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Director:
Writers:
Xosé Morais (writer)
Antón Reixa (writer)
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Release Date:
25 April 2003 (Spain) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Una historia de amor y obsesión.
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Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Good book, average movie more (2 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tristán Ulloa ... Daniel Da Barca

Luis Tosar ... Herbal
María Adánez ... Marisa Mallo
Nancho Novo ... Zalo
María Pujalte ... Beatriz
Manuel Manquiña ... Benito Mallo
Anne Igartiburu ... Madre Izarne
Maxo Barjas ... Laura
Carlos Sobera ... Landesa
Sergio Pazos ... Sargento Somoza

Monti Castiñeiras ... Alejandro
Miguel de Lira ... Pepe Sánchez
Gonzalo Uriarte ... Doctor Soláns
Celso Parada ... Gengis Kahn

Santi Prego ... Dombodán
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
O lapis do carpinteiro (Spain: Galician title)
The Carpenter's Pencil (Europe: English title)
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Runtime:
Spain:106 min | Argentina:106 min
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Fun Stuff

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The author of the novel on which the film is based, Manuel Rivas, has a cameo in the film. When Daniel is first taken to the beach and lined up with other prisoners to be shot, Rivas appears to the right of him in a grey jumper. more

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Good book, average movie, 7 April 2004
6/10
Author: Gerardo (gerardoraido) from A Coruña

Based on the Manuel Rivas novel of the same title, Antón Reixa directed and produced his first cinema-film, after his experiences as a TV-serie producer and writer. And in no way he could reach the level of charm and fantasy that novel gets.

As a Galician living out of my land I enjoyed very much seeing all different Galician's scenarios and actors collected within the film. Though one can admit this movie is not a Masterpiece, mainly because it tries to follow the fantasy book style and it fails in getting it.

It is remarkable performances of Manuel de Lira, María Pujalte and Gonzalo Uriarte. On another note, Luís Tosar, the most awarded actor of the year in Spain works also well, though he could not show the whole richness of the character he has to perform.

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