Search results
Running time. 95 minutes. Country. Spain. Language. Spanish. El Sur ("The South") is a 1983 drama film directed by Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice, who also wrote the screenplay. The film was produced by Elias Querejeta, and starred Icíar Bollaín as the adult main character. It is based on Adelaida García Morales ' short novel of the same name.
Jan 20, 1988 · El Sur: Directed by Víctor Erice. With Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Icíar Bollaín, Lola Cardona. A woman reflects on her childhood relationship with her father, attempting to understand the depths of his despair and the truth of his myths.
- (6.3K)
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Víctor Erice
- 1988-01-20
Apr 11, 2024 · ‘1980s gem from Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice, voted one of the ten best Spanish movies of all time despite being famously unfinished.’Watch now on BFI Play...
- 3 min
- 1814
- BFI
Jun 21, 2018 · A review of the 1983 Spanish film El Sur, based on a novella by Adelaida García Morales, who was Erice's wife. The film depicts the childhood of a girl in the postwar Spain of the forties, and explores themes of silence, memory, and magic.
El Sur is a 1983 adaptation of a novella by Adelaida García Morales, set in the North of Spain, where a girl named Estrella is fascinated by her father's mystical powers and his mysterious past in the South. The film explores the themes of childhood, memory, and the civil war through painterly cinematography and dreamlike sequences.
People also ask
Is El Sur based on a true story?
Who are the actors in El Sur?
Is El Sur a good movie?
How old is Estrella in El Sur?
Build 8f96b85 (7749) A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.