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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]
| director = [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]
| producer = [[Álvaro Augustín]]<br>[[Antonio Cardenal]]
| producer = [[Álvaro Augustín]]<br />[[Antonio Cardenal]]
| writer = [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]<br>[[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]]
| writer = [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]<br />[[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]]
| starring = [[Viggo Mortensen]]<br>[[Elena Anaya]]
| starring = [[Viggo Mortensen]]<br />[[Elena Anaya]]
| music = [[Roque Baños]]
| music = [[Roque Baños]]
| cinematography = [[Paco Femenia]]
| cinematography = [[Paco Femenia]]
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| gross =$23 million
| gross =$23 million
}}
}}
'''''Alatriste''''' is a 2006 Spanish [[epic film|epic]] [[historical fiction]] [[war film]] directed by [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]], based on the main character of a series of novels written by [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]], ''[[Captain Alatriste|The Adventures of Captain Alatriste]]'' ({{lang|es|Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste}}).
'''''Alatriste''''' is a 2006 Spanish [[epic film|epic]] [[historical fiction|historical]] [[war film]] directed by [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]], based on the main character of a series of novels written by [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]], ''[[Captain Alatriste|The Adventures of Captain Alatriste]]'' ({{lang|es|Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste}}).


The film, which stars [[Viggo Mortensen]], is the second most expensive [[Spanish language]] [[Spanish cinema|film ever made in Spain]] (about €24 million &ndash; US$30 million); only preceded by ''[[Agora (film)|Agora]]''. It portrays [[Spanish Golden Century|Spain of the 17th century]] using both fictional and real characters. [[Twentieth Century Fox]] has bought the rights to the film.<ref name=tomatoes>{{cite web|title=Alatriste (2006)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alatriste/|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=theguardian>{{cite web|title=Summer readings: Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/aug/11/captain-alatriste-arturo-perez-reverte|publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref>
The film, which stars [[Viggo Mortensen]], is the second most expensive [[Spanish language]] [[Spanish cinema|film ever made in Spain]] (about €24 million &ndash; US$30 million); only preceded by ''[[Agora (film)|Agora]]''. It portrays [[Spanish Golden Century|Spain of the 17th century]] using both fictional and real characters. [[Twentieth Century Fox]] has bought the rights to the film.<ref name=tomatoes>{{cite web|title=Alatriste (2006)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alatriste/|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=theguardian>{{cite news|title=Summer readings: Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte|newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 August 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/aug/11/captain-alatriste-arturo-perez-reverte|publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=2 December 2013 |last1=Lea |first1=Richard }}</ref>


The film was released on 1 September 2006.
The film was released on 1 September 2006.
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The story takes place during the 17th century in the [[Spanish Empire]]. Diego Alatriste is a soldier in the service of [[King Philip IV of Spain]] during the [[Eighty Years' War]]. The story begins in the [[Spanish Netherlands]], where his ''[[tercio]]'' fights in the [[Dutch Revolt]]. His friend Lope Balboa is killed during the fighting, and Alatriste returns to [[Madrid]] where he takes Lope's young son Íñigo into his care.
The story takes place during the 17th century in the [[Spanish Empire]]. Diego Alatriste is a soldier in the service of [[King Philip IV of Spain]] during the [[Eighty Years' War]]. The story begins in the [[Spanish Netherlands]], where his ''[[tercio]]'' fights in the [[Dutch Revolt]]. His friend Lope Balboa is killed during the fighting, and Alatriste returns to [[Madrid]] where he takes Lope's young son Íñigo into his care.


