The South (1983)

Original title

El sur

Directed by

Víctor Erice

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 153 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Estrella remembers her childhood and her complicated relationship with her father. The story is told through her memories and hints at secrets in her family's past.

melancholicintrospectiveslow-burnnostalgiccontemplativeatmosphericunderstatedrestrained

What happens

El Sur (The South) is a 1983 Spanish drama film directed by Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice, who also wrote the screenplay. The film was produced by Elias Querejeta, and starred Icíar Bollaín as the adult main character. It is based on Adelaida García Morales' short novel of the same name. As in the novella, the film takes place solely in the north of Spain. However, the novella picks up where the screenplay leaves off, taking Estrella on a journey to the south of Spain. Elías Querejeta, the film's producer, decided not to allow the filming of the latter 90 minutes, which would have been filmed in the south. Querejeta attributed this to a lack of financing, although neither Erice nor the film's cinematographer, José Luis Alcaine, believed that was the reason. Erice felt the film was incomplete and described it as an "unfinished drama" even though it was well received by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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