El Sur (film)

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El Sur (film)
Directed by Víctor Erice
Produced by Elías Querejeta
Written by Víctor Erice
Adelaida García Morales
Starring Omero Antonutti
Sonsoles Aranguren
Icíar Bollaín
Aurore Clément
Music by Enrique Granados
Cinematography José Luis Alcaine
Editing by Pablo González del Amo
Release date(s) Flag of SpainMay 19, 1983
Flag of the United States15 January 1988
Running time 95 min.
Language Spanish
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El Sur or The South is a 1983 drama film , the second film of the perfectionist Spanish auteur Victor Erice. It was voted the sixth best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996 Spanish cinema centenary. It is based on a Adelaida García Morales' short novel by the same title.

Originally, the film would have run 3 hours, but producer Querejeta decided not to allow the filming of the second 90 minutes, which takes place in the the south of Spain, because he thought the 95-minute film Erice did was perfect for his purposes.


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This film tells the story of a little girl (Sonsoles Aranguren) living somewhere in the north of Spain and fascinated by the secrets of the south seemingly buried in the traits of her father (Omero Antonutti). In her childhood, Estrella's father is a mysterious world. Growing up, she finds out that he once had a sweetheart (Aurore Clément), and that he's still in love with her.

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