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The Red Squirrel

Original title: La ardilla roja
  • 19931993
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.6K
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Nancho Novo and Emma Suárez in La ardilla roja (1993)
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Jota is about to commit suicide. As he fighting against himself, trying to jump off a bridge, a girl riding a motorcycle falls off the bridge. He runs to help her, and goes with her to the h... Read allJota is about to commit suicide. As he fighting against himself, trying to jump off a bridge, a girl riding a motorcycle falls off the bridge. He runs to help her, and goes with her to the hospital. She has forgotten even what her name is, and he invents her life. He makes up a n... Read allJota is about to commit suicide. As he fighting against himself, trying to jump off a bridge, a girl riding a motorcycle falls off the bridge. He runs to help her, and goes with her to the hospital. She has forgotten even what her name is, and he invents her life. He makes up a name for her and tells her and the doctors that they live together as a couple for four yea... Read all
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  • Director
    • Julio Medem
  • Writer
    • Julio Medem
  • Stars
    • Emma Suárez
    • Nancho Novo
    • María Barranco
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  • Director
    • Julio Medem
  • Writer
    • Julio Medem
  • Stars
    • Emma Suárez
    • Nancho Novo
    • María Barranco
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    • 24User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 4 nominations

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    Emma Suárez
    Emma Suárez
    • Lisaas Lisa
    Nancho Novo
    Nancho Novo
    • Jotaas Jota
    María Barranco
    María Barranco
    • Carmenas Carmen
    Karra Elejalde
    Karra Elejalde
    • Antónas Antón
    Carmelo Gómez
    Carmelo Gómez
    • Félixas Félix
    Cristina Marcos
    Cristina Marcos
    • Chica pelo azulas Chica pelo azul
    Mónica Molina
    • Chica pelo rojoas Chica pelo rojo
    Ana Gracia
    Ana Gracia
    • Dra. Psiquiatraas Dra. Psiquiatra
    Elena Irureta
    Elena Irureta
    • Begoñaas Begoña
    Susana García Díez
    • Elias Eli
    • (as Susana García)
    Ane Sánchez
    • Cristinaas Cristina
    Eneko Irizar
    • Albertoas Alberto
    Sarai Noceda
    • Anaas Ana
    Maite Yerro
    • Nicolaas Nicola
    Txema Blasco
    Txema Blasco
    • Jefe Neorologiaas Jefe Neorologia
    Chete Lera
    Chete Lera
    • Salvadoras Salvador
    Gustavo Salmerón
    Gustavo Salmerón
    • Luis Alfonsoas Luis Alfonso
    Susana Hernández
    • Medicaas Medica
    • Director
      • Julio Medem
    • Writer
      • Julio Medem
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    • Trivia
      Stanley Kubrick was such a fan of the film, he purchased Julio Medem's own personal print.
    • Quotes

      Jota: [repeated] Breathe with me.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Brows Held High: Room in Rome (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen
      Ännchen's aria from "Der Freischütz"

      by Carl Maria von Weber

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    7/10
    Strange story about a peculiar love story between a girl who suffers amnesia and her saviour
    Intense as well as offbeat/intriguing drama with top-notch acting , superb photography and sensitive soundtrack . This brooding picture contains a magnificent performance by a beautiful woman , Emma Suarez , and a good support cast full of prestigious players giving right performances . It deals with Sofia (Emma Suarez) who suffers a motorcycle accident and loses her memory . Jota (Nanco Novo) is a musician, (Susana Gimenez) affected when misses his girlfriend , as he witnesses a motorcycle accident . When he meets Sofia who suffers amnesia , he then takes advantage of the deeds and reinvents her name as Lisa and her life according to his desires . Sofia/Lisa impacts on a great scale about Jota's life . As he makes up a name for her and tells the doctors (Ana Gracia , Txema Blasco , Cheta Lera) that they live together as a couple for several years . Later on , they go to a holiday camping and become involved with a couple called Antón (Karra Elejalde), a cabman , Carmen (María Barranco) and their children . After that , there appears a strange character named Felix (Carmelo Gómez) related to her .

    Spanish production with fine acting , colorful cinematography , excellently interpreted and rousing score by Alberto Iglesias . Julio Medem directed the film for Sogetel and producer Enrique López Lavigne and it was released in 1993 . Set in San Sebastian or Donostia and at a lagoon in Pelayos De Presa , this interesting and thought-provoking film dealing with a story of solitary people , as a strange , unsettling young , well played by Nancho Novo , desperate after separating from his girlfriend , as well as a twenty-five-years-old girl riding a motorcycle and falling off a bridge , subsequently suffering amnesia , being splendidly performed by Emma Suarez . The picture was considered by the prestigious ¨Daily Telegraph¨ : as taut and intricate as anything by Alfred Hitchcock . This is a thrilling , exciting , deliberate though magnetic drama . It contains marvelous photography , breathtaking musical score and enjoyable production design . It is a riveting film though sometimes a little boring , slow-pace and overlong . Anyway, the film is interesting , thematically intriguing and strange ; Medem has his own style of telling a story . Very good support cast such as Maria Barranco , Chete Lera , Cristina Marcos ,Txema Blasco , Ana Gracia , Monica Molina and Karra Elejalde , Julio Medem's ordinary . Thrilling as well as sensitive musical score mirroring well the scenery, its people and the story line, it was superbly composed by several times Oscar nominated Alberto Iglesias , Julio Medem's usual . In addition , a spotless pictorial cinematography by Gonzalo Fernandez and a willingness , almost perfect of the elements of each shot , every sequence , every space ; being rightly filmed on location in Pelayos De la Presa, El Pardo , San Martín Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Usanos, Guadalajara and San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco .

    The motion picture was well produced by Fernado Garcillan and originally directed by Julio Medem ; this his second movie, "Ardilla Roja" or ¨The red squirrel¨ released in 1993, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival and it confirmed Medem's talents and won prizes in Fort Lauderdale, Bogota and Bucarest . Medem had been making short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father until he received a call from a new production company called Sogetel and executive producers Fernando de Garcillán , José Luis Olaizola , Enrique López Lavigne . They were interested in his script titled "Vacas" . It won the Goya Award from the Spanish academy for best new director, and won prizes in the festivals of Tokyo, Torino and Alexandria. In 1998 Medem released " The lovers of the Polar Circle ," considered his best movie by most of his fans . It also became a box-office hit with more than one million spectators in Spain and was also released worldwide. In 2001 his fourth movie, "Lucia and sex ," became a huge hit and began the career of actress Paz Vega who won the Goya for best new actress . Although in 2003 failed with the release , "The Basque ball" , a documentary that portrays the phenomenon of nationalism and terrorism in the Basque Country of northern Spain , it was very polemical and partial . In 2007 directed the flop ¨Caotica Ana¨ and in 2010 , ¨Room in Rome¨, a successful though with not sense film , plenty of nudism and only starred by two gorgeous naked girls . Julio Medem is for sure one of the the most important and original Spanish filmmaker. Well worth watching if you get the chance .
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    • Release date
      • February 18, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Den röda ekorren
    • Filming locations
      • Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
    • Production company
      • Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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