The South (film)

El Sur (film)
Directed by	Víctor Erice
Produced by	Elías Querejeta
Written by	Víctor Erice Adelaida García Morales
Starring	Omero Antonutti Sonsoles Aranguren Icíar Bollaín Aurore Clément
Music by	Enrique Granados
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine
Editing by	Pablo González del Amo
Release date(s)	19 May 1983 15 January 1988
Running time	95 min.
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The South (Spanish: El Sur), is a 1983 drama film , the second film of the perfectionist Spanish auteur Víctor Erice. It was voted the sixth best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996 Spanish cinema centenary. It is based on an Adelaida García Morales' short novel by the same title.

Originally, the film would have run 3 hours, but producer Querejeta decided not to allow the filming of the second 90 minutes, which takes place in the south of Spain, because he thought the 95-minute film Erice did was perfect for his purposes. The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

This film tells the story of a little girl (Sonsoles Aranguren) living somewhere in the north of Spain and fascinated by the secrets of the south seemingly buried in the traits of her father (Omero Antonutti). In her childhood, Estrella's father is a mysterious world. Growing up, she finds out that he once had a sweetheart (Aurore Clément), and that he's still in love with her.

Cast

• Omero Antonutti - Agustín Arenas
• Sonsoles Aranguren - Estrella, 8 years
• Icíar Bollaín - Estrella, 15 years
• Lola Cardona - Julia, Agustín's wife
• Rafaela Aparicio - Milagros
• Aurore Clément - Irene Ríos / Laura
• Francisco Merino - Irene Ríos's Co-Star
• Maria Caro - Casilda
• José Vivó - Grand Hotel barman
• Germaine Montero - Doña Rosario

External links

• El Sur at the Internet Movie Database
• Reviews of Erice's films