The Detective and Death explained

Native Name:	Nolink: yes
Director:	Gonzalo Suárez
Producer:	Andrés Vicente Gómez
Music:	Suso Saiz
Cinematography:	Carlos Suárez
Editing:	José Salcedo

The Detective and Death (Spanish; Castilian: '''El detective y la muerte'''|links=no) is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by Gonzalo Suárez.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother", it is set in a fictional European city stirred by racial conflicts (in lieu of the forest from the short story).^[3]

Production

Produced by LolaFilms and Ditirambo Films,^[4] it was shot in between Llanes and Warsaw.^[5]

Release

The film was presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1994. It was theatrically released on 30 September 1994.^[6]

Reception

David Rooney of Variety assessed that despite the bizarre meeting between film noir and gruesome fairy tale featuring "commanding perfs and arresting visuals", the helmer "encumbers the lugubrious thriller with pretentious hokum".^[7]

Accolades

|-| align = "center" | 1994 || 42nd San Sebastián International Film Festival || Silver Shell for Best Actor || Javier Bardem || || ^[8] |-| align = "center" rowspan = "7" | 1995 || rowspan = "5" | 9th Goya Awards || Best Original Screenplay || Gonzalo Suárez || || rowspan = "5" | ^[9] |-| Best Production Supervision || José Luis García Arrojo || |-| Best Original Score || Suso Saiz || |-| Best Editing || José Salcedo || |-| Best Special Effects || Miroslaw Marchwinski || |-| 45th Fotogramas de Plata || Best Actor || Carmelo Gómez || || ^[10] |-| 50th CEC Awards || Best Cinematography || Carlos Suárez || || ^[11] |}

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1994

Notes and References

1. Web site: THE MOVIE GUIDE : El Detective y La Muerte. Al. Goodman. International Herald. Tribune. January 20, 1995. NYTimes.com.
2. Web site: El detective y la muerte (1994) Película - PLAY Cine. March 29, 2017. abc.
3. Web site: Gonzalo Suárez ofrece una respuesta ética frente a lo inevitable en el 'El detective y la muerte'. El País. 23 September 1994. Rocío. García.
4. Web site: Ambición y riesgo. El País. Casimiro. Torreiro. 2 October 1994.
5. Web site: Gonzalo Suárez, director del mes de diciembre en 8madrid TV. Audiovisual451. 1 December 2020.
6. Web site: El detective y la muerte. Sensacine. 4 February 2022.
7. Web site: 17 October 1994. The Detective and Death. David. Rooney. Variety.
8. Web site: La Concha de Oro para 'Días contados' premia una "película arriesgada", según Imanol Uribe. El País. 25 September 1994. Casimiro. Torreiro.
9. Web site: El detective y la muerte. premiosgoya.com. 4 February 2022.
10. Web site: Los actores Ana Belén y Carmelo Gómez, premios Fotogramas 94. El País. 1 March 1995.
11. Web site: Premios del CEC a la producción española de 1994. Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. 4 February 2022.