20/03/2011
Films set and or made in Vigo and Galicia
· Romansanta
· Mar Adentro
· Lengua de Mariposas
In this section we are going to talk a little about the films which have been made in Vigo and in Galicia.
Raquel Porto tells us about a film called Romansanta.
The film I would like to talk about is called Romansanta and this is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=latPhPUFvPo
It's about Manuel Romasanta, a killer who confesses the crimes of a village, after that a lof of corpses are discovered bearing both savage mutilation and precise surgical incisions. Manuel claims that he is a victim of lycanthropy. The film is based on a true story.
It stars Julian Sands as Manuel Romansanta, and Elsa Pataky and John Sharian.
The main characters are Manuel Romasanta, a galician killer. The film was directed by Paco Plaza.
The soundtrack is excellent, It was composed by Mikel Salas.
I would really recommend this film.
Raquel Porto and Pablo Falcón tell us about a film called Mar Adentro.
Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside)
The film is called Mar Adentro. The English title is The Sea Inside, but the meaning of the original title is “far out to sea”. It’s set in a little village on the coast of Galicia, Spain. It’s a story based on real events. It’s about the life of a man who became parapletic in an accident on a beach when he was a young man. He wants to die because he thinks that his can´t live with dignity. He wrestles with the authorities for the legalization of eutanasia.
It stars Javier Bardem as Ramón Sampedro. The main characters are Ramón Sampedro, his family and his friends.Ramón’s relations are José Sampedro (Ramón’s brother), Manuela (Jose’s wife and Ramón’s caregiver), Javier Sampedro (Ramón’s nephew) and Joaquín Sampedro (Ramón’s father). The other characters are Ramón friends: Rosa, Julia and Germán.
The script of the film was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil and it was directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
The soundtracks in Sea Inside come from several sources:
"Negra sombra" Carlos Núñez
"Nessun dorma" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
"Cosmic" by Australian Blonde
"Prisoners' Chorus" from “Fidelio” L.V.Beethoven
"Così fan tutte - Soave sia il vento" W.A.Mozart
"Echo City" Simon Rusell
"Prelude to the Act 3" from "Tristan und Isolde" R.Wagner
The final scene is the best for me and the most dramatic of the film because it´s the moment when he decides to end his life drinking poison and you see how he gradually dies.
I like the plot in general and finally he was able to have the right to die with dignity.
I recommend this film because it´s a reflection of what many families live day to day.
David Lamoso talks about the film Lenguas de Mariposa
Director ” Jose Luís Cuerda”
This movie is set just before the Spanish Civil War, more specifically in the winter of 1935.
Mocho is a boy of six years of age who could not begin school with the other boys. When Mocho was younger he thought school was a terrible place. He dreamt about going to America to not go to school. The first time he went to the school he was afraid because his father had told him the teacher hit the students.
Soon he found out that his teacher "Sr. Gregorio" was not so bad as his father had told him and that he did not hit the students. Moncho had found a friendly teacher who was prepared to break the educational rules and teach his students to love nature and simple things and poetry. Sr. Gregorio is a liberal and republican teacher who helps Moncho in the learning about life and liberty.
Mocho had a great interest in learning and his classes and he became the supplier of bugs for Sr. Gregorio.
When Spring arrives with the good weather, the classes continue outside school where it is possible to look at nature which impressed Moncho so much. On Saturdays and holidays Moncho and Sr. Gregorio went on excursions together to the river, the forest and the Mount Sinaí. On Mondays the teacher spoke about the bugs they had picked up in the forest and about the butterflies’ tongue which they looked at with a microscope.
The relationship between Moncho's father and Sr. Gregorio was excellent, in general almost all the village loved the teacher. Moncho's father made a suit for Sr. Gregorio to thank him for looking after his son.
After a good time of loving, liberty and happiness the civil war begins, and Sr. Gregorio is arrested by the army because he is a republican. All the village are afraid of dying and when the teacher is arrested everybody begins to insult him.
Moncho surprised by all this began to shout with his closed hands and shouts: "toad", "iris". This was the situation of a lot of people during the Franco regime.
The butterflies’ tongue deals with the brutal interruption of liberty due to the civil war and its consequences and how our lives were and how they could have been.
As the boy throws stones to his dear teacher, his father feels ashamed and his mother feels intimidated.
