Visionaries (2001 film)
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| Spanish | Visionarios |
| Directed by | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón |
| Screenplay by | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón |
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| Cinematography | Hans Burmann |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
| Music by | Bingen Mendizábal |
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| Distributed by | AltaFilms |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Visionaries (Spanish: Visionarios) is a 2001 Spanish romantic and religious drama directed and written by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. It stars Eduardo Noriega and Ingrid Rubio alongside Karra Elejalde, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Emma Suárez.
Plot
[edit]Featuring the backdrop of the alleged Marian apparitions that occurred during the Second Spanish Republic in the village of Ezkioga, Gipuzkoa, and the climate of integrist violence arising in reaction to secularization policies,[1][2] the plot follows the doomed love story between Joshe (a wannabe teacher visiting the village in order to meet with his fiancée Edurne) and Usual, a maid working at the inn.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Eduardo Noriega as Joshe[3]
- Ingrid Rubio as Usua[4]
- Karra Elejalde as padre Laburu[2]
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Gobernador[4]
- Emma Suárez as Carmen Molina[3]
- Leire Ucha as Edurne[4]
- Luis Tosar[3]
- Aitor Mazo[3]
- Jimmy Barnatán as Patxi[4]
- Josu Ormaetxe[3]
- Kike Díaz de Rada[3]
Production
[edit]The film is an Aiete-Ariane Films and Sogecine production, and it had the collaboration of ICAA, Gobierno Vasco, Canal+ and TVE.[3] Shooting locations included the Larraun Valley.[5]
Release
[edit]Selected within the lineup of the 49th San Sebastián International Film Festival's official selection, the film premiered in September 2001.[6] Distributed by AltaFilms,[3] it was theatrically released in Spain on 11 October 2001.[7]
Reception
[edit]David Rooney of Variety considered that while a prestige picture (owing to the high-profile cast and polished production values), the film is limited by "its lifelessly reverential approach, lack of emotional engagement and failure of the central romance to conjure any lasting resonance".[3]
Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País considered that despite "a powerful synthetic start" and a captivating story (sketching a "magnificent gloomy portrait of closed and sexton Spain"), the denouement does not live up to promise upon the disappearance of father Laburu from the picture and the film loses some of its initial punch.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Elorza, Antonio (26 October 2001). "Ezkioga, hoy". El País.
- ^ a b Fernández-Santos, Ángel (23 September 2021). "Llegan los 'Visionarios' de Gutiérrez Aragón". El País.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Rooney, David (12 October 2001). "Visionaries". Variety.
- ^ a b c d "Visionarios: la historia olvidada de los videntes de Ezkioga" (PDF). Diario del Festival. San Sebastián International Film Festival: 4. 23 September 2001.
- ^ "Visionarios". Navarra Film Commission. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (23 September 2001). "El grupo Sogecable invierte 11.464 millones de pesetas en películas españolas en 2001". El País.
- ^ "Visionarios". Sensacina. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (12 October 2001). "Un gran fresco esperpéntico de la España negra". El País.
- 2001 films
- Spanish historical drama films
- Spanish romantic drama films
- 2001 romantic drama films
- Sogecine films
- Films directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
- Films set in 1932
- 2000s Spanish-language films
- Films set in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Films shot in Navarre
- Religious drama films
- 2000s Spanish films
- Spanish-language romantic drama films