The Year of Fury

The Year of Fury
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl año de la furia
Directed byRafa Russo
Screenplay byRafa Russo
Produced by
  • Isabel G. Peralta
  • Juan Gona
Starring
CinematographyDaniel Aranyó
Edited byMarta Salas
Music byClaudia Bardagí
Production
companies
  • Gona
  • Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones
  • Cimarrón
Distributed byFilmax (es)
Release dates
  • October 2020 (2020-10) (Seminci)
  • 28 May 2021 (2021-05-28) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Uruguay
LanguageSpanish

The Year of Fury (Spanish: El año de la furia)[1] is a 2020 Spanish-Uruguayan drama film directed by Rafa Russo which stars Alberto Ammann, Joaquín Furriel, Daniel Grao, Martina Gusman, Sara Sálamo, and Maribel Verdú.

Plot

Set in 1972 Montevideo, a year before the 1973 coup d'état, the plot tracks the lives of different people: television screenwriters Diego and Leonardo, military officer and torturer Rojas, prostitute Susana, anti-Francoist Spaniard and hostal owner Emilia, and the latter's daughter, political fighter Jenny.[2][3][4]

Cast

Production

The film is a Spanish-Uruguayan co-production by Gona, Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones and Cimarrón, with backing from Ibermedia, ICAA and RTVE.[3] Footage was shot in Montevideo (outdoor scenes) and Madrid (indoor scenes).[3]

Release

The film was presented at the 65th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2020.[2] Distributed by Filmax,[6] it was released theatrically in Spain on 28 May 2021.

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film to be a "more than worthy approach to political cinema, with marked melodramatic overtones".[7]

Alberto Luchini of El Mundo rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting its realistic characters, portrayed with multiple edges and without manichaeism, as the best thing about the film.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rafa Russo, director of 'The Year of Fury': "Something untamed in the human spirit makes us stand up in rebellion"". Seminci. 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Jiménez, Jesús (28 October 2020). "'El año de la furia', la amistad y el amor en tiempos de la dictadura uruguaya". rtve.es.
  3. ^ a b c Rivera, Alfonso (28 May 2021). "Review: The Year of Fury". Cineuropa.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (25 May 2021). "Los estrenos del 28 de mayo. 'El año de la furia'. La vida peligrosa". Aisge.
  5. ^ a b "'Cruella', 'Uno de nosotros' y el thriller español 'El año de la furia' llegan a los cines". El Digital Castilla-La Mancha – via El Español.
  6. ^ "'El año de la furia' – estreno en cines 28 de mayo". Audiovisual451. 24 May 2021.
  7. ^ Ocaña, Javier (28 May 2021). "'El año de la furia', acercamiento melodramático al Uruguay de la predictadura". El País.
  8. ^ Luchini, Alberto (26 May 2021). "El año de la furia: vidas cruzadas en Uruguay bajo el yugo militar". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.