- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
A comienzos de los años veinte, Gerald Brenan, un joven idealista inglés denoble familia, alquila la casa del cacique en un pequeño pueblo de la Alpujarragranadina y contrata a María, la amante y criada del cacique. Detrás de élllegan dos mil libros. Su propósito es el estudio; la Primera Guerra Mundial leimpidió el acceso a la Universidad, y cumplir sus deseos de llegar a serescritor.Coincidiendo con la visita de sus amigos ingleses, conoce a Juliana, unaatractiva y sensual muchacha que le fascina inmediatamente. Con la ayuda dePaco, su amigo y compinche en la aldea, prepara un plan para conseguirla. Perono es una tarea fácil, Juliana es virgen y Gerald tiene que aprender las"extrañas" costumbres del pueblo. Para más complicaciones, Doña Clara, sucasera, le hace una insólita propuesta: si se casas con Ángeles, la hijailegítima que su difunto marido tuvo con María, la criada, le dará la casa ytierras y le nombrará su heredero. Pero Gerald ha descubierto con Juliana laplenitud del amor físico, que su educación victoriana nunca le permitió niimaginar.
At the beginning of the twenties, Gerald Brenan, a young English idealist froma noble family, rents a house from the cacique in a small village in theAlpujarra near Grenada and employs Maria, the cacique’s lover and servant. Twothousand books arrive after him. His idea is to study and satisfy his desire tobecome a writer.Coinciding with the visit from some of his English friends, he meets Juliana,an attractive, sensual young girl who immediately fascinates him. With somehelp from Paco, his friend in the village he makes a plan to win her over. Butthis isn’t easy, Juliana is a virgin and Gerald has to learn the “strange”village customs. To complicate matters even further Doña Clara, his landladymakes him a rather unusual proposition; if he marries Angeles, the illegitimatechild her late husband had with the servant, María, she will give him the houseand lands and she will make him her heir. But with Juliana, Gerald hasdiscovered the joys of physical love which was something unimaginable for himwith his Victorian education.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Goode, Mathew | Gerald Brenan |
Cast | Sánchez, Verónica | Juliana |
Cast | Toledo, Guillermo | Paco |
Cast | Trujillo, Consuelo | María |
Cast | Molina, Ángela | Doña Felicidad |
Cast | Resines, Antonio | Don Virgilio |
Cast | Fox, Laurence | Ralph Partridge |
Cast | Rebolledo, Bebe | Ángeles |
Cast | Mayer, Jessica Kate | Dora Carrington |
Cast | Fleet, James | Lytton Strachey |
Cast | Rosso, María Alfonsa | Doña Clara |
Cast | Haro, Sebastián | Don Gabriel (Culonegro) |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Production | Gándara, Beatriz De La | |
Production | Bovaira, Fernando | |
Production | Ferrada, Gustavo | |
Directed by | Colomo, Fernando | |
Executive Production | Gándara, Beatriz De La | |
Line Production | Robla, Pilar | |
Screenplay | Colomo, Fernando | |
Screenplay | Con La Colaboración De: | |
Screenplay | Gathorne-Hardy, Jonathan | |
Plot | Inspirado En El Libro 'The Interior Castle' De Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy | |
Cinematography | Alcaine, José Luis | |
Score | Bardem, Juan | |
Film Editing | Lara, Antonio | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Seseña, Soledad | |
Costume | Ruiz, Vicente | |
Sound Design | Recuero, Julio | |
Assistant Director | González, Susana | |
Casting | Cepeda, Laura | |
Make-up | Marti, Concha | |
Hairdressing | Collazo, Mara | |
Special Effects | Reyes Abades | |
Visual Effects | Reyes Abades | |
Steadicam | Rossetti, Bernardo |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 7 | 113 min. | 1/7/2003 |
Trailer Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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GENERAL AUDIENCES | 0 min. seg. | 11/28/2002 |
Video Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 7 | 113 min. seg. | 9/26/2005 |
- PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant | Amount |
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Grants - Amortisation of Feature Films - General | 901,518.00 € |
Grants - Distribution of Feature Films | 25,000.00 € |
Grants - Reducing interest - Production | 29,838.00 € |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2003 |
Production year | 2002 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | 35 mm. |
Running time | 113 m. |
Original footage | 3.125 metros |
Sound Studios | Exa, S.A. |
Emulsion | Color |
Camera model | Moviecam compact - óptica Cook S-3 |
Laboratories | Fotosintesis |
Edit Facilities | Fernando Colomo P.C. |
- Film Info
Tag | Information |
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Star-up shooting date | 5/13/2002 |
Ending shooting date | 7/11/2002 |
Locations | ALPUJARRA, GRANADA (Days: 49) |
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- DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES & INFO




- Festivals and Awards
Awards | Section | Person / Company |
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Iv Primavera Cinematográfica De Lorca | Premio del Público Comunidad D´Ixelles | |
Premios De Cine "San Pancracio" | Mejor banda sonora | |
Xviii Premios Goya 2004 | Mejor música original |