Hitting Bottom (1998) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1998 · 92 mins · Spanish

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Directed by

Enrique Gabriel

Starring

Ramón Barea, Luis Alberto García, Roberto Díaz Gomar, Tomás Cimadevilla, Sergi Calleja, Felipe García Vélez

Juan Gutiérrez, 44, an out‑of‑work electrician, leaves his family for Madrid, believing the city offers better jobs. He soon discovers reality is harsher, refusing low‑skill tasks like cleaning windshields or cabarets and insisting on true electrician work. He befriends Andy, a Caribbean migrant with bulletproof optimism, and together they scrape by, evade immigration, and become known as “Gallego” and “Sudaca.”