds were hidden in the marbles.

publication

The film premiered on September 8, 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was shown at the Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián on September 21, 2013, where it was positively received. The Secret of the Marble Gang hit Spanish cinemas on October 4th, 2013. On January 18, 2014, the film was shown at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the newly introduced Sundance Kids category.

Awards and nominations

The secret of the marble gang was nominated four times for the Goya 2014 Awards, namely in the categories of best adapted screenplay, best visual effects, best production management and best art direction. At the Neox Fan Awards 2014 he was nominated in the category “Most Beautiful Film”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ethan Anderton: Spanish Comic Adaptation 'Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang' First Trailer. Firstshowing, accessed on May 20, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Julio C. Rivas Agencias: "Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica" se estrena en el TIFF de Toronto. La Voz de Galica, accessed May 20, 2020 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ 'Zipi y Zape' recibe una gran ovación en su presentación en the Festival de San Sebastián. Se Estrena, accessed May 20, 2020 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Sundance 2014: Sundance Kids Section. Indie Wire, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica. Premios Goya, accessed May 20, 2020 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Inaki Milagro: Conoce a los nominados de los 'Neox Fan Awards 2014'. El Confidencial, accessed May 20, 2020 (Spanish).