Savages (2001 film) explained

Director:Carlos Molinero
Producer:Lola Salvador
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Cinematography:Gerardo Gormezano
Music:Luis Mendo
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish

Savages (Spanish; Castilian: '''Salvajes'''|links=no) is a 2001 drama film directed by based on the play of the same name by José Luis Alonso de Santos. It stars Marisa Paredes and Imanol Arias.

Plot

The fiction is set in Valencia, in the Mediterranean coast.[1] A nurse (Berta) feels obliged to provide support to her deceased sister's three orphaned children: Raúl and Guillermo (two males members of neo-Nazi groupuscules), and Lucía (infatuated with Fausto, involved in the smuggling of immigrants to Europe). Berta's love affair with Eduardo (a policeman suffering from cirrhosis and Berta's patient) is disrupted by the latter's suspicion about the brutal murder of an immigrant, which the policeman attributes to Berta's nephews.

Production

An adaptation of the 1998 play Salvajes by José Luis Alonso de Santos,[2] the screenplay was penned by Jorge Juan Martínez, Carlos Molinero, Clara Pérez Escrivá, and Salvador Maldonado.

The film was produced by 's production company Brothers & Sisters alongside Passion Walls and Línea Sur PC, and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+.[3] [4]

Release

Distributed by Alta Classics, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 28 September 2001.[5] It was also selected for the 49th San Sebastián International Film Festival's 'New Directors' lineup.[6]

Reception

David Rooney of Variety deemed the "gritty, gripping tale of fanatical hatred in coastal Valencia" to be "stylishly directed and convincingly performed by a strong cast", adherence to the "vogue for convulsive hand-held camerawork" notwithstanding.[7]

Accolades

|-| rowspan = "3" align = "center" | 2002 || rowspan = "3" | 16th Goya Awards || Best New Director || Carlos Molinero || || rowspan = "3" | [8] |-| Best Adapted Screenplay || Jorge Juan Martínez, Carlos Molinero, Clara Pérez Escrivá, Salvador Maldonado || |-| Best New Actress || María Isasi || |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sieber, Cornelia. https://books.google.com/books?id=9eUZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA123. Transmedial Encroachment and the. Urgency of the Conflicts of Migration in Salvajes (Carlos. Molinero, Spain, 2001). 126. On Migration: Diasporization - Transculturality - Transmediality. Cornelia. Sieber. Alfonso de. Toro. 2020. Georg Olms Verlag. Hildesheim. 978-3-487-42292-3.
  2. Book: Cine y literatura española. Guía de largometrajes. Consejería de Cultura y Deportes. Dirección General de Promoción Cultural. Comunidad de Madrid. 2005. 20.
  3. Web site: Lola Salvador, un verso suelto del cine. La Voz de Cádiz. Miguel. Lorenci. 16 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Salvajes. Carlos Molinero. Un día de cine. 9 August 2022. 6.
  5. Web site: Salvajes. Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. 9 August 2022.
  6. News: 'Salvajes', de Carlos Molinero competirá por el Premio Nuevos Directores del Festival. 25 July 2001. .
  7. Web site: Savages. Variety. David. Rooney. 12 October 2001.
  8. Web site: Salvajes. premiosgoya.com. 9 August 2022. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.