El Lobo (2004)

Note Générale:

7,0/10   

Réalisateur:

Miguel Courtois

Scénariste:

Antonio Onetti (writer)

Date de sortie:

5 novembre 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Thriller

Intrigue:

Based on a true story. In the 70's, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker...

Récompenses:

2 wins & 10 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Our very own political thriller

Ensemble

Eduardo Noriega	...	Txema
José Coronado	...	Ricardo
Mélanie Doutey	...	Amaia
Silvia Abascal	...	Begoña
Santiago Ramos	...	Pantxo
Patrick Bruel	...	Nelson
Jorge Sanz	...	Asier
Manuel Zarzo	...	Matías
Fernando Cayo	...	Txino
Juan Fernández	...	Comandante Palacios
Roger Pera	...	Mediometro
José Luis García Pérez	...	Mejía (as José Luis García-Pérez)
Chema Muñoz	...	Arrieta
Antonio Ferrera	...	Reto
Juan Polanco	...	Gordo
Pau Cólera	...	Arteaga
Jacobo Dicenta	...	Napia
Joserra Buruaga	...	Joserra
Saturnino García	...	Jubilado
Javier Tolosa	...	Padre Zunzunegui
Héctor Colomé	...	General
Cristina Perales	...	Soto
Antonio Castro	...	Contreras
Antonio Onetti	...	Sargento
Alex O'Dogherty	...	Cabo policía
Julio Vélez	...	Guardia civil frontera
Antonio Cifo	...	Guardia civil aeropuerto
César Solar	...	Policia armada
Juan Matute	...	Alférez
Pedro Ocaña	...	Municipal
Carmen Rossi	...	Esposa jubilado
Ramon Camín	...	Camarero retiro
Amanda Marugán	...	Montse
Nuria Pasanau	...	Periodista
Melchor Miralles	...	Taxista
José Hervás	...	Javier
David Recuero	...	Iñaki 2 años
Juanjo Rodríguez	...	Narciso
Arantxa Iglesias	...	Esposa Narciso
Ana Calderón	...	Hija Narciso
Daniel Sánchez	...	Iñaki 4 años
Juan Hurtado	...	Policía armada
Julia Miralles	...	Vendedora de periódicos 1
Claudia Torrente	...	Vendedora de periódicos 2
Elena Muñoz	...	Gitana
Jacobo Miralles	...	Limpiabotas

Réalisé par
Miguel Courtois

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Antonio Onetti		writer

Produit par
Julio Fernández	....	executive producer
Melchor Miralles	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Francesc Gener

Image
Néstor Calvo

Montage
Guillermo S. Maldonado		(as Guillermo Maldonado)

Distribution des rôles
Antonio Onetti
Américo Piñeiro

Création des décors
Miguel Torrente

Direction artistique
Luis Vallés

Création des costumes
Pedro Moreno
Victoria Velázquez

Maquillage
Cecilia Escot	....	assistant makeup artist
Paquita Núñez	....	hair stylist
José Antonio Sánchez	....	makeup artist
Rosa Tous	....	assistant hair stylist

Directeur de production
Teresa Gefaell	....	production manager
Philippe Lenfant	....	production manager: France
Roberto Padilla	....	unit manager
Jesús L. Pérez Villar	....	post-production supervisor (as Jesús Pérez Villar)
Eva Taboada	....	production manager
Cristina Zumárraga	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Manuel L. Cañizares	....	first assistant director (as Manuel Cañizares)
Marian González	....	assistant director
Jesús Liedo	....	second assistant director
Juan José López Angosse	....	second assistant director
Carmen Torres	....	third assistant director
Falele Ygueravide	....	second assistant director

Département Art
Purificación Adorna	....	assistant decorator
Leo Báez	....	construction manager
Manuel Casla	....	carpenter
Blas Díaz	....	carpenter
Francisco Díaz	....	carpenter
Miguel Ángel Gómez	....	painter
Beatriz González	....	assistant decorator
Leandro Muslera	....	property master
Pablo Naveda	....	props
Juan Antonio Ramos	....	carpenter
Alberto Risco	....	painter
Francisco Sánchez	....	property master

Technicien du son
Manuel Carrión	....	foley artist
Manuel Carrión	....	sound effects
Jaime Climent	....	sound assistant
Manuel Cora	....	sound mixer
Tomás Erice	....	boom operator
Tomás Erice	....	sound mixer
Jaime Fernández	....	sound mixer
Iván Marín	....	sound recordist
James Muñoz	....	sound editor
Miguel Suárez	....	dialogue editor
Ricardo Viñas	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Effets spéciaux
Óscar Abades	....	special effects
Reyes Abades	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects
Jesús Pascual	....	digital effects artist
Jesús Pascual	....	visual effects supervisor
Jorge Ramal	....	digital effects artist

