The Night of the Brother
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLa noche del hermano
Directed bySantiago García de Leániz
Screenplay by
  • Santiago García de Leániz
  • Tatiana Rodríguez
  • Josep Bonet
Produced by
  • Santiago García de Leániz
  • Enrique González Macho
Starring
CinematographyCarles Gusi
Edited byÁngel Hernández Zoido
Music byEva Gancedo
Production
companies
  • La Iguana
  • Alta Producción
Distributed byAlta Films
Release date
  • 26 August 2005 (2005-08-26)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Night of the Brother (Spanish: La noche del hermano) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed by Santiago García de Leániz (in his directorial debut feature). It stars Jan Cornet, María Vázquez, Pablo Rivero, Iciar Bollain, Joan Dalmau, and Luis Tosar.

Plot

The plot is set in the fictional town of Fortuna.[1] Upon a brutal parental parricide committed by Álex, his younger brother Jaime must ponder over his own future (including the prospect of selling a family land plot and a budding relationship with butcher María), while the shadow cast by his brother looms in from prison.[2][1][3]

Cast

Production

The film is a La Iguana and Alta Producción production.[4] It was shot in locations of the Region of Murcia.[2]

Release

Distributed by Alta Films,[3] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 August 2005.[5]

Critical reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the film manages to combine "subtlety and intensity into a rich, understated and well-played whole".[3]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars writing that the helmer nails "a crime drama with perhaps a little too much hieratism in some of the characters" while otherwise appreciating the "description of the weight of the family inheritance and its extreme consistency".[5]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
200620th Goya AwardsBest Original ScoreEva GancedoNominated[4]
Best Original SongEva Gancedo, YamilNominated

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "El cineasta Santiago García Leániz presenta 'La noche del hermano'". El País. 17 August 2005.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Costa, Jordi (24 August 2005). "Paisaje después del parricidio". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Holland, Jonathan (27 September 2005). "The Night of the Brother". Variety.
  4. 1 2 "La noche del hermano". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "La noche del hermano". Fotogramas.
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