I'm So Excited (film)
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| Los amantes pasajeros | |
| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
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Agustín Almodóvar Esther García |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Starring |
Javier Cámara Antonio de la Torre Raúl Arévalo Carlos Areces Hugo Silva Lola Dueñas Cecilia Roth |
| Music by | Alberto Iglesias |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $11,649,332 |
I'm So Excited! is a 2013 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Javier Cámara, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas and Raúl Arévalo. Its original Spanish title is Los amantes pasajeros, which has the double meaning of "The fleeting lovers" and "The passenger lovers". The narrative is set almost entirely on an airplane. Almodóvar describes it as "a light, very light comedy". The film received mixed reviews, but earned a worldwide gross of more than US$11 million.
The film opens as ground technician León (Antonio Banderas) removes the chocks from the wheels of an Airbus A340 for Peninsula Flight 2549. He waves to his wife Jessi (Penélope Cruz), who is towing a luggage cart across the tarmac. The distraction causes her to crash into another ground technician who was checking Twitter. León checks on his wife to make sure she is okay, and she reveals that she is pregnant.
On board the aircraft, a stewardess drugs all the passengers in Economy with a muscle relaxant. She also sedates herself and the other stewardesses in Economy. First Class is tended to by Joserra (Javier Cámara), Fajardo (Carlos Areces), and Ulloa (Raúl Arévalo). They take shots of tequila as they prepare service for the passengers and the cockpit. One of the first class passengers, Bruna (Lola Dueñas), observes that the Economy passengers are asleep, and she visits the cockpit. She informs Joserra, Captain Alex Acero (Antonio de la Torre), and Co-Pilot Benito Morón (Hugo Silva) that she is a psychic and a virgin.
Bruna makes vaguely ominous warnings about the flight. Joserra asks her if they will all die. Bruna does not think so, because she retches whenever death is imminent. Benito changes his drink order from wine to tequila at Bruna's news. Two more passengers from First Class come to the cockpit: Norma Boss (Cecilia Roth) and Infante (José María Yazpik). Norma is outraged at Peninsula's treatment of its passengers, particularly the fact that the First Class stewards are not serving the passengers. She is organizing a complaint against the airline. During her visit, Joserra reveals that he is the Captain's lover, but with two daughters, aged 11 and 13, the Captain is reluctant to come out of the closet and leave his wife. The Co-Pilot admits that he tried giving fellatio to the Captain to see if he was gay, but he retched from the experience.
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