The Night of the Brother

The Night of the Brother
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLa noche del hermano
Directed bySantiago García de Leániz
Screenplay by
  • Santiago García de Leániz
  • Tatiana Rodríguez
  • Josep Bonet
Produced by
  • Santiago García de Leániz
  • Enrique González Macho
Starring
CinematographyCarles Gusi
Edited byÁngel Hernández Zoido
Music byEva Gancedo
Production
companies
  • La Iguana
  • Alta Producción
Distributed byAlta Films
Release date
  • 26 August 2005 (2005-08-26)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Night of the Brother (Spanish: La noche del hermano) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed by Santiago García de Leániz [es] (in his directorial debut feature), who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Jan Cornet, María Vázquez, Pablo Rivero, Iciar Bollain, Joan Dalmau, and Luis Tosar.

Plot

The plot is set in the fictional town of Fortuna.[1] Upon a brutal parental parricide committed by Álex, his younger brother Jaime must ponder over his own future (including the prospect of selling a family land plot and a budding relationship with butcher María), while the shadow cast by his brother looms in from prison.[2][1][3]

Cast

Production

The film is a La Iguana and Alta Producción production.[4] It was shot in locations of the Region of Murcia.[2]

Release

Distributed by Alta Films,[3] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 August 2005.[5]

Critical reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the film manages to combine "subtlety and intensity into a rich, understated and well-played whole".[3]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars writing that the helmer nails "a crime drama with perhaps a little too much hieratism in some of the characters" while otherwise appreciating the "description of the weight of the family inheritance and its extreme consistency".[5]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2006 20th Goya Awards Best Original Score Eva Gancedo Nominated [4]
Best Original Song Eva Gancedo, Yamil Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "El cineasta Santiago García Leániz presenta 'La noche del hermano'". El País. 17 August 2005.
  2. ^ a b c d e Costa, Jordi (24 August 2005). "Paisaje después del parricidio". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  3. ^ a b c d Holland, Jonathan (27 September 2005). "The Night of the Brother". Variety.
  4. ^ a b "La noche del hermano". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "La noche del hermano". Fotogramas.