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The Night of the Sunflowers

January 02, 2023

The Night of the Sunflowers (Spanish: La noche de los girasoles) is a 2006 rural thriller-drama film directed and written by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo [es]. The cast features Carmelo Gómez, Judith Diakhate, Celso Bugallo, Manuel Morón, Mariano Alameda, Vicente Romero and Walter Vidarte. It is a Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production.

The Night of the Sunflowers
SpanishLa noche de los girasoles
Directed byJorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
Screenplay byJorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
Starring
CinematographyÁngel Iguácel
Edited byPedro Ribeiro
Music byKrishna Levy
Production
companies
  • Alta Producción
  • Stop Line Films
  • The Film SAS
  • Arte France Cinéma
Release dates
  • 25 August 2006 (2006-08-25) (Spain)
  • 25 July 2007 (2007-07-25) (France)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • France
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Set in the village of Angosto, in the heart of rural Spain, the plot follows Esteban and Pedro (two speleologists) and Gabi (Esteban's girlfriend), as Cecilio, an elderly villager, is killed in the wake of a misunderstanding in the aftermath of the attempted sexual assault on Gabi by a salesman and ensuing violent confrontation.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The Night of the Sunflowers is a Spain-Portugal-France co-production.[3][4] Production companies included Alta Producción, Stop Line Films, The Film SAS and Arte France Cinéma.[5] Locations in the province of Ávila (San Bartolomé de Béjar and Becedas) doubled as the fictional village of Angosto.[6]

Release

The film was theatrically released in Spain on 25 August 2006.[3][7] It also screened at the Venice Days section of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2006.[8][3]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2007 62nd CEC Medals Best Film Nominated [9]
Best Director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo Nominated
Best Actor Carmelo Gómez Won
Best New Artist Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo Won
Best Supporting Actor Celso Bugallo Nominated
Best Cinematography Ángel Iguácel Nominated
Best Editing Pablo Ribeiro Nominated
21st Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo Nominated [5]
Best New Director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo Nominated
Best New Actor Walter Vidarte Nominated
16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Minor Role Manuel Morón Won [10]
51st Sant Jordi Awards Best Debut Film Won [11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Whittaker, Tom (2013). "La noche de los girasoles/Night of the Sunflowers (Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, 2006): palimpsests of genre, palimpsests of violence". In Delgado, Maria M.; Fiddian, Robbin (eds.). Spanish cinema 1973-2010. Auteurism, politics, landscape and memory. Manchester University Press. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-0-7190-9658-7.
  2. ^ Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra (2021). Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2nd ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4766-8649-3.
  3. ^ a b c "'La noche de los girasoles', un 'thriller' ambientado en la España rural, llega a la Mostra de Venecia". El Mundo. 4 September 2006.
  4. ^ Asión Suñer, Ana (2018). Cuando el cine español buscó una tercera vía (1970-1980): testimonios de una transición olvidada. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. p. 185. ISBN 978-84-17358-97-6.
  5. ^ a b "La noche de los girasoles". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. ^ Whittaker 2013, p. 160.
  7. ^ Vidal, Nuria (29 May 2008). "La noche de los girasoles". Fotogramas.
  8. ^ "Venice Days 3rd Edition - La noche de los girasoles (Angosto)". venice-days.it. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ^ . Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Juan Diego y 'Pe', premiados por la Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 13 February 2017.
  11. ^ ""El laberinto del fauno", galardonada con el Sant Jordi". Diario de León. 22 March 2007.

External links

  • The Night of the Sunflowers at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol
  • The Night of the Sunflowers at IMDb
  • The Night of the Sunflowers at AllMovie
  • The Night of the Sunflowers at Rotten Tomatoes

January 02, 2023
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