Defeat of the rational and victory of the irration
· Mar Adentro
· Lengua de Mariposas
In this section we are going to talk a little about the films which have been made in Vigo and in Galicia.
Raquel Porto tells us about a film called Romansanta.
The film I would like to talk about is called Romansanta and this is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=latPhPUFvPo
It's about Manuel Romasanta, a killer who confesses the crimes of a village, after that a lof of corpses are discovered bearing both savage mutilation and precise surgical incisions. Manuel claims that he is a victim of lycanthropy. The film is based on a true story.
It stars Julian Sands as Manuel Romansanta, and Elsa Pataky and John Sharian.
The main characters are Manuel Romasanta, a galician killer. The film was directed by Paco Plaza.
The soundtrack is excellent, It was composed by Mikel Salas.
I would really recommend this film.
Raquel Porto and Pablo Falcón tell us about a film called Mar Adentro.
Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside)
The film is called Mar Adentro. The English title is The Sea Inside, but the meaning of the original title is “far out to sea”. It’s set in a little village on the coast of Galicia, Spain. It’s a story based on real events. It’s about the life of a man who became parapletic in an accident on a beach when he was a young man. He wants to die because he thinks that his can´t live with dignity. He wrestles with the authorities for the legalization of eutanasia.
It stars Javier Bardem as Ramón Sampedro. The main characters are Ramón Sampedro, his family and his friends.Ramón’s relations are José Sampedro (Ramón’s brother), Manuela (Jose’s wife and Ramón’s caregiver), Javier Sampedro (Ramón’s nephew) and Joaquín Sampedro (Ramón’s father). The other characters are Ramón friends: Rosa, Julia and Germán.
The script of the film was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil and it was directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
The soundtracks in Sea Inside come from several sources:
"Negra sombra" Carlos Núñez
"Nessun dorma" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
"Cosmic" by Australian Blonde
"Prisoners' Chorus" from “Fidelio” L.V.Beethoven
"Così fan tutte - Soave sia il vento" W.A.Mozart
"Echo City" Simon Rusell
"Prelude to the Act 3" from "Tristan und Isolde" R.Wagner
The final scene is the best for me and the most dramatic of the film because it´s the moment when he decides to end his life drinking poison and you see how he gradually dies.
I like the plot in general and finally he was able to have the right to die with dignity.
I recommend this film because it´s a reflection of what many families live day to day.
David Lamoso talks about the film Lenguas de Mariposa
Director ” Jose Luís Cuerda”
This movie is set just before the Spanish Civil War, more specifically in the winter of 1935.
Mocho is a boy of six years of age who could not begin school with the other boys. When Mocho was younger he thought school was a terrible place. He dreamt about going to America to not go to school. The first time he went to the school he was afraid because his father had told him the teacher hit the students.
Soon he found out that his teacher "Sr. Gregorio" was not so bad as his father had told him and that he did not hit the students. Moncho had found a friendly teacher who was prepared to break the educational rules and teach his students to love nature and simple things and poetry. Sr. Gregorio is a liberal and republican teacher who helps Moncho in the learning about life and liberty.
Mocho had a great interest in learning and his classes and he became the supplier of bugs for Sr. Gregorio.
When Spring arrives with the good weather, the classes continue outside school where it is possible to look at nature which impressed Moncho so much. On Saturdays and holidays Moncho and Sr. Gregorio went on excursions together to the river, the forest and the Mount Sinaí. On Mondays the teacher spoke about the bugs they had picked up in the forest and about the butterflies’ tongue which they looked at with a microscope.
The relationship between Moncho's father and Sr. Gregorio was excellent, in general almost all the village loved the teacher. Moncho's father made a suit for Sr. Gregorio to thank him for looking after his son.
After a good time of loving, liberty and happiness the civil war begins, and Sr. Gregorio is arrested by the army because he is a republican. All the village are afraid of dying and when the teacher is arrested everybody begins to insult him.
Moncho surprised by all this began to shout with his closed hands and shouts: "toad", "iris". This was the situation of a lot of people during the Franco regime.
The butterflies’ tongue deals with the brutal interruption of liberty due to the civil war and its consequences and how our lives were and how they could have been.
As the boy throws stones to his dear teacher, his father feels ashamed and his mother feels intimidated.
Defeat of the rational and victory of the irration
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