Nico (Jordi Vilches) goes to his best friend Dani's (Fernando Ramallo) summer beach house at a seaside town outside of Barcelona. They plan to lose their virginity while Dani's parents are away. It's a coming of age film for the 17-year-old characters, as one comes to terms with his homosexuality and the other with his heterosexuality. They have sex together. A pair of cousin girls, Berta (Esther Nubiola) and Elena (Marieta Orozco) enter the picture. Nico is much more interested in Berta than Dani in Elena. Nico gets to make love to Berta, making Dani jealous of her. Dani realizes he is in love with Nico and tells him, causing an argument between them. Then Dani goes out to get drunk and meets a gay writer friend of his father, Julian (Chisco Amado). After having dinner and sailing with him, Dani wants to make love, but changes his mind at the last moment and runs back to Nico. Both friends reconciliate, but summer is over and Nico returns home.
"Nico and Dani" is a Spanish film similar to "Beautiful Thing" and "Wild Deeds". The Spanish title is "Krámpack", meaning "mutual masturbation" or "hand job." The soundtrack is mostly excellent but derivative electric blues, which Lone Wolf loves, but considers inappropriate for the film. It works well, but is incongruous for teen-age Spaniards. Flamenco or Spanish pop would have been better. Joan Díaz, Jordi Prats, and Riqui Sabates composed the music. Tomàs Aragay and Cesc Gay wrote the script derived from the play by Jordi Sánchez. Cesc Gay directed. In Spanish with English subtitles.
"Nico and Dani" is a Spanish film similar to "Beautiful Thing" and "Wild Deeds". The Spanish title is "Krámpack", meaning "mutual masturbation" or "hand job." The soundtrack is mostly excellent but derivative electric blues, which Lone Wolf loves, but considers inappropriate for the film. It works well, but is incongruous for teen-age Spaniards. Flamenco or Spanish pop would have been better. Joan Díaz, Jordi Prats, and Riqui Sabates composed the music. Tomàs Aragay and Cesc Gay wrote the script derived from the play by Jordi Sánchez. Cesc Gay directed. In Spanish with English subtitles.
