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Directed by | Salvador García Ruiz |
Screenplay by | Salvador García Ruiz |
Based on | Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg |
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Cinematography | Teo Delgado |
Edited by | Carmen Frías |
Music by | Pascal Gaigne |
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Distributed by | Columbia TriStar |
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Language | Spanish |
Voices in the Night (Spanish: Las voces de la noche) is a 2003 Spanish-Italian film written and directed by Salvador García Ruiz based on the 1963 novel Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg. Ruiz relocates the setting from an Italian village to a Spanish one, but keeps the setting in the 1950s.[1][2] The main roles are played by Laia Marull, Tristán Ulloa, and Vicky Peña.
Cast
- Tristán Ulloa as Jorge[3]
- Laia Marull as Elisa[3]
- Vicky Peña[4]
- Paloma Paso Jardiel[4]
- Ana Wagener[3]
- Ramón Madaula[4]
- Emma Vilarasau[4]
- Malena Alterio[3]
- Juli Mira[3]
- Pepa Zaragoza[3]
- Pere Arquillué as Pepe[3]
- Guillermo Toledo[5]
- Álvaro de Luna[3]
Production
A Spanish-Italian co-production by DeAPlaneta, Esicma, and Mikado, the film also had the participation of Antena 3, Canal+, and TVC.[3] Shooting locations included the province of Girona.[6]
Release
The film screened at the 48th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2003.[7] Distributed by Columbia TriStar,[3] it was theatrically released in Spain on 27 February 2004.[8]
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to "a well-dressed, if over-earnest, romancer", "otherwise solidly built, well-played".[3]
Nuria Vidal of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting the performance by Marull as the best thing about the film.[8]
Casimiro Torreiro of El País deemed Voices in the Night to be a "glossy, evocative and rigorous provincial drama".[4]
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | 19th Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Salvador García Ruiz | Nominated | [9] |
See also
References
- ↑ Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano -Directory of World Cinema: Spain 1841504637 2011 - Page 83 - Salvador García Ruiz carries out the adaptation of Natalia Ginzburg's novel Las voces de la noche, moving the action from an Italian village to a Spanish one, recreating its provincial environment. In appearance it is a simple love story..."
- ↑ Ronald Schwartz - Great Spanish Films Since 1950 -2008 Page xlv 1461696615 2004 Las voces de la noche (Voices in the Night) by Salvador García Ruiz
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Holland, Jonathan (2 March 2004). "Voices in the Night". Variety.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Torreiro, Casimiro (27 February 2004). "Vidas de provincia". El País.
- ↑ Andaluz, Cándida (14 November 2003). "«Las voces de la noche» clausura la octava edición del certamen". La Voz de Galicia.
- ↑ Gómez, Sergio (11 April 2018). "¿Sabes qué películas se rodaron en Girona?". Crónica Global – via El Español.
- ↑ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (30 October 2003). "Vivo, brutal, estremecedor retrato del rostro oculto de una niña afgana". El País.
- 1 2 Vidal, Nuria (29 May 2008). "Las voces de la noche". Fotogramas.
- ↑ "Las voces de la noche". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 3 October 2022.