Al sur de Granada (2003)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Fernando Colomo

Writers:

Gerald Brenan (book)
Fernando Colomo (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

10 January 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Joven inglés busca, para escribir, pueblecito tranquilo

Plot:

In 1919, demobbed, Gerald Brenan rents a house for a year in Yegan, a village in Alpujarra. He has little but a love of reading and writing...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | 1920s | Writer | Spain | Andalusia

Awards:

1 win & 11 nominations

Cast

Matthew Goode	...	Gerald Brenan
Verónica Sánchez	...	Juliana
Guillermo Toledo	...	Paco
Consuelo Trujillo	...	María
Ángela Molina	...	Doña Felicidad
Antonio Resines	...	Don Virgilio
Laurence Fox	...	Ralph Partridge
Bebe	...	Ángeles (as Bebe Rebolledo)
Jessica Kate Meyer	...	Dora Carrington
James Fleet	...	Lytton Strachey
María Alfonsa Rosso	...	Doña Clara
Sebastián Haro	...	Don Gabriel 'Culonegro'
Mariana Cordero	...	Máxima
Juan Margallo	...	Emiliano
Sandra Wahlbeck	...	Gamel Woolsey
Sauce Ena	...	Frances
Roberto Quintana	...	Don Fernando
Mariano Peña	...	Don José
María José Barroso	...	Martina
Monika Martinez	...	Madre niño dormido
Maite Sandoval	...	Juliana Mayor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Velázquez

Directed by
Fernando Colomo

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gerald Brenan		book
Fernando Colomo		writer
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy		writer

Produced by
Fernando Bovaira	....	producer
Beatriz de la Gándara	....	executive producer
Beatriz de la Gándara	....	producer
Gustavo Ferrada	....	producer
Mercedes Gamero	....	associate producer
Susana Herreras	....	coordinating producer

Original Music by
Juan Bardem

Cinematography by
José Luis Alcaine

Film Editing by
Antonio Lara

Casting by
Shaheen Baig
Laura Cepeda

Production Design by
Soledad Seseña

Art Direction by
Soledad Seseña

Costume Design by
Vicente Ruiz

Makeup Department
Mara Collazo	....	hair stylist
Concha Martí	....	makeup artist
Mariló Osuna	....	additional makeup artist
María Pérez	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Nani Guibert	....	production manager
Pilar Robla	....	unit production manager
Iñaki Rubio	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nacho Fernández de Tejada	....	third assistant director
Susana González	....	assistant director
Nuria Velasco	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jaime Anduiza	....	props
Raúl Martín	....	props
Iñaki Rubio	....	property master
Ana Cecilia Tejeda	....	props

Sound Department
Pedro Barbadillo	....	additional sound editor
Carlos del Pino	....	sound
Enrique Domínguez	....	additional sound mixer
Patrick Ghislain	....	foley mixer
Gadou Naudin	....	sound effects editor
Alfonso Pino	....	sound mixer
Julio Recuero	....	sound
Nacho Royo	....	sound editor
Javier Santoni	....	boom operator
José Vinader	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Óscar Abades	....	special effects technician
Ángel Alonso	....	special effects technician
Román Cabrera	....	special effects technician
Tomás Urbán	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Helmuth Barnert	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Vladimiro Amor	....	electrician
Miguel Ángel Bardavio	....	assistant camera
Alicia Beladiez	....	assistant camera
Juan A. Caso	....	electrician (as Juan Antonio Caso)
Roberto Cuadrado	....	electrician
Eva Díaz Iglesias	....	assistant camera
Álvaro Gómez	....	electrician
Teresa Isasi	....	still photographer
Luis Alfonso Robles	....	grip (as Alfonso Robles)
Juan Carlos Rodríguez	....	gaffer
Bernardo Rossetti	....	Steadicam operator
Bernardo Rossetti	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Natacha Fernández	....	assistant costume designer (as Natacha F. Gallardo)
Sonia Isla	....	additional costumes

Editorial Department
Manuela Díaz	....	post-production
Eladio Fernández	....	post-production
María Lara	....	assistant editor

Music Department
José Vinader	....	score mixer
José Vinader	....	score recordist

Transportation Department
Eusebio Galindo	....	driver

Other crew
Pablo Alfaro	....	production administrator: Luxembourg
David Chagoyen	....	crowd coordinator
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson	....	production coordinator
Laura Colodrón	....	accountant: Sogecine
Ángel Corral	....	production assistant
Rosa Garcia	....	head of promotion
Ana Garrido	....	production coordinator
Antonio Giménez	....	marketing
Susana Herreras	....	production coordinator
Anna Kemp	....	script supervisor
Cristina Marinero	....	unit publicist
Raquel Ruiz	....	production assistant
Eva Soto	....	press: Sogecine

Production Companies

• Antena 3 Televisión
• Canal+ España
• Fernando Colomo Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.
• Sociedad General de Cine (SOGECINE) S.A.
• TeleMadrid

Distributors

• CDI Films (Argentina)
• Parasol Pictures Releasing (2004) (UK) (all media)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (Spain)

Special Effects

• Telson

Other Companies

• Cinesol  generators provided by
• Corte Digital S.L.  sound editing
• EPC  camera equipment
• Exa S.A.  sound mixing
• Fotofilm Madrid  film lab
• Story Film-Pablo Núñez  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

South from Granada (International: English title)

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | English | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Spain:7

Company:

Antena 3 Televisión

Beautiful! Charming!

I have to say that finally I see a Fernando Colomo's movie that I like. "Al sur de Granada" is beautifully filmed, has a nice pace and contains superb acting. The recreation of beginning of the century Alpujarras is convincing, the characters credible and the plot engaging.