Alatriste is hired along with a Sicilian assassin named Gualtiero Malatesta to kill the [[Prince of Wales]] (the future [[King Charles I of England]]) and his companion, the [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|Duke of Buckingham]]. The job is contracted by Emilio Bocanegra and Luis de Alquézar (uncle of Íñigo's love interest, Angélica de Alquézar). Alatriste finally returns to the Netherlands in 1624 (although the movie states 1625) and participates in the final battles leading to [[Siege of Breda (1624)|Breda's surrender]]. After returning to Spain, Íñigo wants to elope with Angélica, but she gets cold feet at the last moment. Alatriste has a romance with actress María de Castro. Because she was disappointed that she failed to marry him, she became the lover of Philip IV. Alatriste ends up crossing swords with Guadalmedina, a friend of the king. In the end, the object of their attention falls ill with [[syphilis]]. The duel with his friend Martín Saldaña and the punishment of Íñigo in the galleys are part of the film's spectacular ending.
Alatriste is hired along with a Sicilian assassin named Gualterio Malatesta to kill the [[Prince of Wales]] (the future [[King Charles I of England]]) and his companion, the [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|Duke of Buckingham]]. The job is contracted by Emilio Bocanegra and Luis de Alquézar (uncle of Íñigo's love interest, Angélica de Alquézar). Alatriste finally returns to the Netherlands in 1624 (although the movie states 1625) and participates in the final battles leading to [[Siege of Breda (1624)|Breda's surrender]]. After returning to Spain, Íñigo wants to elope with Angélica, but she gets cold feet at the last moment. Alatriste has a romance with actress María de Castro. Because she was disappointed that she failed to marry him, she became the lover of Philip IV. Alatriste ends up crossing swords with Guadalmedina, a friend of the king. In the end, the object of their attention falls ill with [[syphilis]]. The duel with his friend Martín Saldaña and the punishment of Íñigo in the galleys are part of the film's spectacular ending.


The last scenes are at the [[Battle of Rocroi]] (May 1643), described in the last book of ''[[Captain Alatriste|The Adventures of Captain Alatriste]]'' saga. During the battle, [[Abel Moreno Gómez]]'s "[[La Madrugá]]" is playing as the defeated army's march and this is where it is assumed that Alatriste dies.
The last scenes are at the [[Battle of Rocroi]] (May 1643), described in the last book of ''[[Captain Alatriste|The Adventures of Captain Alatriste]]'' saga. During the battle, [[Abel Moreno Gómez]]'s "[[La Madrugá]]" is playing as the defeated army's march and this is where it is assumed that Alatriste dies.
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==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Viggo Mortensen]] as Captain Diego Alatriste
* [[Viggo Mortensen]] as Captain Diego Alatriste
* [[Javier Cámara]] as [[Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares]]
* [[Javier Cámara]] as [[Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares]]
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* [[Unax Ugalde]] as Íñigo de Balboa, Alatriste's Basque [[squire]]
* [[Unax Ugalde]] as Íñigo de Balboa, Alatriste's Basque [[squire]]
* [[Elena Anaya]] as Angélica de Alquézar, a teenaged [[femme fatale]]
* [[Elena Anaya]] as Angélica de Alquézar, a teenaged [[femme fatale]]
* [[Ariadna Gil]] as María de Castro
* [[Ariadna Gil]] as María de Castro, Alatriste's actress lover
* [[Eduard Fernández]] as Sebastián Copons, Alatriste's closest friend
* [[Francesc Garrido]] as Sheriff Saldaña
* [[Francesc Garrido]] as Martín Saldaña, the local sheriff
* [[Blanca Portillo]] as the [[inquisitor]] fray Emilio Bocanegra
* [[Blanca Portillo]] as the [[inquisitor]] fray Emilio Bocanegra
* [[Antonio Dechent]] as Curro Garrote<ref name=sdo />
* [[Antonio Dechent]] as Curro Garrote, a soldier friend of Alastriste
* [[Paco Tous]] as [[Francisco de Melo]]
* [[Paco Tous]] as [[Francisco de Melo]]
* [[Enrico Lo Verso]] as [[Gualtiero Malatesta]]
* [[Enrico Lo Verso]] as Gualterio Malatesta, an Italian swordsman and Alatriste's nemesis
* [[Luis Zahera]] as Pereira.<ref name=sdo>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJoqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA399|page=399|title=El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica|first=Yolanda|last=López López|publisher=Asociación Cultural y Científica Iberoamericana|year=2017|isbn=978-84-16549-70-2|location=Madrid}}</ref>
* [[Luis Zahera]] as Luis Pereira, a Portuguese soldier<ref name=sdo>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJoqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA399|page=399|title=El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica|first=Yolanda|last=López López|publisher=Asociación Cultural y Científica Iberoamericana|year=2017|isbn=978-84-16549-70-2|location=Madrid}}</ref>
* [[Pilar Bardem]] as nun<ref name=sdo />
* [[Pilar Bardem]] as nun<ref name=sdo />
* Simon Cohen as [[Philip IV of Spain|Philip IV]]<ref name=sdo />
* Simon Cohen as [[Philip IV of Spain|Philip IV]]<ref name=sdo />
* [[Pilar López de Ayala]] as Malatesta's wife<ref name=sdo />
* [[Pilar López de Ayala]] as Malatesta's wife<ref name=sdo />
}}
[[Antonio Resines]], originally slated to appear as Saldaña, almost retired from the entire movie due to a traffic accident; however, he makes a [[cameo appearance]] in the [[Battle of Rocroi]] as a [[musketeer]] officer.
[[Antonio Resines]], originally slated to appear as Saldaña, almost retired from the entire movie due to a traffic accident; however, he makes a [[cameo appearance]] in the [[Battle of Rocroi]] as a [[musketeer]] officer.


