Nightfall in India

Nightfall in India
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Anochece en la India
Romanian	Noaptea vine în India
Directed by	Chema Rodríguez
Screenplay by	Chema Rodríguez David Planell Pablo Burgués
Starring	Juan Diego Clara Vodă Javier Pereira Linda Molin
Cinematography	Alex Catalán Juan González
Edited by	José Manuel García Moyano
Music by	Hans Lundgren
Production companies	Producciones Sin un Duro Jaleo Films Strada Film ATMO Independent Films
Distributed by	Wanda Vision
Release dates	27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) (Málaga) 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) (Spain)
Countries	Spain Romania Sweden
Languages	Spanish English Romanian Swedish

Nightfall in India (Spanish: Anochece en la India; Romanian: Noaptea vine în India) is a 2014 road movie directed by Chema Rodríguez which stars Juan Diego, Clara Vodă, and Javier Pereira. It is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish international co-production.

Plot

The plot tracks Ricardo, an elderly wheelchair-bound man with a degenerative disease who decides to make a journey to India in a ramshackle van with the company of his Romanian caretaker Dana, picking up a Swedish hitchhiker along the way.[1][2]

Cast

• Juan Diego as Ricardo[3]
• Clara Vodă as Dana[3]
• Javier Pereira as Saúl[3]
• Linda Molin as Karin[3]
• Ken Appledorn[4]

Production

The screenplay was penned by Chema Rodríguez, David Planell, and Pablo Burgués.[1] The film is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish co-production by Producciones Sin un Duro, Jaleo Films, Strada Film, and ATMO Independent Films,[5][2] with the participation of Canal Sur and the backing from ICAA, Junta de Andalucía, CNC [ro], SFI, FiV, and Eurimages.[6] It was lensed by Álex Catalán and Juan González and scored by Hans Lundgren.[4] Shooting took place from 2012 to 2013 in Spain (Seville and the Tabernas Desert), Romania (Bucharest), Turkey (Istanbul and Capadocia), and India (Dholpur).[6] Dialogue is in Spanish, English, Romanian, and Swedish.[7]

Release

The film was presented at the 17th Málaga Film Festival on 27 March 2014.[8] It was released theatrically in Spain on 11 April 2014.[9]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the "absorbing depiction of the relationship between two outsiders is the best thing about this otherwise unconvincing drama".[2]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out the chemistry between Juan Diego and Vodă as the best thing about the film.[4]

Mihai Fulger of Observator Cultural deemed the encounter between "two great actors" (Juan Diego and Clara Vodă) to be the film's main attraction.[3]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	17th Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Actor	Juan Diego	Won	[10]
		Silver Biznaga for Best Editing	José Manuel García Moyano	Won
2015	29th Goya Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Chema Rodríguez, David Planell, Pablo Burgués	Nominated	[11]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2014

References

1. "El santoñés Pablo Burgués, nominado al Goya por 'Anochece en la India'". Europa Press. 9 January 2015.
2. Holland, Jonathan (25 April 2014). "Nightfall in India (Anochece en la India): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
3. Fulger, Mihai (19 December 2014). "KINOBSERVATOR. Un road movie melodramatic şi doi mari actori". Observator Cultural.
4. Torreiro, Mirito (11 March 2014). "Anochece en la India". Fotogramas.
5. "Chema Rodríguez finaliza en Almería el rodaje de 'Anochece en La India' y se traslada con su equipo a Asia". 20minutos.es. 4 March 2013.
6. "Finaliza el rodaje de la coproducción internacional de Chema Rodríguez 'Anochece en la India'". Audiovisual451. 5 April 2013.
7. "European Film Market". Internationales Filmfestpiele Berlin. 2014. p. 312.
8. "Anochece en la India, de la oscuridad a la luz en el Festival de Málaga". Europa Press. 27 March 2014.
9. Clemente, José María (11 April 2014). "Juan Diego, a pleno rendimiento". Vanity Fair.
10. "Palmarés oficial del 17 Festival de Málaga - Cine español". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento. 29 March 2014.
11. "Los ganadores de los Goya 2015". La Vanguardia. 7 February 2015.