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Montxo Armendáriz (writer)
Bernardo Atxaga (novel)
Release Date:
16 September 2005 (Spain) more
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A rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery. | add synopsis
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3 wins & 18 nominations more
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Basque Basilisks more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Pilar López de Ayala | ... | Maestra |
 | Juan Diego Botto | ... | Miguel |
| Bárbara Lennie | ... | Lourdes |
| Eduard Fernández | ... | Lucas |
| Peter Lohmeyer | ... | Ingeniero Werfell |
| Héctor Colomé | ... | Ismael |
| Pepa López | ... | Merche |
| Txema Blasco | ... | Tomás |
| Iñake Irastorza | ... | Begoña |
| Ryan Cameron | ... | Esteban niño |
| Christian Tardío | ... | Manuel |
| Alejandro Jiménez | ... | Ismael niño |
| Julia Torrens | ... | Begoña niña |
| Vanesa Moñino | ... | Merche Niña |
| Pablo Manjón | ... | Tomás niño |
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Obaba - Das Dorf der grünen Eidechse (Germany)
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Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:100 min
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Guapapaseai more
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This set of several stories is well conveyed by use of flashbacks. Lourdes' pursuit of the villagers' stories for her film project sets up several different story lines with no small amount of intersection in this remote mountain village.
But there are no real surprises in these stories in that the use of "magical realism" is used inconsistently. Some stories are resolved logically and others remain unresolved by rational explanations. The film suffers a little in not making up its mind about whether to be magical or not.
It's still a good movie but not a great one. I think it would be worth picking up Axtaga's Obabakoak collection to get a fuller view of this (potentially) mysterious place.