==Reception==
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==Awards and nominations==
===Critical response===
''Alatriste'' has an approval rating of 17% on [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 4.1/10.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alatriste | title=Alatriste| website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref>

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===Awards and nominations===
[[File:Alatriste La Caleta.jpg|thumb|right|''Alatriste'' filming in [[La Caleta, Spain|La Caleta]] beach, Cádiz, Spain]]
[[File:Alatriste La Caleta.jpg|thumb|right|''Alatriste'' filming in [[La Caleta, Spain|La Caleta]] beach, Cádiz, Spain]]
{{Awards table|5}}
{{Awards table|5}}
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| align = "center" rowspan = "16" | 2007 || 12th [[Forqué Awards|Forqué Award]] || colspan = "2" | [[Forqué Award for Best Film|Best Film]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20070509/51344178746/el-laberinto-del-fauno-ganadora-del-premio-cinematografico-jose-maria-forque.html|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|title='El Laberinto del Fauno', ganadora del Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué|date=9 May 2007}}</ref>
| align = "center" rowspan = "17" | 2007 || 12th [[Forqué Awards|Forqué Award]] || colspan = "2" | [[Forqué Award for Best Film|Best Film]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20070509/51344178746/el-laberinto-del-fauno-ganadora-del-premio-cinematografico-jose-maria-forque.html|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|title='El Laberinto del Fauno', ganadora del Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué|date=9 May 2007}}</ref>
|-
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| rowspan = "15" | [[21st Goya Awards]] || colspan = "2" | [[Goya Award for Best Film|Best Film]] || {{nom}} || rowspan = "15" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/alatriste/|website=[[Goya Awards|Premios Goya]]|access-date=19 December 2021|title=Alatriste}}</ref>
| rowspan = "15" | [[21st Goya Awards]] || colspan = "2" | [[Goya Award for Best Film|Best Film]] || {{nom}} || rowspan = "15" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/alatriste/|website=[[Goya Awards|Premios Goya]]|access-date=19 December 2021|title=Alatriste}}</ref>
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| [[Goya Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]] || [[Reyes Abades]], Rafael Solorzano || {{nom}}
| [[Goya Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]] || [[Reyes Abades]], Rafael Solorzano || {{nom}}
|-
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| [[16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards]] || Best Film Actor in a Minor Role || Javier Cámara || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/01/03/cultura/1167832775.html|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|title='Volver' y 'Así es (si así os parece)', las favoritas a los premios Unión de Actores|date=5 January 2007}}</ref><ref name="laopinioncoruna2007">{{cite web|url=https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/cultura/2007/02/13/union-actores-premia-volver-metodo-25536177.html|website=La Opinión de La Coruña|date=13 February 2007|title=La Unión de Actores premia 'Volver´, 'El método Grönholm´ y 'Mujeres´}}</ref>
|}
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[[Category:Spanish historical drama films]]
[[Category:Spanish historical drama films]]
[[Category:Spanish war drama films]]
[[Category:Spanish war drama films]]
[[Category:Spanish-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Spanish-language films]]
[[Category:Spanish swashbuckler films]]
[[Category:Spanish swashbuckler films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Roque Baños]]
[[Category:Films scored by Roque Baños]]
[[Category:Films directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes]]
[[Category:Films directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes]]
[[Category:2006 drama films]]
[[Category:2006 drama films]]
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[[Category:Spanish films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Álvaro Augustin]]
[[Category:Films produced by Álvaro Augustin]]
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[[Category:Works based on Spanish novels]]
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[[Category:Cultural depictions of Charles I of England]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Philip IV of Spain]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]]

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This article is about the film. For the novels, see Captain Alatriste.
Alatriste
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgustín Díaz Yanes
Written byAgustín Díaz Yanes
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Produced byÁlvaro Augustín
Antonio Cardenal
StarringViggo Mortensen
Elena Anaya
CinematographyPaco Femenia
Edited byJosé Salcedo
Music byRoque Baños
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 1 September 2006 (2006-09-01)
Running time
145 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguagesSpanish
Dutch
Box office$23 million

Alatriste is a 2006 Spanish epic historical war film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Adventures of Captain Alatriste (Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste).

