The Sow

The Sow
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLa marrana
Directed byJosé Luis Cuerda
Written byJosé Luis Cuerda
Starring
CinematographyHans Burmann
Production
companies
  • Central de Producciones Audiovisuales
  • Antea Films
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release dates
  • 30 October 1992 (1992-10-30) (Seminci)
  • 6 November 1992 (1992-11-06) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Sow (Spanish: La marrana)[1] is a 1992 Spanish rural comedy and adventure film directed and written by José Luis Cuerda which stars Alfredo Landa and Antonio Resines.

Plot

Starting in the summer of 1492, the plot shows the mishaps of the common folk (two vagrants, Bartolomé and Ruy, respectively a man freed from captivity in Tunis and a deserter from the Granada War, accompanied by a sow) living badly in the Crown of Castile, seeking to embark on a caravel in the harbor of Palos.[2][3][4]

Cast

Production

The film is a Central de Producciones Audiovisuales and Antea Films production, and also had support from the Ministry of Culture and Generalitat Valenciana.[9] Shooting locations included Trujillo, Boadilla del Monte, La Alberca, and the Veruela Abbey.[10][11]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 1992.[12] It was theatrically released in Spain on 6 November 1992.[13]

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País deemed The Sow to be a "well made, amusing and a tad coarse" film, with a tendency to scatological humour and the picaresque novel dialogues.[12]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1993 7th Goya Awards Best Actor Alfredo Landa Won [14]
Best Cinematography Hans Burmann Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ Juan-Navarro 2018, p. 262.
  2. ^ Juan-Navarro, Santiago (2018). "La marrana (The Sow) (1992)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 262–263. ISBN 9781442271333.
  3. ^ García Marsilla, Juan Vicente; Ortiz Villeta, Áurea (2018). Del castillo al plató. 50 miradas de cine sobre la Edad Media. Barcelona: Editorial UOC. ISBN 978-84-9116-896-6.
  4. ^ Torreiro, Casimiro (6 November 1992). ""La historia de 'La marrana' sigue vigente", dice José Luis Cuerda". El País.
  5. ^ Santaolalla, Isabel (2005). "Hispanoamérica". Los "otros": etnicidad y "raza" en el cine español contemporáneo. Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza. p. 233. ISBN 9788477337539.
  6. ^ Santaolalla 2005, p. 233.
  7. ^ a b c d e "La marrana". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  8. ^ Luque, Alejandro (11 September 2004). "El festival 'Alcances' rinde homenaje al actor Antonio Dechent". El País.
  9. ^ Martínez Gómez, Eduardo (28 February 2020). "In memoriam José Luís Cuerda (1947-2020)". mrc.es.
  10. ^ Sánchez Ballesteros, Eva (5 February 2020). "Cuando el Monasterio de Veruela se convirtió en plató de 'La Marrana'". Cadena SER.
  11. ^ Verdú Schumann, Daniel A. "Una visión alternativa de 1492: La marrana (Cuerda, 1992)". V Congreso International de Historia y Cine: Escenarios de Cine Histórico (PDF). p. 1224.
  12. ^ a b Fernández-Santos, Ángel (31 October 1992). "José Luis Cuerda presenta 'La marrana' en la Seminci". El País.
  13. ^ "La marrana". Sensacine. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  14. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF). Lunwerg. 2011. p. 275. ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8.