El Sur
(1983)
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El Sur
(1983)
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Omero Antonutti | ... |
Agustín Arenas
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Sonsoles Aranguren | ... | |
| Icíar Bollaín | ... | ||
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Lola Cardona | ... |
Julia
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Rafaela Aparicio | ... |
Milagros
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| Aurore Clément | ... |
Irene Ríos /
Laura
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Francisco Merino | ... |
Enamorado
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Maria Caro | ... |
Casilda
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José Vivó | ... |
Camarero
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Germaine Montero | ... |
Doña Rosario
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José García García Morilla | ... |
Chófer
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María Massip | ... |
Estrella adulta
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The movie tells a melancholic story of a little girl who is living in a city in the north. She is fascinated by the secrets of the south which seem to be hidden in the personality of her father. Written by Volker Boehm
I feel compelled to relate this as it has been at least ten years since I saw this film (in a student union theater) and it still has a powerful hold on my memory. I have been unable to find it on video, so my recollections are fragmentary.
I was so impressed, involved, and moved by this tale that I left the cinema feeling as if I were floating just above the pavement. One is quietly and adroitly drawn in by the mystery that the young daughter in 1950s Spain senses in her father. The political dimension is brilliantly nuanced, carefully alluded to without speechifying. The wondrous cinematography captures light so deftly at times that it is almost luminous: late afternoon sunlight across a room, snow slowly falling (viewed through a window), a rain soaked street at night. As the daughter grows to adolescence the enigma of her reticent father begins to clear. It may not sound like much in my words, but from wool Victor Erice has spun gold.