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Nightfall in India

Nightfall in India
Theatrical release poster
SpanishAnochece en la India
RomanianNoaptea vine în India
Directed byChema Rodríguez
Screenplay by
  • Chema Rodríguez
  • David Planell
  • Pablo Burgués
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byJosé Manuel García Moyano
Music byHans Lundgren
Production
companies
  • Producciones Sin un Duro
  • Jaleo Films
  • Strada Film
  • ATMO Independent Films
Distributed byWanda Vision
Release dates
  • 27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) (Málaga)
  • 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Romania
  • Sweden
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Romanian
  • Swedish

Nightfall in India (Spanish: Anochece en la India; Romanian: Noaptea vine în India) is a 2014 road movie directed by Chema Rodríguez which stars Juan Diego, Clara Vodă, and Javier Pereira. It is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish international co-production.

Plot

The plot tracks Ricardo, an elderly wheelchair-bound man with a degenerative disease who decides to make a journey to India in a ramshackle van with the company of his Romanian caretaker Dana, picking up a Swedish hitchhiker along the way.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Chema Rodríguez, David Planell, and Pablo Burgués.[1] The film is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish co-production by Producciones Sin un Duro, Jaleo Films, Strada Film, and ATMO Independent Films,[5][2] with the participation of Canal Sur and the backing from ICAA, Junta de Andalucía, CNC [ro], SFI, FiV, and Eurimages.[6] It was lensed by Álex Catalán and Juan González and scored by Hans Lundgren.[4] Shooting took place from 2012 to 2013 in Spain (Seville and the Tabernas Desert), Romania (Bucharest), Turkey (Istanbul and Capadocia), and India (Dholpur).[6] Dialogue is in Spanish, English, Romanian, and Swedish.[7]

Release

The film was presented at the 17th Málaga Film Festival on 27 March 2014.[8] It was released theatrically in Spain on 11 April 2014.[9]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the "absorbing depiction of the relationship between two outsiders is the best thing about this otherwise unconvincing drama".[2]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out the chemistry between Juan Diego and Vodă as the best thing about the film.[4]

Mihai Fulger of Observator Cultural deemed the encounter between "two great actors" (Juan Diego and Clara Vodă) to be the film's main attraction.[3]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2014
 17th Málaga Film Festival Silver Biznaga for Best Actor Juan Diego Won
[10]
Silver Biznaga for Best Editing José Manuel García Moyano Won
2015
 29th Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Chema Rodríguez, David Planell, Pablo Burgués Nominated
[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "El santoñés Pablo Burgués, nominado al Goya por 'Anochece en la India'". Europa Press. 9 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Holland, Jonathan (25 April 2014). "Nightfall in India (Anochece en la India): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ a b c d e Fulger, Mihai (19 December 2014). "KINOBSERVATOR. Un road movie melodramatic şi doi mari actori". Observator Cultural.
  4. ^ a b c Torreiro, Mirito (11 March 2014). "Anochece en la India". Fotogramas.
  5. ^ "Chema Rodríguez finaliza en Almería el rodaje de 'Anochece en La India' y se traslada con su equipo a Asia". 20minutos.es. 4 March 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Finaliza el rodaje de la coproducción internacional de Chema Rodríguez 'Anochece en la India'". Audiovisual451. 5 April 2013.
  7. ^ "European Film Market". Internationales Filmfestpiele Berlin. 2014. p. 312.
  8. ^ "Anochece en la India, de la oscuridad a la luz en el Festival de Málaga". Europa Press. 27 March 2014.
  9. ^ Clemente, José María (11 April 2014). "Juan Diego, a pleno rendimiento". Vanity Fair.
  10. ^ "Palmarés oficial del 17 Festival de Málaga - Cine español". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento. 29 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Los ganadores de los Goya 2015". La Vanguardia. 7 February 2015.
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