Arian's Journey (Spanish: El viaje de Arián) is a 2000 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Eduard Bosch from a screenplay by Jordi Gasull and Patxi Amezcua which stars Ingrid Rubio alongside Abel Folk and Sílvia Munt.
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| Spanish | El viaje de Arián |
| Directed by | Eduard Bosch |
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| Produced by | Ángel Blasco |
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| Cinematography | Xavier Gil |
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| Music by | Joan Valent |
Production company | Montjuic Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista International |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editYoung abertzale Arián, involved in the kale borroka, falls for older terrorist Vivaldi, joining ETA's Nafarroa commando.[1] After things go South, Arián refuses to kill a hostage, and kills her surviving associates instead, fleeing to Barcelona.[2]
Cast
edit- Ingrid Rubio as Arián[3]
- Abel Folk as Vivaldi[4]
- Carlos Manuel Díaz as José[5]
- Silvia Munt as Maite[6]
- Txema Blasco as Arián's father[7]
- Laia Marull as Isabel Ulloa[3]
- Santi Ibáñez as Mario[4]
- Paul Berrondo as Patxo[3]
Production
editThe film is a Montjuic Entertainment production.[8] It was scored by Joan Valent and lensed by Xavier Gil.[8]
Release
editThe film premiered at the 3rd Málaga Film Festival in May 2000.[9] It was released theatrically in Spain on 4 May 2001.[10]
Reception
editJonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "well meaning but as fatally flawed as the characters who drive it".[8]
Mirito Torreiro of El País highlighted a "superb" performance by Ingrid Rubio, but pointed out at flaws worth mentioning, such as the film getting lost in trying to be credible vis-à-vis the resolution of the hostage crisis.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "El viaje de Arián". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Davies 2005, p. 349.
- ^ a b c Davies 2012, p. 174.
- ^ a b Davies 2005, p. 350.
- ^ Davies 2005, p. 351.
- ^ Davies, Ann (2005). "Roads to Nowhere. How Basque Terrorist Cross Space and Place in Cinema". Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 82 (3): 351. doi:10.3828/bhs.82.3.5. ISSN 1475-3839.
- ^ Davies, Ann (2012). Spanish Spaces: Landscape, Space and Place in Contemporary Spanish Culture. Liverpool University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-84631-775-0. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Holland, Jonathan (19 November 2000). "Arian's Journey". Variety. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ a b Torreiro, Casimiro (1 June 2000). "La actriz Ingrid Rubio destaca en 'El viaje de Arián', una película sobre el entorno de ETA". El País. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Lista de estrenos quincenal". Europa Press. 11 May 2001. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.