El Cid: The Legend

El Cid: The Legend
Spanish: El Cid: La leyenda
Directed by José Pozo
Produced by Julio Fernández
Written by José Pozo
Starring Manel Fuentes (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar)
Sancho Gracia (Conde Gormaz)
Carlos Latre (Ben Yussuf / Conde Ordóñez)
Loles León (Infant doña Urraca)
Natalia Verbeke (Jimena)
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Music by Óscar Araujo
Cinematography Adrià García
Víctor Maldonado
Editing by Félix Bueno
Distributed by Filmax Animation
Release date(s) December 19, 2003
Running time 90 min
Country Spain
Language Spanish

El Cid: The Legend (Spanish: El Cid: La leyenda) is a Spanish animated movie released on December 19, 2003, written by José Pozo, and based on the historical legend of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as El Cid.

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Plot

Rodrigo's life as a child was a noble and happy one, he entered school at a young age. Often he went on adventures with his best friend Sancho and often visited his beloved one Jimena, the daughter of the count of Gormaz. His happiness did not last forever, after the death of the king Fernando, Rodrigo is seen wrapped in a world of plots and conspiracies that to will put an end to the life of Sancho and the consequent coronation of the infant Alfonso. All of a sudden, Rodrigo loses all that he has acquired, his best friend and the love of its beloved one, and is unjustly exiled to Castile without honor.

Music compositions

The principal musical theme of El Cid: The Legend was composed and interpreted by Luis Fonsi. It is called La fuerza del corazón.

They also collaborated with the Spanish rock group Diosa, which had already created music for other Spanish feature films.

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