08/04/2013 - Cesc Gay’s film triumphs at the 23rd Spanish Film Festival in Nantes. A Special Mention goes to Javier Rebollo and the Public’s Award to Imanol Uribe

Praised for "the virtuosity of the directing, the quality of the dialogues and the acting”, Una pistola en cada mano [+see also:
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It is also worth mentioning that the Public’s Award went to Miel de naranjas [+see also:
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(Translated from French)