Turnip Top

Turnip Top (Spanish: Cara de acelga)^[1][2][3] is a 1987 Spanish road movie and comedy film directed and starred by José Sacristán, also featuring Fernando Fernán Gómez, Marisa Paredes, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Miguel Rellán, Amparo Baró, and Amparo Soler Leal.

Turnip Top
Spanish	Cara de acelga
Directed by	José Sacristán
Screenplay by	José Sacristán
Story by	José Sacristán Carlos Pérez Marinero
Produced by	Alfredo Matas
Starring	José Sacristán Fernando Fernán Gómez Marisa Paredes Emilio Gutiérrez Caba Miguel Rellán Amparo Baró Amparo Soler Leal
Cinematography	Carlos Suárez
Edited by	José Luis Matesanz
Music by	Ricardo Miralles
Production companies	INCINE Jet Films Lince Films
Release date	20 January 1987 (1987-01-20)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

The plot follows the aimless adventures of hitchhiking drifter Antonio ("cara de acelga") and his encounters with a number of colourful characters.^[4][5]

Cast

• José Sacristán as Antonio^[1]
• Fernando Fernán Gómez as Madariaga^[1]
• Marisa Paredes as Olga^[1]
• Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Eusebio^[1]
• Miguel Rellán as Paquito^[1]
• Amparo Baró as Loles^[1]
• Amparo Soler Leal Acacia^[1]
• Rafaela Aparicio as Hospital Patient^[1]
• Raúl Sender [es]^[5]
• Francisco Algora^[5]
• Luis Barbero^[5]

Production

The film is an Incine, Lince Films, and Jet Films production.^[6] The screenplay was penned by Sacristán based on an original story by Sacristán and Carlos Pérez Merinero.^[1]

Release

The film was theatrically released on 20 January 1987.^[7] It made an in-year gross of 30,893,384 ₧ (104,149 admissions).^[8]

Reception

Jordi Batlle Caminal of El País deemed Turnip Top to be "a film peppered with a thousand and one anecdotes and a motley crew of colorful characters", "comedy in its sad state".^[9]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1988	2nd Goya Awards	Best Production Supervision	Marisol Carnicero	Won	[10]
		Best Supporting Actress	Marisa Paredes	Nominated

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1987

References

1. Third Festival of Films from Spain in New York. 1987. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-92-0-007716-6 – via Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
2. Schwartz, Ronald (2008). Great Spanish Films Since 1950. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. xxxvi. ISBN 978-0-8108-5405-5.
3. "From Spain, a Schedule of Double Features". The New York Times. 27 March 1987.
4. Bayón, Miguel (1995). José Sacristán. La memoria de la tribu. Huelva: Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva. p. 140. ISBN 9788475643625.
5. Cara de acelga. 29 May 2008.
6. "Cara de acelga". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
7. Asión Suñer, Ana (2019). Cuando el cine español buscó una tercera vía (1970-1980): Testimonios de una transición olvidada. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. p. 183. ISBN 9788417358976.
8. Caparrós Lera, J.M (1992). "Cuadro 7. Relación de las cincuenta películas españolas de mayor número de espectadores en España en 1987". El cine español de la democracia: De la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos. p. 422. ISBN 84-7658-312-5.
9. Batlle Caminal, Jordi (10 October 1990). "Cara de acelga". El País.
10. Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 270, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8