La cabina

La cabina
GenreTelefilm
Written by
Directed byAntonio Mercero
StarringJosé Luis López Vázquez
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
Production
Running time35 min.
Production companyTelevisión Española
Original release
NetworkTVE1
ReleaseDecember 13, 1972 (1972-12-13)
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In December 2021 a replica of the red phone booth was inaugurated as a tribute to the film and its director Antonio Mercero near its filming location in Madrid.[1]

La cabina (English: The Telephone Box) is a 1972 Spanish television film directed by Antonio Mercero, and written by himself and José Luis Garci, starring José Luis López Vázquez.[2] It first aired on 13 December 1972 on Televisión Española. In the 35-minute film, a man becomes trapped in a telephone booth, while passersby seem unable to help him.[3]

The film won the 1973 International Emmy Award for Fiction, the only Spanish programme to have won it.[4] It was uploaded on YouTube in August 2019 by RTVE Archivo.[5]

  1. ^ ‘La Cabina’ de Antonio Mercero ya tiene su réplica y homenaje en Madrid.
  2. ^ Mateos-Pérez, Javier (3 September 2012). Qué cosas vimos con Franco... Ediciones Rialp. p. 125. ISBN 9788432142154.
  3. ^ García García, Andrés (11 January 2011). Psicología y cine: vidas cruzadas. Editorial UNED. p. 243. ISBN 9788436262124.
  4. ^ Faulkner, Sally (11 April 2013). A History of Spanish Film: Cinema and Society 1910-2010. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 147. ISBN 9781623567422.
  5. ^ Bluper (2 August 2019). "RTVE sube a YouTube 'La Cabina' de Antonio Mercero". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2020.