Everything in Place

Everything in Place (Spanish: Cuando todo esté en orden) is a 2002 Spanish drama film directed by César Martínez Herrada [ca] from a screenplay by Carlos Pérez Merinero [es] and Ion Arretxe starring Daniel Guzmán and Santiago Ramos alongside Miguel Rellán, Cristina Plazas, Mario Zorrilla, and Antonio Dechent.

Everything in Place
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Cuando todo esté en orden
Directed by	César Martínez Herrada
Screenplay by	Carlos Pérez Merinero Ion Arretxe
Starring	Santiago Ramos Daniel Guzmán Miguel Rellán Cristina Plazas Mario Zorrilla Antonio Dechent
Cinematography	Ángel Luis Fernández
Edited by	Luis Villar
Music by	Pablo Cervantes
Production companies	Dexiderius Producciones Caligari Films
Distributed by	Nirvana Films Wanda Visión
Release dates	2002 (2002) (Málaga) 17 May 2002 (2002-05-17) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

The plot tracks the uneasy reunion between widower (and early retiree) Ignacio and his recovering drug addict son Pablo.^[1][2]

Cast

• Santiago Ramos as Ignacio^[3]
• Daniel Guzmán as Pablo^[3]
• Cristina Plazas as Maribel^[3]
• Manolo Solo as Juan^[3]
• Celeste Rodríguez as Sandra^[3]
• Mario Zorrilla [es] as Esteban^[3]
• Miguel Rellán as Gerardo^[3]
• Antonio Dechent as director coro^[3] ('choir director')
• Julián Villagrán as Santi^[3]
• José Luis García Pérez as tipo duro^[3] ('tough guy')

Production

The film is a Dexiderius and Caligari production and it had the participation of Canal Sur and backing from Junta de Andalucía and the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.^[1] Shooting locations included Alcalá de Guadaíra, Camas, Mairena del Alcor, and Seville.^[1]

Release

The film made it to the competitive slate of the 5th Málaga Film Festival.^[4] Distributed by Nirvana and Wanda Visión,^[2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 17 May 2002.^[5]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety wrote that "built around a trio of well-observed perfs, pis is a finely scripted take on a family destroyed by a drug-addict son".^[2]

Casimiro Torreiro of El País considered that despite some difficulties that the film manifests, it is necessary to watch a film like this one because of "its honesty", and "disarming humanity".^[6]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2002	5th Málaga Film Festival	Best Music	Pablo Cervantes	Won	[7]
		Jury Special Mention for Best Male Performance	Daniel Guzmán	Won

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2002

References

1. Belausteguigoitia, Santiago (10 May 2002). "César Martínez propone un 'canto a la esperanza' en su última película". El País. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
2. Holland, Jonathan (18 June 2002). "Everything in Place". Variety.
3. "Cuando todo esté en orden" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via ICAA.
4. "Las películas del festival". El Cultural. 24 April 2002. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via El Español.
5. "Cuando todo esté en orden". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
6. Torreiro, Casimiro (17 May 2002). "Amores difíciles". El País.
7. Green, Jennifer (6 May 2002). "Malaga festival's best film award-winner pulled from screenings". ScreenDaily. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.