Strangers (1999 film)
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| Spanish | Extraños |
| Directed by | Imanol Uribe |
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| Produced by | Enrique Cerezo |
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| Cinematography | Gonzalo Fernández Berridi |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
| Music by | José Nieto |
Production company | Enrique Cerezo PC |
| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Strangers (Spanish: Extraños) is a 1999 Spanish psychological drama film directed by Imanol Uribe starring Carmelo Gómez, María Casal, and Ingrid Rubio.
Plot
Private investigator Goya Lamarca is hired to investigate Sofía's behaviour by the latter's husband after the disclosure of the suicide note of Sofía's mother.
Cast
- Carmelo Gómez as Goyo Lamarca
- María Casal as Sofía Miró
- Ingrid Rubio as Alicia
- Sergi Mateu as Eduardo
- Chete Lera as Marcos
- Joan Crosas as portero
- Pedro Casablanc as Castro
- Jesús Cabrero as Lucrecio
- Asunción Balaguer as Gloria
- Bruno Bichir as Kurt
Production
Strangers is loosely based on the novel La soledad era esto by Juan José Millás. As the script revisions increasingly diverged from the original work, Millás asked not to be credited in the film. The film was produced by Enrique Cerezo PC and it had the participation of TVE. Félix Murcia worked as set decorator.
Release
Distributed by United International Pictures (UIP), the film was released theatrically in Spain on 9 April 1999.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the "initially intriguing psychodrama" "falls apart after an hour when labyrinthine mind games start to swamp the action".
See also
References
- ↑ "Extraños". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 Holland, Jonathan (10 May 1999). "Strangers". Variety.
- ↑ Ramírez Gómez, David (2011). "Adaptaciones inconfesas en el cine español" [Unacknowledged Adaptations in the Spanish Cinema] (PDF). Fotocinema. Revista Científica de Cine y Fotografía (3): 129. ISSN 2172-0150.
- ↑ Fernández Santos, Elsa (23 November 1999). "Félix Murcia logra el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía por sus decorados transparentes". El País.
- ↑ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 253. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.