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Release Date:
1 September 2006 (Spain) more
Plot:
Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 20 nominations more
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(5 articles)
Viggo Mortensen Interview The Road
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Come on... more (72 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Viggo Mortensen ... Diego Alatriste

Elena Anaya ... Angélica de Alquézar

Unax Ugalde ... Íñigo Balboa
Eduard Fernández ... Sebastián Copons

Eduardo Noriega ... Conde de Guadalmedina
Ariadna Gil ... María de Castro
Juan Echanove ... Francisco de Quevedo
Javier Cámara ... Conde Duque de Olivares
Antonio Dechent ... Curro Garrote
Blanca Portillo ... Fray Emilio Bocanegra
Francesc Garrido ... Martín Saldaña
Pilar López de Ayala ... Mujer de Malatesta
Jesús Castejón ... Luis de Alquézar
Cristina Marcos ... Joyera
Luis Zahera ... Pereira
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Also Known As:
Alatriste de Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Spain) (closing credits title)
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145 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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At a cost of 24 million Euros, this is the most expensive Spanish film ever made. Director Agustín Díaz Yanes called that amount enough for 'a European super-production and an American rubbish-production'. more
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Continuity: During the white flag scene at Rocroi, the corpses around the Spanish soldiers move between takes. more
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Conde Duque de Olivares: Without Flandes, there's nothing... Captain. more
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Spoofed in Spanish Movie (2009) more

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48 out of 63 people found the following review useful.
Come on..., 10 September 2006
8/10
Author: jorgddh from Spain

All the time complaining about the lack of commercial movies in the Spanish industry, and when a nice effort comes trough, everybody is bashing it!! Now, it's true that the movie has his share of flaws: The story feels disjointed, but in the second part it takes more time to develop it; There's a well known actress playing a man ( which is something obvious). But the main reasons of complain seem to be two: The action sequences: The intention of the filmmakers was to make them look raw and cruel, not stylish and hollywoodesque. This is not Kill Bill, or Lord of the rings. The story takes place in a real time in history, and i'm sure that the sword-fighting wasn't like in the middle earth.

And Viggo: I think he's great in the role. Yes, the voice, the pronunciation of the "s", is strange. But the stance, the expression, the looks, and the physical work in general is pure gold.

Final conclusion: This isn't a great movie, but a good and solid commercial one, a movie that needed to be made ( and to be watched and discussed). A movie that, finally, we Spanish people need to support. Don't let the envy blinds you, and take out your own impressions.

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