The film, which stars Viggo Mortensen, is the second most expensive Spanish language film ever made in Spain (about €24 million – US$30 million); only preceded by Agora. It portrays Spain of the 17th century using both fictional and real characters. Twentieth Century Fox has bought the rights to the film.[1][2]

The film was released on 1 September 2006.

Plot

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The story takes place during the 17th century in the Spanish Empire. Diego Alatriste is a soldier in the service of King Philip IV of Spain during the Eighty Years' War. The story begins in the Spanish Netherlands, where his tercio fights in the Dutch Revolt. His friend Lope Balboa is killed during the fighting, and Alatriste returns to Madrid where he takes Lope's young son Íñigo into his care.

Alatriste is hired along with a Sicilian assassin named Gualterio Malatesta to kill the Prince of Wales (the future King Charles I of England) and his companion, the Duke of Buckingham. The job is contracted by Emilio Bocanegra and Luis de Alquézar (uncle of Íñigo's love interest, Angélica de Alquézar). Alatriste finally returns to the Netherlands in 1624 (although the movie states 1625) and participates in the final battles leading to Breda's surrender. After returning to Spain, Íñigo wants to elope with Angélica, but she gets cold feet at the last moment. Alatriste has a romance with actress María de Castro. Because she was disappointed that she failed to marry him, she became the lover of Philip IV. Alatriste ends up crossing swords with Guadalmedina, a friend of the king. In the end, the object of their attention falls ill with syphilis. The duel with his friend Martín Saldaña and the punishment of Íñigo in the galleys are part of the film's spectacular ending.

The last scenes are at the Battle of Rocroi (May 1643), described in the last book of The Adventures of Captain Alatriste saga. During the battle, Abel Moreno Gómez's "La Madrugá" is playing as the defeated army's march and this is where it is assumed that Alatriste dies.

The plot of the film has elements from each of the five books published up to the premiere, and it maintains the same storyline for the main characters. It includes excerpts from the future books of the saga.

Cast

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Antonio Resines, originally slated to appear as Saldaña, almost retired from the entire movie due to a traffic accident; however, he makes a cameo appearance in the Battle of Rocroi as a musketeer officer.

Reception

[edit]

Critical response

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Alatriste has an approval rating of 17% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 4.1/10.[4]

Awards and nominations

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Alatriste filming in La Caleta beach, Cádiz, Spain
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2007 12th Forqué Award Best Film Nominated [5]
21st Goya Awards Best Film Nominated [6]
Best Actor Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Best Director Agustín Díaz Yanes Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Agustín Díaz Yanes Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Juan Echanove Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ariadna Gil Nominated
Best Production Supervision Cristina Zumárraga Won
Best Original Score Roque Baños Nominated
Best Art Direction Benjamín Fernández Won
Best Costume Design Francesca Sartori Won
Best Cinematography Paco Femenía [ca] Nominated
Best Editing José Salcedo Nominated
Best Makeup and Hairstyles José Luis Pérez Nominated
Best Sound Dominique Hennequin, Patrice Grisolet, Pierre Gamet Nominated
Best Special Effects Reyes Abades, Rafael Solorzano Nominated
16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Minor Role Javier Cámara Nominated [7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Alatriste (2006)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. ^ Lea, Richard (11 August 2011). "Summer readings: Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d López López, Yolanda (2017). El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica. Madrid: Asociación Cultural y Científica Iberoamericana. p. 399. ISBN 978-84-16549-70-2.
  4. ^ "Alatriste". Rotten Tomatoes.
  5. ^ "'El Laberinto del Fauno', ganadora del Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué". La Vanguardia. 9 May 2007.
  6. ^ "Alatriste". Premios Goya. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  7. ^ "'Volver' y 'Así es (si así os parece)', las favoritas a los premios Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 5 January 2007.
  8. ^ "La Unión de Actores premia 'Volver´, 'El método Grönholm´ y 'Mujeres´". La Opinión de La Coruña. 13 February 2007.
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