Cascadeur
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunt coordinator
Diego Herberg	....	stunts
Emilio Meilán	....	stunts
Eduardo Moratilla	....	stunts
Juanjo Rodríguez	....	stunts
César Solar	....	stunts

Caméra et Département Electrique
Juan Aragonés	....	assistant camera
Enrique Bello	....	grip
Roberto Cuadrado	....	electrician
José Ramón Delgado	....	assistant camera
Sergio Delgado	....	assistant camera
Roberto de Miguel	....	assistant camera
Gonzalo Domingo-Aldama	....	additional assistant camera
Olivier Gallois	....	camera operator
Ramón García	....	electrician
Ángel Gómez	....	key grip
Juan Leyva	....	assistant camera (as Juan Leiva)
Javier Llanos	....	electrician
Raúl Lobo	....	electrician
Raúl Manchado	....	additional assistant camera
Idoia Mazizior	....	additional assistant camera
Francisco Javier Merino	....	electrician (as F. Javier Merino)
Javier Navasques	....	video assist operator
José Manuel Reboul	....	grip
Francisco Sánchez Polo	....	assistant camera
Fernando Sancho	....	still photographer
Arcadio Sequeira	....	gaffer
Alfonso Torralbo	....	electrician
Manuel Velasco	....	camera operator: second camera
Ángel Yebra	....	camera operator: second unit

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Ana Bernal	....	assistant wardrobe
Ariadna Papiò	....	assistant wardrobe
Dolores Plaza	....	costumer

Dpartement Editorial
Antonio Álvarez	....	color timer
Esperanza González	....	negative cutter
José Manuel Jiménez	....	assistant editor

Département Musique
Joan Cayuela	....	music producer
Francesc Gener	....	music producer
Francesc Gener	....	orchestrator

Divers
Alberto Álvarez	....	production assistant
José Ramón Astaburuga	....	dialogue coach
Julia Calurano	....	publicist
Xavier Camprecios	....	additional production assistant
Gonzalo Cañellas	....	production assistant
Paco Elías	....	assistant accountant
María Gil	....	production assistant
Elena Gil Nagel	....	script supervisor
Michele Lazzarotto	....	production assistant: France
Nicolás Lecocq	....	controller
Álvaro Le Pera	....	additional production assistant
Alberto Marini	....	story editor
Antonio Mendoza	....	accountant
Manuel Monzón Fueyo	....	development executive
Helena Moreno Núñez	....	development executive
Elena Muñoz	....	production assistant
Jordi Punsola	....	additional production assistant
Sara Ramirez	....	production coordinator
Elena Serra	....	development executive

Companies de production

• Castelao Producciones
• Mundo Ficción

Distributeurs

• Artédis (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• CDI Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Filmax (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• DistriMax
• Dogwoof Pictures (2005) (UK) (all media)
• Filmax Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Cornejo  wardrobe
• EPC  camera equipment
• Filmigranas  sound editing studio
• Fotofilm Madrid  film lab

Autre(s) titre(s):

Wolf (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and a brief scene of graphic sexual content.

Durée:

125 min | Argentina:123 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | 134 min (extended version)

Pays:

Spain

Langue:

Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Argentina:13 | Ireland:15A | USA:R | Spain:18 | Brazil:14 | UK:15

Lieux de tournage:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Société:

Castelao Producciones

Goofs:

Anachronismes: On chapter 5 of the DVD, almost at minute 19 of the film, a caption says it's 1973. There's a wedding and while Amaia sings (00:20:33) we can see a cymbal in the background, whose brand is Sabian. This brand was founded in Canada in 1981.

Guillemet:

Nelson: You know what's that?
José María Loygorri, 'Txema': A bullet.
Nelson: I always keep one of these... for traitors.

Connexions:

Références Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)

Bande son:

The Joker

Our very own political thriller

Although political thrillers are habitual in American cinema, Spanish cinema has been less inclined to translate our past and present conflicts into film. The conflict with Basque separatist group ETA has been depicted a bunch of times in the last few decades, but very seldom as acutely as Miguel Courtois does with "El Lobo".

Based on the true story of a Basque man who managed to reach ETA's highest leaders undercover, the film presents a poignant vision of the Basque conflict which is neither black nor white. This has so many shades and gray areas that the viewer has no other option than to give it second thoughts.

Eduardo Noriega has proved himself as a worthy leading man in the past, and his Basque accent here is more than acceptable. The supporting cast benefits from a few great actors playing bit parts (Roger Pera, Saturnino García...) but many of the important supporting characters are clichéd or underwritten (what can Silvia Abascal do with her character?).

The writing is brave and raises important questions, which is a point in favor. However, they could have avoided a few stereotypes with some advise from just anyone familiar with the Basque Country. In any case, this is a worthy film and worth watching if only for the value of the questions it raises.