What You Never Knew
Theatrical release poster
SpanishAunque tú no lo sepas
Directed byJuan Vicente Córdoba
Screenplay by
  • Juan Vicente Córdoba
  • Antonio Conesa
  • María Reyes Arias
  • José Manuel Benayas
Based on"El vocabulario de los balcones"
by Almudena Grandes
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAitor Mantxola
Edited byOsvaldo Donatién
Music byÁngel Illarramendi≤
Production
companies
  • Enrique Cerezo PC
  • Samarkanda cine & video
Distributed byWanda Visión
Release dates
  • September 2000 (2000-09) (Zinemaldia)
  • 24 November 2000 (2000-11-24) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

What You Never Knew (Spanish: Aunque tú no lo sepas) is a 2000 Spanish romantic drama film directed by Juan Vicente Córdoba (in his directorial debut feature) based on Almudena Grandes' short story "El vocabulario de los balcones" which stars Sílvia Munt and Gary Piquer alongside Andrés Gertrúdix, Cristina Brondo, and Daniel Guzmán.

Plot

Split in two different times (1974 and 1999), and set in Madrid, the plot follows the botched love story between a well-off woman and a vulgar man from Vallecas who first met upon facing each other from balconies on opposite sides of the street.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The film is an adaptation of Almudena Grandes' short story "El vocabulario de los balcones", included in Modelos de mujer.[7] The film is an Enrique Cerezo PC and Samarkanda production and it had the participation of TVE and Vía Digital.[6]

Release

The film was selected in the Zabaltegi (New Directors) lineup of the 48th San Sebastián International Film Festival.[8] It was released theatrically in Spain on 24 November 2000.[5]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "graceful love story that shuttles back and forth between time periods and between pleasure and frustration".[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'Me gusta retratar a la gente sencilla con sus problemas'". El País. 22 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Bonilla Cerezo, Rafael (2004). "Literatura y filmicidad: El vocabulario de los balcones (Almudena Grandes, 1998) en Aunque tú no lo sepas (Juan Vicente Córdoba, 2000)". Revista de Literatura. Madrid: Editorial CSIC. 66 (131). doi:10.3989/revliteratura.2004.v66.i131.146. hdl:10396/7773. ISSN 0034-849X.
  3. ↑ Gavela, Yvonne (2008). "Aunque tú no lo sepas: la mirada de Juan Vicente Córdoba a El vocabulario de los balcones de Almudena Grandes". Hesperia. Anuario de Filología Hispánica. Vigo: Revistas UVigo. Servizo de Publicacións. 11: 113.
  4. ↑ Gavela 2008, p. 113.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Aunque tú no lo sepas". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (23 October 2000). "What You Never Knew". Variety.
  7. ↑ Bonilla Cerezo 2004, p. 171.
  8. ↑ Green, Jennifer (24 August 2000). "San Sebastian unveils New Directors' line-up". ScreenDaily.
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