Dying of Laughter
Nino and Bruno, a beloved comedy duo in 1970s Spain, turn out to be bitter rivals: their mutual hatred becomes the basis of their success, culminating in a televised New Year's Eve gala... where everything descends into the absurd and the grotesque.
Álex de la Iglesia's hilarious 1999 black comedy, Dying of Laughter, embodies the director's trademark acid humor. The film was a major success in Spain, becoming the second highest-grossing Spanish feature film of the year, behind Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi Madre (1999). It also earned Álex Angulo a Goya nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and he himself won the Best Actor Award at the Peñíscola Comedy Festival, tied with Santiago Segura.
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