South from Granada (2003)
"Al sur de Granada" (original title)

In 1919, demobbed, Gerald Brenan rents a house for a year in Yegen, a village in Alpujarra. He has little but a love of reading and writing. He's soon the center of attention from his maid,... See full summary »

Director:

Fernando Colomo

Writers:

Gerald Brenan (book), Fernando Colomo,

Stars:

Matthew Goode, Verónica Sánchez, Guillermo Toledo

1 win & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Goode	...	Gerald Brenan
Verónica Sánchez	...	Juliana
Guillermo Toledo	...	Paco
Consuelo Trujillo	...	María
Ángela Molina	...	Doña Felicidad
Antonio Resines	...	Don Virgilio
Laurence Fox	...	Ralph Partridge
Bebe	...	Ángeles (as Bebe Rebolledo)
Jessica Kate Meyer	...	Dora Carrington
James Fleet	...	Lytton Strachey
María Alfonsa Rosso	...	Doña Clara
Sebastián Haro	...	Don Gabriel 'Culonegro'
Mariana Cordero	...	Máxima
Juan Margallo	...	Emiliano
Sandra Wahlbeck	...	Gamel Woolsey

Storyline

In 1919, demobbed, Gerald Brenan rents a house for a year in Yegen, a village in Alpujarra. He has little but a love of reading and writing. He's soon the center of attention from his maid, María, who has a marriageable daughter, Ángeles; from Paco, a man who decides to guide Gerald in the ways of the village and of love; from the town's priest, his landlady, her friend who loves St. Teresa, and, from Juliana, a teen beauty who's the daughter of a witch. Gerald must sort out his feelings and face down the machinations of the town's women, who map a future he doesn't want. What he wants is romance. How far from his class and country can he venture, and for how long?

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | 1920s | writer | spain | andalusia

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Taglines:

Joven inglés busca, para escribir, pueblecito tranquilo

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

official site [es]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish English Latin

Release Date:

10 January 2003 (Spain)

Also Known As:

South from Granada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Antena 3 Televisión, Canal+ España, Fernando Colomo Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Pena de amor"
Lyrics by María José Asensio
Music by Juan Bardem
Performed by Martirio

User Reviews

No, no, no...

This time I've seen a bad film, the history is not interesting, it is really boring. In addition, actors don't do any good play, they all seem too much uncomfortable with their papers and the directing is not good. Despite that, the description of a southern Spanish town of the 30's is not bad, and it saves the film to receive a worse mark. Theorically the story is about a English man that wants to be a writer and goes to Granada to have inspiration, there, he crashes with the strange town behavior which he is not used to. Of course, he finally falls in love and all these things. Unfortunately this is not a Meg Ryan's film so the story is not well told to us, nor the crash of cultures (and nothing). Personally, I've seen much better films, so, unless you like the director I should recommend not to see this film (if you like the director, you can, but I think that this is his worst work).