No Pain, No Gain (2001 film)

No Pain, No Gain is a 2001 Spanish film directed by Víctor García León which stars Bárbara Lennie and Biel Duran.

Plot

Displaying a far from idyllic vision of the teenage years, the fiction follows David, a teenager who finds out that, like everyone else, he is actually quite of a loser.

Production

The screenplay was penned by the director Víctor García León alongside Jonás-Groucho. The score was composed by Diego San José. Ana Huete took over production duties. An Olmos Films production, the film had a 138 million ₧ budget.

Release

The film screened at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival in June 2001, where it was well received. Distributed by Alta Classics, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 6 July 2001.