{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox film | director = Óscar Aibar | image = Atolladero poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | writer = Óscar Aibar | based_on = {{Based on|''Atolladero Texas''|Óscar Aibar}} | starring = {{ubl|Pere Ponce|Joaquín Hinojosa|Iggy Pop|Félix Rotaeta|Pep Molina|Carlos Lucas|Ion Gabella|Oriol Tramvia}} | producer = Arturo Duque | cinematography = Carles Gusi | editing = {{ubl|Anastasi Rinos|Javier Cabrera}} | music = Javier Navarrete | studio = FDG | country = Spain | language = Spanish | released = {{Film date|1995|10||Sitges|1997|08|14|Spain|df=yes}} }} '''''Atolladero''''' is a 1995 Spanish Western science-fiction film written and directed by {{ill|Óscar Aibar|es}} (in his film debut) starring Pere Ponce. It is adapted from the comic book story published in the magazine ''{{ill|Makoki (magazine)|es|Makoki (revista)|lt=Makoki}}''.
== Plot == Set in 2048 in the fictional town of Atolladero, Texas, close to the Mexican border, the plot is split in four chapters: "Los hombres", "Los perros", "Las pistolas", and "Los reptiles". It follows deputy sheriff Lennie, who wants to leave the place, requiring permission from the Judge Wedley.{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/programacion-tv/a25694928/atolladero-pelicula-oscar-aibar-historia-de-nuestro-cine/|website=Diez Minutos|title=‘Atolladero’, en ‘Historia de nuestro cine’|date=28 December 2018}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Pere Ponce as Lennie{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=93}} * {{ill|Joaquín Hinojosa|es}} as Nick<ref>{{Cite journal|issue=52|url=https://nueva.aacadigital.com/articulos/atolladero-1995-el-western-futurista-que-tiende-puentes-entre-el-comic-y-el-cine/|title=Atolladero (1995): el wéstern futurista que tiende puentes entre el cómic y el cine|first=Ana|last=Asión Suñer|first2=Julio|last2=Gracia Lana|year=2020|journal= AACA Digital: Revista de la Asociación Aragonesa de Críticos de Arte|issn=1988-5180}}</ref> * Félix Rotaeta as Sal{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} * {{ill|Carlos Lucas (actor)|es|lt=Carlos Lucas}} as Stampy{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} * {{ill|Ion Gabella|es}} as Vince{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} * {{ill|Oriol Tramvia|es}} as predicador{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} ('preacher') * Benito Pocino as lugareño{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} ('villager') * Ariadna Gil as india{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} ('Indian') * Iggy Pop as Madden{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} * Emilio Muñoz as indio<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|pages=92–93}}</ref> ('Indian') * Xevi Collelmir as juez{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=93}} ('judge') * {{ill|Mónica van Campen|es}} as Darlene{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=93}} * Mercè Pons as Sra. Hannisses{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=93}} * Lluís Termes as Billy{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=93}} * Eulalia Campoy as Vicenta{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=93}} * Pep Molina<ref name="mtnz">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/11/05/radiotv/910220409_850215.html|website=El País|title=Atolladero|date=5 November 1998|first=Luis|last=Martínez}}</ref> }}
== Production == ''Atolladero'' is based on the comic book story ''Atolladero Texas'' written by Óscar Aibar and illustrated by Miguel Ángel Martín in the magazine ''Makoki''.{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} It was produced by Arturo Duque for FDG.{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=92}} Shooting locations included the Bardenas Reales in Navarre.{{Sfn|Asión Suñer|Gracia Lana|2020}} Cast member Félix Rotaeta died during the filming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/los-10-grandes-blufs-del-cine-espanol-reciente-5246/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Los 10 grandes 'blufs' del cine español reciente|date=10 October 2011|first=Yago|last=García}}</ref>
== Release == The film screened in the competitive slate of the Sitges Film Festival in October 1995.<ref name="torreiro" /> It was released theatrically in Spain on 14 August 1997.{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=93}} The 58th Sitges Film Festival selected the film for a retrospective screening in October 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2025/07/-alpha-by-julia.html|website=ScreenAnarchy|date=16 July 2025|first=Andrew|last=Mack|title= Sitges 2025: First Wave Announced, Julia Ducournau's ALPHA to Open Fest}}</ref>
== Reception == Casimiro Torreiro of ''El País'' found the film to be a disappointment, writing that "from a scriptwriter, be it [for] a comic book or a film script, one expects at least a solvent script, and this is not the case".<ref name="torreiro">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1995/10/12/cultura/813452401_850215.html|website=El País|date=12 October 1995|title='Atolladero', de Óscar Aibar, la única película española a concurso, causa decepción|first=Casimiro|last=Torreiro}}</ref> Also reviewing for ''El País'', Luis Martínez found an "elaborate production design and a cast of actors who exude character" to be elements playing in the film's favour, while citing the "certainly anemic" story as the downside.<ref name="mtnz" />
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 1997
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Films shot in Navarre Category:Films set in Texas Category:Films set in 2048 Category:Spanish dystopian films Category:Spanish Western (genre) films Category:1995 Spanish films Category:1990s Western (genre) science fiction films Category:Films based on Spanish comics Category:1995 directorial debut films {{authority control}}