Al otro lado del túnel (1994)

Two screenwriters are sent to a monastery in the mountains to concentrate and finish their script for another Sean Connery film.

Director:

Jaime de Armiñán

Writers:

Eduardo Armiñán, Jaime de Armiñán

Stars:

Fernando Rey, Maribel Verdú, Gonzalo Vega

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Fernando Rey	...	Miguel
Maribel Verdú	...	Mariana
Gonzalo Vega	...	Aurelio
Amparo Baró	...	Rosa
Rafael Alonso	...	Hermano Benito
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luis Barbero	...	Prior
Jorge Calvo	...	Hermano Felicísimo
Gabriel Latorre	...	Hermano Ventura
Susi Sánchez	...	Marisa
Pedro Álvarez-Ossorio	...	Hermano Sinesio

Storyline

Two screenwriters are sent to a monastery in the mountains to concentrate and finish their script for another Sean Connery film.

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Plot Keywords:

baker | love triangle | screenplay | screenwriter | monastery | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

25 February 1994 (Spain)

Also Known As:

On the Far Side of the Tunnel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Serva Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

La llorona
Performed by Gloria Van Aerssen

User Reviews

A mise en abîme...

This is a delightful and entertaining film about two script-writers sent to a monastery by their producer to complete their script without distractions. But as they work on their film for a Sean Connery melodrama set in nineteenth-century Scotland, their own lives follow the plot they are inventing. The script is engaging and very witty (I do not normally burst out laughing when watching a film on television), the cinematography is impressive, the music based on variations of the Mexican popular song "La llorona" is both suggestive and meaningful. I would appreciate reading reactions to this film from viewers who know little of Spanish cinema, unable to recognise the endearing monks trying to save their monastery by exploiting the tourist industry, or who know nothing of Luis Buñuel and his working relationship with Jean-Claude Carrière and his casting of Fernando Rey since "Viridiana" in 1961, especially his last Cet Obscur Objet du désir -by coincidence this film was Fernando Rey's last film as well. All these references turn the script and story into a real jewel and a brilliant homage to both Spanish popular comedies and to Luis Buñuel. The acting is also superb in its understatement of extravagant characters. P.S. The locations in Aragón are as beautiful as those of the proposed Scotland (I should know, my heart is Scottish).