Arian's Journey

Arian's Journey
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl viaje de Arián
Directed byEduard Bosch
Screenplay by
  • Jordi Gasull
  • Patxi Amezcua
Produced byÁngel Blasco
Starring
CinematographyXavier Gil
Edited by
  • Eduard Bosch
  • Javier Naya
Music byJoan Valent
Production
company
Montjuic Entertainment
Distributed byBuena Vista International
Release dates
  • May 2000 (2000-05) (Málaga)
  • 4 May 2001 (2001-05-04) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Arian's Journey (Spanish: El viaje de Arián) is a 2000 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Eduard Bosch [ca] from a screenplay by Jordi Gasull [ca] and Patxi Amezcua [eu] which stars Ingrid Rubio alongside Abel Folk and Sílvia Munt.

Plot

Young abertzale Arián, involved in the kale borroka, falls for older terrorist Vivaldi, joining ETA's Nafarroa commando.[1] After things go South, Arián refuses to kill a hostage, and kills her surviving associates instead, fleeing to Barcelona.[2]

Cast

Production

The film is a Montjuic Entertainment production.[8] It was scored by Joan Valent [ca] and lensed by Xavier Gil.[8]

Release

The film premiered at the 3rd Málaga Film Festival in May 2000.[9] It was released theatrically in Spain on 4 May 2001.[10]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "well meaning but as fatally flawed as the characters who drive it".[8]

Mirito Torreiro of El País highlighted a "superb" performance by Ingrid Rubio, but pointed out at flaws worth mentioning, such as the film getting lost in trying to be credible vis-à-vis the resolution of the hostage crisis.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "El viaje de Arián". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ Davies 2005, p. 349.
  3. ^ a b c Davies 2012, p. 174.
  4. ^ a b Davies 2005, p. 350.
  5. ^ Davies 2005, p. 351.
  6. ^ Davies, Ann (2005). "Roads to Nowhere. How Basque Terrorist Cross Space and Place in Cinema". Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 82 (3): 351. doi:10.3828/bhs.82.3.5. ISSN 1475-3839.
  7. ^ Davies, Ann (2012). Spanish Spaces: Landscape, Space and Place in Contemporary Spanish Culture. