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The Fantastic World of Juan Orol
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sebastián del Amo
Written by	Sebastián del Amo Raúl Fernández Espinosa
Produced by	Isabel Aerenlund Alejandro Blazquez de Nicolas Paola Herrera Carmen Ortega Casanovas
Starring	Roberto Sosa
Cinematography	Carlos Hidalgo
Edited by	Sebastian del Amo Branko Gomez Palacio Felipe Gomez Martin Luis Guzman
Music by	Francisco Albisua
Production company	Celuliode Films
Release dates	March 5, 2012 (2012-03-05) (FICG) June 2012 (2012-06) (GIFF) September 14, 2012 (2012-09-14) (Mexico)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (Spanish: El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol) is a 2012 Mexican black-and-white biographical comedy-drama film directed by Sebastián del Amo (in his directorial debut) and written by Del Amo & Raúl Fernández Espinosa. Starring Roberto Sosa. It was named on the shortlist for Mexico's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.

Premise

The film is based on the life of Juan Orol, a man of Galician origin who, after various adventures, arrives in Mexico to become a creator in different film genres, including gangster films and rumberas films, some being successes at the box office despite very negative reviews. He has been called the great involuntary Surrealist.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:

• Roberto Sosa as Juan Orol
• Gabriela de la Garza as Mary Esquivel
• Fernanda Romero as Dinora
• Jesús Ochoa as General Cruz
• Ximena Rubio as Rosa Carmina
• Juan Manuel Bernal as Kodak salesman
• Alfonso Borbolla as Quirico Michelena
• Alberto Estrella as Emilio 'El indio' Fernández
• Julio Bracho as Policeman
• Roberto Wohlmuth as Don Gabriel
• Karin Burnett as María Antonieta Pons
• Ariadna Perez Mijares as Ninón Sevilla
• Mauricio Galaz as Arnoldo Orol
• Juan Carlos Bonet as Orol's friend
• Rodrigo Cachero as Memo Alcaine
• Rodrigo Corea as Usher
• Roger Cudney as Don Guillermo
• Sebastián del Amo as Firing Squad Leader
• Jean Duverger as Black Baseball Player
• Claudia Silki as Hippie
• Yolanda 'Tongolele' Montes as Herself

Release

The Fantastic World of Juan Orol had its world premiere on March 5, 2012, at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, then participated at the end of June of the same year at the Guanajuato International Film Festival as part of the official selection. It had its commercial premiere on September 14, 2012, in Mexican theaters.

Accolades

References

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External links

• The Fantastic World of Juan Orol at IMDb

• 2012 films
• 2012 comedy-drama films
• Mexican biographical films
• Mexican comedy-drama films
• 2010s Spanish-language films
• Mexican black-and-white films
• Films set in Mexico
• Films shot in Mexico
• Films set in Mexico City
• Films shot in Mexico City
• Films about films
• Films about film directors and producers
• Films about filmmaking
• Films set in the 1920s
• Films set in the 1930s
• Films set in the 1940s
• Films set in the 1950s
• Films set in the 1960s
• 2012 directorial debut films
• 2010s Mexican films