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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
|name = El Sur
| name = El Sur
|image = The South (film).jpg
| image = The South (film).jpg
|caption = Film poster
| caption =
|producer = [[Elías Querejeta]]
| producer = [[Elías Querejeta]]
|director = [[Víctor Erice]]
| director = [[Víctor Erice]]
|writer = Jose Luis Lopez Linares<br>[[Adelaida García Morales]]<ref name=newyorktimes>{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=15 January 1988|title=Film: 'El Sur,' From Spain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/15/movies/film-el-sur-from-spain.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref>
| writer = [[Jose Luis Lopez Linares]]<br>[[Adelaida García Morales]]<ref name="newyorktimes">{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=15 Jan 1988 |title=Film: 'El Sur,' From Spain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/15/movies/film-el-sur-from-spain.html |work=New York Times |location=New York, NY, USA |access-date=15 Sep 2020}}</ref>

|starring = [[Omero Antonutti]]<br>Sonsoles Aranguren<br>[[Icíar Bollaín]]<br>[[Aurore Clément]]
| starring = [[Omero Antonutti]]<br>[[Sonsoles Aranguren]]<br>[[Icíar Bollaín]]<br>[[Aurore Clément]]
|music = [[Enrique Granados]]
|cinematography = [[José Luis Alcaine]]
| music = [[Enrique Granados]]
| cinematography = [[José Luis Alcaine]]
|editing = Pablo González del Amo
| editing = [[Pablo González del Amo]]
|released = {{Film date|1983|5|19|df=yes}} (Spain)<br>15 January 1988 (U.S.)
| released = 19 May 1983 (Spain)<br>15 January 1988 (U.S.)
|runtime = 95 minutes
|country = Spain
| runtime = 95 min.
|language = Spanish
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
}}
}}
'''''El Sur''''' ("The South") is a 1983 [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by the Spanish [[Film director|filmmaker]] [[Victor Erice]], produced by [[Elias Querejeta]], starring [[Icíar Bollaín]] as the adult main character. Written by Jose Luis Lopez Linares, it is based on [[Adelaida García Morales]]' short novel of the same name.<ref name=newyorktimes/>
'''''El Sur''''' ("The South") is a [[1983 in film|1983]] [[drama film]] directed by the [[Spaniards|Spanish]] [[Film director|filmmaker]] [[Victor Erice]], produced by [[Elias Querejeta]], starring [[Icíar Bollaín]] as the adult main character. Written by Jose Luis Lopez Linares, it is based on [[Adelaida García Morales]]' short novel of the same name.<ref name="newyorktimes"></ref>


As in the novella, the screenplay takes place solely in the north of Spain, however the novella picks up where the screenplay leaves off, taking Estrella on a journey to the south of Spain. Producer [[Elías Querejeta]] decided not to allow the filming of the latter 90 minutes which would have been filmed in the south. Querejeta attributed this to lack of funds, although neither Erice nor the film's cinematographer, José Luis Alcaine, believed that was the reason. Erice felt the film was incomplete and described it as an "unfinished drama" even though it was well received by critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5759-el-sur-a-complete-incomplete-film|title=El Sur: A Complete Incomplete Film|last=Lindo|first=Elvira|date=21 Jun 2018|website=criterion.com|publisher=The Criterion Collection|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>
As in the novella, the screenplay takes place solely in the north of Spain, however the novella picks up where the screenplay leaves off, taking Estrella on a journey to the south of Spain. Producer [[Elías Querejeta]] decided not to allow the filming of the latter 90 minutes which would have been filmed in the south. Querejeta attributed this to lack of funds, although neither Erice nor the film's cinematographer, José Luis Alcaine, believed that was the reason. Erice felt the film was incomplete and described it as an "unfinished drama" even though it was well received by critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5759-el-sur-a-complete-incomplete-film |title=El Sur: A Complete Incomplete Film |last=Lindo |first=Elvira |date=21 Jun 2018 |website=criterion.com |publisher=The Criterion Collection |access-date=15 Sep 2020 |quote=}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
This film tells the story of a young girl named Estrella, living in the north of Spain with her father, Augustin, and her mother, Julia. Her father is a scientist who seemingly has the ability to divine water using a pendulum, but Estrella finds him mysterious. As she's growing up her father shares with her the art of divination, but does not talk about his own childhood. Her grandmother comes to visit, and she learns that during the [[Spanish Civil War]] her father and grandfather had a falling out. Her grandfather supported [[Francisco Franco|Franco]], but her father was a Republican. After the civil war her father vowed he would never return to the south again. Later she sees her father visit a movie theater, then eventually discovers that the films he patronizes all star an actress by the name of Irene Rios (''Aurore Clément''). She later finds out that Rios was her father's sweetheart in the south, and that he is still in love with her.<ref name="newyorktimes"></ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Abou-Jaoude|first=Amir|date=5 October 2018|title=In 'El Sur,' Victor Erice contemplates childhood|url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2018/10/05/in-el-sur-victor-erice-contemplates-childhood/|work=[[The Stanford Daily]]|location=Stanford, CA, USA|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>
This film tells the story of a young girl named Estrella (''Sonsoles Aranguren''), living in the north of Spain with her father, Augustin (''Omero Antonutti''), and her mother, Julia (''Lola Cardona''). Her father is a scientist who seemingly has the ability to divine water using a pendulum, but Estrella finds him mysterious. As she's growing up her father shares with her the art of divination, but does not talk about his own childhood. Her grandmother comes to visit, and she learns that during the Spanish Civil War her father and grandfather had a falling out. Her grandfather supported Franco, but her father was a Republican. After the civil war her father vowed he would never return to the south again. Later she sees her father visit a movie theater, then eventually discovers that the films he patronizes all star an actress by the name of Irene Rios (''Aurore Clément''). She later finds out that Rios was her father's sweetheart in the south, and that he is still in love with her.<ref name="newyorktimes"></ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Abou-Jaoude |first=Amir |date=5 Oct 2018 |title=In 'El Sur,' Victor Erice contemplates childhood |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2018/10/05/in-el-sur-victor-erice-contemplates-childhood/ |work=The Stanford Daily |location=Stanford, CA, USA |access-date=15 Sep 2020}}</ref>

