Seven Billiard Tables

Seven Billiard Tables (Spanish: Siete mesas de billar francés) is a 2007 Spanish sports comedy-drama film directed by Gracia Querejeta. She also co-wrote the story with David Planell. In 2008, the film was nominated for nine Goya Awards. It won two awards, including the Best Actress award (for Maribel Verdú).

Seven Billiard Tables
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Siete mesas de billar francés
Directed by	Gracia Querejeta
Written by	Gracia Querejeta David Planell
Produced by	Elías Querejeta
Starring	Maribel Verdú Blanca Portillo Jesús Castejón Víctor Valdivia Enrique Villén Raúl Arévalo Ramón Barea Lorena Vindel José Luis García Pérez Amparo Baró
Cinematography	Ángel Iguácel
Edited by	Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music by	Pascal Gaigne
Release dates	25 September 2007 (2007-09-25) (SSIFF) 5 October 2007 (2007-10-05) (Spain)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Box office	$1.7 million^[1]

Cast

• Raúl Arévalo as Fele
• Ramón Barea as Jacinto
• Amparo Baró as Emilia
• Jesús Castejón as Antonio
• Blanca Portillo as Charo
• Víctor Valdivia as Guille
• Maribel Verdú as Ángela

Principal photography was done from 28 August 2006 to 3 November 2006. ^[2]

Awards and nominations

for a complete list of awards and nominations, see this link.

XXII Goya Awards

• Best Actress (Blanca Portillo, nominee)
• Best Actress (Maribel Verdú, winner)
• Best Cinematography (Ángel Iguacel, nominee)
• Best Director (Gracia Querejeta, nominee)
• Best Editing (Nacho Ruiz Capillas, nominee)
• Best Film (nominee)
• Best Screenplay - Original (David Planell and Gracia Querejeta, nominee)
• Best Supporting Actor (Raúl Arévalo, nominee)
• Best Supporting Actress (Amparo Baró, winner)

San Sebastián Film Festival

• Best Actress - Silver Seashell (Blanca Portillo, winner)
• Best Screenplay (David Planell and Gracia Querejeta, tied winner)
• Golden Seashell (Gracia Querejeta, nominee)

References

1. "Siete mesas de billar francés (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
2. https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=119606

External links

• Seven Billiard Tables at IMDb  
• Seven Billiard Tables at AllMovie