The 7th Day (2004)

In an isolated village in Extremadura (Spain), the Jiménez and Fuentes families have a violent history of land disputes, jealousy, envy, and violence.

Director:

Carlos Saura

Writer:

Ray Loriga

Stars:

José Garcia, Eulàlia Ramon, Yohana Cobo

3 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
José Garcia	...	José
Eulàlia Ramon	...	Carmen (as Eulalia Ramón)
Yohana Cobo	...	Isabel
Irene Escolar	...	Antonia
Alejandra Lozano	...	Encarnación
Victoria Abril	...	Luciana
Ana Wagener	...	Ángela
Juan Diego	...	Antonio
José Luis Gómez	...	Emilio
Ramon Fontserè	...	Jerónimo (as Ramón Fontseré)
Juan Sanz	...	Amadeo
Lilla Annechino	...	Luciana Joven
Oriol Vila	...	Chino
Carlos Hipólito	...	Tonto
Carlos Kaniowsky	...	Raúl

Storyline

In an isolated village in Extremadura (Spain), the Jiménez and Fuentes families have a violent history of land disputes, jealousy, envy, and violence.

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Plot Keywords:

family dispute | family loyalty | disappointment | love revenge | avenge | 

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Taglines:

Treinta años de odio. Un domingo de sangre. (Thirty years of hatred. One bloody Sunday)

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Una espiga
Written by Césareo Gabarain

User Reviews

This is Saura's?

I love "La caza" (1965), and "Deprisa deprisa" (1980), both winners of the Berlin Silver Bear. I also did like, in a lesser degree, "Los golfos" (1959) and "Ana y los lobos" (1972). But this?... If it had been directed by someone else, fine. But Saura?... I still remember the real events back in 1990 which were the basis for this film. I was 17 at the time, and it made front pages for days: la Espana profunda (deep old Spain) with its feud crimes and revenges, hot blood genes, anger, jealousy, a hot climate to help things boil up... you name it. It's the Latin character all right. In the deep Extremadura countryside two brothers armed with shotguns one day walked into the village and began firing shots at random, sparing absolutely no one. Men, women, children... they all fell dead under the barrage. That night the whole of Spain was in total shock: what was the cause for this senseless slaughter? What was the motive?... Only the two killers had the answer. I watched this recreation of the events last night for the first time. It looks like a film that could have just been made by anyone: documentary style with modern trendy camera pans, too many close-ups, a sepia-like visual texture... just MTV video-like. Absolutely awful. And to be honest, the good characters are so irritating, such pain-in-the-arse morons that I feel more sympathy for the killers instead. Those three young girls are so ****** ANNOYING!! The two killers almost have an excuse to want to wipe them out of the map, really.

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

23 April 2004 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The 7th Day

Filming Locations:

Otero de Herreros, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lolafilms, Artédis, Televisión Española (TVE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1