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DVD cover for Huevos de oro |
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| Directed by | Bigas Luna |
| Produced by | Aurelio De Laurentiis Xavier Gélin Stephane Marsil |
| Written by | Cuca Canals Bigas Luna |
| Starring | Javier Bardem Maria de Medeiros Maribel Verdú |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Editing by | Carmen Frías |
| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 24, 1993 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Huevos de oro (Golden balls) is a 1993 Spanish film directed by Bigas Luna. It stars Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Alessandro Gassman, Maribel Verdú and Benicio del Toro.
Javier Bardem, is Benito González, a flamboyant construction worker in Melilla. His dream was to build the tallest building ever in the region. His ambitions, extravagance and personal conflicts pummeled his dreams to the ground. Determined to satisfy his ambitions, Benito, waltzed through a life of excess, fetishes and deceptions that would ultimately send his life spiraling down.
The film makes direct and symbolic references to the work of Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
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