The Sleeping Voice (2011)
"La voz dormida" (original title)

Director:

Benito Zambrano

Writers:

Dulce Chacón (novel), Ignacio del Moral (screenplay),

Stars:

Inma Cuesta, María León, Marc Clotet

9 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Inma Cuesta	...	Hortensia
María León	...	Pepita
Marc Clotet	...	Paulino
Daniel Holguín	...	Felipe
Ana Wagener	...	Mercedes
Susi Sánchez	...	Sor Serafines
Berta Ojea	...	La Zapatones
Lola Casamayor	...	Reme
Ángela Cremonte	...	Elvira
Amparo Vega León	...	Sole (as Amparo Vega-León)
Charo Zapardiel	...	Tomasa
Arantxa Aranguren	...	Conchita
Teresa Calo	...	Doña Cecilia
Begoña Maestre	...	Amalia
Jesús Noguero	...	Don Fernando

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

spanish civil war | outlaw | impossible love | death penalty | sister relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es]

Country:

Spain

Release Date:

21 October 2011 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The Sleeping Voice

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Audiovisual Aval SGR, Maestranza Films, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: La Cosa (2011)

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Soundtracks

"La Internacional"
Music by Pierre Degeyter
Lyrics by Eugène Pottier

User Reviews

Downbeat and dull film with magnificent performances , specially by Maria Leon .

Dramatic picture about the consequences of Spanish civil war , being realized with academicism and general coldness . Madrid, 1940 , the Cordoba girl named Pepita (Mary Leon) comes to the capital , Madrid, to be near her sister, Hortensia (Inma Cuesta), pregnant and in prison of Ventas , she is framed as a rebellion convict , and subsequently is condemned to Death Row . She meets Paulino (Marc Clotet) , an evaded Guerrillero del ¨Maquis¨ and bourgeouis origin who fights in the Sierra and Pepita fall in love with him .

¨La Voz Dormida¨ results to be other of the innumerable stories to deal with dramatic deeds regarding the Civil War background . A familiar theme about the global horrors of a fratricide war , impossible to forget to our cinema . "The voice asleep¨, adapted from the novel by Dulce Chacón and directed by Benito Zambrano entered the Spanish selection for Oscar being finally superseded by other flick in similar tendency , "Pa Negre (black bread)" .

Benito Zambrano (Solas , Padre Coraje , Habana Blues) , also writes the script along with with Ignacio del Moral, filmed in his usual formal and stylistic scholarship , without leaving a trace the thought-provoking issues , in terms of dramatic and narrative excitement .Including a spotless pictorial cinematography by Alex Catalan (Even the rain , Camino , Room in Rome) and a willingness , almost perfect of the elements of each shot , every sequence, every space, the main problem has to face "The voice asleep", beyond not being able to avoid falling into the politic pamphlet is precisely derived from the coldness of its staging, which eventually become monotonous over two hours of footage . Because the story needs a vibration more real than the one offered in this slow-moving and sometimes boring film .

But anyway, its is compensated with the great performances from Maria Leon and Inma Cuesta , interpreters who provided a considerable boost to the result . Zambrano is a great director of actors and the main players are complemented by a good cast of secondaries (Ana Wagener, Berta Ojea , Lola Casamayor, Lizarralde , Susi Sanchez , Myrian Gallego , among others) forming a powerful human group of women and giving excellent interpretations .

In the 26th Annual Goya Awards , presented by the Academia De las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas De España (Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences), main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards , ¨La Voz Dormida¨ won deservedly , prize to Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación) María León , being nominated the best director Benito Zambrano , furthermore , Maria Leon Won Silver Seashell Best Actress in San Sebastian International Film Festival .