Winter Diary Explained

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Director:Francisco Regueiro
Cinematography:Juan Amorós
Studio:Castor Films
Language:Spanish
Country:Spain
Editing:Pedro del Rey
Distributor:United International Pictures

Winter Diary (Spanish; Castilian: '''Diario de invierno'''|links=no)[1] is a 1988 Spanish film directed by Francisco Regueiro which stars Fernando Rey and Eusebio Poncela in a father-son relation alongside Francisco Algora, Terele Pávez, Rosario Flores, Lilí Murati, and Victoria Peña.

Plot

The plot tracks a policy agent seeking evidence for the criminal activities of his father, a former healer who practices euthanasia to people in need of relief.

Release

The film was presented in September 1988 at the 36th San Sebastián International Film Festival.[2] [3] It was theatrically released on 29 September 1988.[4]

Reception

Octavi Martí of El País wrote that Winter Diary is "an extremely ambitious and risky film, which produces a strange sensation of lack of footage".[5]

The review in Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "an attractive film displaying a hermeticism that ends up becoming excessive", underpinning a game with "puzzling but suggestive results".[6]

Accolades

|-| align = "center" | 1988 || 36th San Sebastián International Film Festival || Silver Shell for Best Actor || Best Actor || || align = "center" | [7] |-| align = "center" rowspan = "4" | 1989 || rowspan = "4" | 3rd Goya Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || || rowspan = "4" | [8] |-| Best Director || Francisco Regueiro || |-| Best Actor || Fernando Rey || |-| Best Supporting Actress || Terele Pávez || |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Celebration on Film of la Vida Latina. The New York Times. Glenn. Collins. 4 August 1989.
  2. News: Francisco Regueiro: 'Diario de invierno' es una comedia bárbara". El País. 19 September 1988. Ángeles. García.
  3. Web site: La inquieta mirada de Francisco Regueiro. El Norte de Castilla. César. Combarros-Ical. 8 August 2015.
  4. Web site: Diario de invierno. 9 July 2022. SensaCine.
  5. News: El lado oscuro de la realidad. El País. 3 October 1988. Octavi. Marti.
  6. Web site: Diario de invierno. 29 May 2008. Fotogramas.
  7. News: La película británica del director Andrew Grieve obtiene la Concha de Oro. El País. 25 September 1988. Octavi. Marti.
  8. Web site: Diario de invierno. premiosgoya.com. 10 July 2022. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.