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Secrets of the Heart

Original title: Secretos del corazón
  • 19971997
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.9K
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Andoni Erburu in Secrets of the Heart (1997)
  • Drama
Javi and his friend Carlos snoop around an old house on the way home from school. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is i... Read allJavi and his friend Carlos snoop around an old house on the way home from school. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He... Read allJavi and his friend Carlos snoop around an old house on the way home from school. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He is so interested in these mysteries that he starts to investigate all the secrets of thes... Read all
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  • Director
    • Montxo Armendáriz
  • Writer
    • Montxo Armendáriz
  • Stars
    • Carmelo Gómez
    • Charo López
    • Silvia Munt
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  • Director
    • Montxo Armendáriz
  • Writer
    • Montxo Armendáriz
  • Stars
    • Carmelo Gómez
    • Charo López
    • Silvia Munt
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    • 13User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 19 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Carmelo Gómez
    Carmelo Gómez
    • Tíoas Tío
    Charo López
    Charo López
    • Maríaas María
    Silvia Munt
    Silvia Munt
    • Madreas Madre
    Vicky Peña
    Vicky Peña
    • Rosaas Rosa
    Andoni Erburu
    Andoni Erburu
    • Javias Javi
    Álvaro Nagore
    • Juanas Juan
    Íñigo Garcés
    Íñigo Garcés
    • Carlosas Carlos
    Joan Vallés
    • Abueloas Abuelo
    • (as Joan Valles)
    Joan Dalmau
    Joan Dalmau
    • Benitoas Benito
    Chete Lera
    Chete Lera
    • Ricardoas Ricardo
    Manolo Monje
    • D. Bautistaas D. Bautista
    José María Asín
    • D. Alejandroas D. Alejandro
    • (as José Mª Asín)
    Carlos Salaberri
    • Bedelas Bedel
    Iñaki Azcona
    • Monaguilloas Monaguillo
    Raquel Sanchís
    • Carmenas Carmen
    Goyo González
    • Dtor, Colegioas Dtor, Colegio
    Javier Fernández
    • Amigo Juan 1ºas Amigo Juan 1º
    Jesús Torres
    • Amigo Juan 2ºas Amigo Juan 2º
    • Director
      • Montxo Armendáriz
    • Writer
      • Montxo Armendáriz
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    8/10
    A little boy's thoughts, fears, secrets ........ are not just simple childishness
    Montxo Armendáriz, who has also filmed shorts such as Carboneros de Navarra (1981), Ikuska 12 (1981), Ikusmena (1980, and Barregarriaren Dantza (1979) not listed in IMDb, is essentially Navarran rather than Spanish in most of his filmography. This is clearly seen in Tasio (1984)(qv), the film which made him well known. and in "Secretos del Corazón".

    `Secretos del Corazón', much the same as `Tasio', is an intimistic portrait of rural life in Navarra, though the focus of attention is totally different. Through the eyes of a ten year-old-boy, Javi (Andoni Erburu), we enter the mysterious world of growing up, in this case in the 1950s. The action moves from Pamplona, capital of Navarra, made famous by Hemingway unfortunately, to villages high up on the skirts of the Pyrenees. These villages, little more than an hour's car ride from where I am, offer delights to any traveller worth his salt. Ochagavía, situated high up the valley of the River Salazar, is formed mostly by noble late 17th/early 18th Century houses, with beautiful little streets and squares which are just delightful for having your tea and croissants any early-summer Sunday morning; Roncal, further to the east is famed for its cheese and sits astride the relaxing River Esca; further up the valley of Roncal you reach the delightful town of Isaba, picturesque, though tends to become a bit of a hustle and bustle at weekends. However, the spooky house is near Marcilla, at Barandalla, next to the sugar factory, way down to the south in the area known as the Ribera. How Armendáriz managed to get a train to pass just at the moments when the lads run pell-mell out of the gate, I do not know, as I have never seen a train pass through the derelict-looking railway station there.

    The genius of Armendáriz is apparent here, even more than in `Tasio'. The story here is somewhat more tangible, and the many children in the film in general, and Andoni Erburu in particular, are extraordinary. Charo López is good; nice to see Silvia Munt again, so many years after `La Plaza del Diamante' (1981), but I was very attracted to Joan Valies playing the grandfather, sitting in his chair, who even had to have his hair combed for him, but whose mind still worked:

    << `Do you know why I don't want to die?' `No.' `Nor do I' >>

    << If you hit a child when he is speaking the truth, he will learn not to do so.' >>

    There are some beautiful scenes of a spider's web, with the big spider in it, taken with the sun shining in through it. That web had to be moved from another house and placed there for the film! Such is the effort and detail Armendáriz is prepared to go to in order to reach his personal taste for perfection.

    Yes, it is all there: the cows coming home in the evening to sleep at home in the stalls which form the ground floor of these houses in the sierra; the religious or just simply traditional customs of the villagers, revived in some cases for the making of the film; the mares coming home to foal; the beautiful golden browns of autumnal Pyrenees, beautifully filmed by Javier Aguirresarobe, and beautifully accompanied by Bingen Mendizábal's music. Talking about the music: there is a beautiful scene in which Javi is asking his old aunt, spinster, why she had never married and if it was because she did not want to `chingar'; she replied that she did not want to be bossed around by a man, and as she goes away to weep, Beethoven's Triple Concerto swells up on the old radio..... According to my `Diccionario María Moliner' the verb `chingar' has some uses in Costa Rica, usually meaning to play jokes, so can only deduce that its use here is a localism up in those Navarran villages. The film discloses some of that mysteriousness which when we grow up we conveniently forget about, a lot of silly childishness; however in this film the focus is very much a local one, very Spanish, such that maybe certain things might not be interpreted in the same way through other eyes - not that this would detract from the beauty of the film and understanding the empiric aspects.

    Do not lose the scene where the two little kids pay three pesetas to see a girl's knickers: she sits on a bench in the park in front of them, shows a little above the knees and walks off. The two lads look at each other, confused and frustrated:

    << `Is that all? Shucks! We've been done....!' >>
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    • Release date
      • March 19, 1997 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Kalbin Sırları
    • Filming locations
      • Madrid, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Aiete Films
      • Ariane Films
      • Canal+
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      • $1,727,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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