Luna's Game

Luna's Game
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Juego de Luna
Directed by	Mónica Laguna
Screenplay by	Mónica Laguna
Produced by	Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring	Ana Torrent Carlos Kaniowsky José Pedro Carrión Manuel San Martín Jorge de Juan Dafne Fernández Antonio Dechent Ernesto Alterio
Cinematography	Teo Delgado
Edited by	Pablo Blanco
Music by	Suso Saiz
Production companies	Enrique Cerezo PC Iberoamericana Films Producción Lolafilms
Release dates	June 2001 (2001-06) (Málaga) 28 September 2001 (2001-09-28) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Luna's Game (Spanish: Juego de Luna) is a 2001 Spanish drama film directed by Mónica Laguna [es] which stars Ana Torrent.

Plot

Luna has been groomed into becoming a poker player since she was a child. Now a professional player, she has to settle some debts.^[1][2]

Cast

• Ana Torrent as Luna^[3]
• Ernesto Alterio as Nano^[1]
• Carlos Kaniowsky as Leo^[1]
• José Pedro Carrión [es] as Charly^[1]
• Manuel San Martín [es] as Juan^[1]
• Jorge de Juan as Juan's father^[1]
• Dafne Fernández as Luna (age 14)^[1]
• Antonio Dechent as César^[1]
• Fernando Cayo^[2]
• Gara Muñoz as Luna (age 7)^[1]
• Carlos Bardem as Reyes^[1]
• Alber Ponte as Miki^[1]
• Manuel Morón [es] as Reca Montero^[1]

Release

The film was presented at the 4th Málaga Film Festival in June 2001.^[4][5] It also made it to the main competition slate of the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.^[6]

Reception

Dan Fainaru of ScreenDaily described the film as "a disappointing attempt to deal with two different types of addiction", taking "far too many short cuts and avoids too many pertinent questions to deal with the many tasks it sets for itself".^[7]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2001	4th Málaga Film Festival	Best Director	Mónica Laguna	Won	[4]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2001

References

1. Schwartz 2008, p. 231.
2. Jimeno, Diego (9 July 2007). "'Juego de Luna', con Ana Torrent, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos.
3. Schwartz, Ronald (2008). Great Spanish Films Since 1950. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-8108-5405-5.
4. "'Sin vergüenza', de Joaquín Oristrell, triunfa en el Festival de Cine de Málaga". Periódico de Ibiza. 10 June 2001.
5. Marquéz, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro (5 June 2001). "Mónica Laguna presenta en el festival de cine de Málaga 'Juego de Luna'". El País.
6. "Presencia española en el Festival de Cine de Karlovy Vary". Vertele!. 10 July 2001 – via eldiario.es.
7. Fainaru, Dan (19 July 2001). "Luna's Game". ScreenDaily.