Fifth District Explained
Fifth District (es|Distrito Quinto) is a 1958 Spanish crime film[1] from the "Barcelona film noir period" of their director, Julio Coll[2] and is considered a national classic of the genre.[3]
Accolades
The film received various nominations at the Premios del CEC a la producción española in 1958, including 4 wins.[4]
Themes
"In these instances, the idea of a corrupting city was very much in tune with ideologies of early Francoism that defended rural values.", commented the Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema.[5]
Notes and References
- News: Batlle Caminal . Jordi . Crítica: Distrito quinto . Spanish . . 1990-07-24 . 2024-09-18 .
- ON THIEVES AND HEARTTHROBS: VARIATIONS ON FILM NOIR IN THE BARCELONA TRILOGY BY ARTURO FERNÁNDEZ AND JULIO COLL (1956 - 1959) . L'Atalante. Revista de Estudios Cinematográficos . 31 January 2021 . 183–198 . L'Atalante . 2024-09-18 . Eguskiza . Ignacio Gaztaka . Iturregui-Motiloa . Víctor .
- Book: Aubert, Jean-Paul . Barcelone mise en scènes . 2024-03-06 . Espaces et signes . 978-2-38206-001-8 . fr.
- Web site: 2021-05-06 . ::: CEC ::: Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos . 2024-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506194258/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1958.htm . 2021-05-06 .
- Book: Nouselles, Alberto Mira . Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema . 2010 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-8108-5957-9 . en.