==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Omero Antonutti]] as Agustín Arenas
* [[Omero Antonutti]] - Agustín Arenas
*Sonsoles Aranguren as Estrella, 8 years
* [[Sonsoles Aranguren]] - Estrella, 8 years
**[[Icíar Bollaín]] as Estrella, 15 years
** [[Icíar Bollaín]] - Estrella, 15 years
*[[Aurore Clément]] as Irene Ríos / Laura
* [[Aurore Clément]] - Irene Ríos / Laura
*Lola Cardona as Julia, Agustín's wife
* [[Lola Cardona]] - Julia, Agustín's wife
*[[Rafaela Aparicio]] as Milagros
* [[Rafaela Aparicio]] - Milagros
*[[Francisco Merino (actor)|Francisco Merino]] as Irene Ríos's Co-Star
* [[Francisco Merino (actor)|Francisco Merino]] - Irene Ríos's Co-Star
*Maria Caro as Casilda
* [[Maria Caro]] - Casilda
*[[José Vivó]] as Grand Hotel barman
* [[José Vivó]] - Grand Hotel barman
*[[Germaine Montero]] as Doña Rosario
* [[Germaine Montero]] - Doña Rosario
*José Luis Fernández, El Pirri as El Carioco
* [[José Luis Fernández, El Pirri]] - El Carioco


==Reception==
==Reception==
The film was entered into the [[1983 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/el-sur|title=Festival de Cannes: The South|access-date=20 September 2021|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
The film was entered into the [[1983 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1376/year/1983.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The South |access-date=2009-06-07|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>


''El Sur'' was voted the sixth-best Spanish film by professionals and critics in a 1996 Spanish cinema centenary.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bentley|first=Bernard P. E.|title=A Companion to Spanish Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6kRqqwNMm0C&pg=PA319|year=2008|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=1855661764|pages=319–320}}</ref>
''El Sur'' was voted the sixth-best Spanish film by professionals and critics in a 1996 Spanish cinema centenary.<ref name="Bentley2008">{{citation|last=Bentley|first=Bernard P. E.|title=A Companion to Spanish Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6kRqqwNMm0C&pg=PA319|access-date=12 September 2016|year=2008|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=978-1-85566-176-9|pages=319–320}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0084740}}
* {{imdb title|0084740}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|el_sur_1988}}


{{Víctor Erice}}
{{Víctor Erice}}


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El Sur
Directed byVíctor Erice
Written byJose Luis Lopez Linares
Adelaida García Morales[1]
Produced byElías Querejeta
StarringOmero Antonutti
Sonsoles Aranguren
Icíar Bollaín
Aurore Clément
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
Edited byPablo González del Amo
Music byEnrique Granados
Release dates
19 May 1983 (Spain)
15 January 1988 (U.S.)
Running time
95 min.
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

El Sur ("The South") is a 1983 drama film directed by the Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice, produced by Elias Querejeta, starring Icíar Bollaín as the adult main character. Written by Jose Luis Lopez Linares, it is based on Adelaida García Morales' short novel of the same name.[1]

As in the novella, the screenplay takes place solely in the north of Spain, however the novella picks up where the screenplay leaves off, taking Estrella on a journey to the south of Spain. Producer Elías Querejeta decided not to allow the filming of the latter 90 minutes which would have been filmed in the south. Querejeta attributed this to lack of funds, although neither Erice nor the film's cinematographer, José Luis Alcaine, believed that was the reason. Erice felt the film was incomplete and described it as an "unfinished drama" even though it was well received by critics.[2]

Plot

This film tells the story of a young girl named Estrella (Sonsoles Aranguren), living in the north of Spain with her father, Augustin (Omero Antonutti), and her mother, Julia (Lola Cardona). Her father is a scientist who seemingly has the ability to divine water using a pendulum, but Estrella finds him mysterious. As she's growing up her father shares with her the art of divination, but does not talk about his own childhood. Her grandmother comes to visit, and she learns that during the Spanish Civil War her father and grandfather had a falling out. Her grandfather supported Franco, but her father was a Republican. After the civil war her father vowed he would never return to the south again. Later she sees her father visit a movie theater, then eventually discovers that the films he patronizes all star an actress by the name of Irene Rios (Aurore Clément). She later finds out that Rios was her father's sweetheart in the south, and that he is still in love with her.[1][3]

Cast

Reception

The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

El Sur was voted the sixth-best Spanish film by professionals and critics in a 1996 Spanish cinema centenary.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Canby, Vincent (15 Jan 1988). "Film: 'El Sur,' From Spain". New York Times. New York, NY, USA. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020.
  2. ^ Lindo, Elvira (21 Jun 2018). "El Sur: A Complete Incomplete Film". criterion.com. The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020.
  3. ^ Abou-Jaoude, Amir (5 Oct 2018). "In 'El Sur,' Victor Erice contemplates childhood". The Stanford Daily. Stanford, CA, USA. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020.
  4. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The South". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  5. ^ Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008), A Companion to Spanish Cinema, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, pp. 319–320, ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9, retrieved 12 September 2016
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