Directed by:
Víctor EriceScreenplay:
Víctor EriceCinematography:
José Luis AlcaineCast:
Omero Antonutti, Icíar Bollaín, Lola Cardona, Aurore Clément, Germaine Montero, Rafaela Aparicio, José Vivó, Francisco Merino, Sonsoles Aranguren (more)VOD (2)
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Ten years after making his mark on Spanish cinema with The Spirit of the Beehive, Víctor Erice returned to filmmaking with this adaptation of a novella by Adelaida García Morales, which deepens the director’s fascination with childhood, fantasy, and the legacy of his country’s civil war. In the North of Spain, Estrella grows up captivated by her father, a doctor with mystical powers—and by the enigma of his youth in the South, a near-mythical region whose secrets seem to haunt him more and more as time goes on. Though Erice’s original vision also encompassed a long section set in the South itself, which was never made, El Sur remains an experience of rare perfection and satisfaction, drawing on painterly cinematography by José Luis Alcaine to evoke the enchantments of memory and the inaccessible, inescapable mysteries of the past. (Criterion)
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Omero Antonutti
Italy
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
Icíar Bollaín
Spain
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Rage (2009)
Lola Cardona
Spain
Best movies:
Cousin Angelica (1974)
El Sur (1983)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
Aurore Clément
France
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Germaine Montero
France
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Robert et Robert (1978)
Rafaela Aparicio
Spain
Best movies:
Anna and the Wolves (1973)
Los chicos con las chicas (1967)
El Sur (1983)
José Vivó
Spain
Best movies:
Anna and the Wolves (1973)
La colmena (1982)
El Sur (1983)
Francisco Merino
Spain
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
Los serrano (2003) (series)
The Black Sword (1976)
Sonsoles Aranguren
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
Roger Ibáñez
France
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Le Pari (1997)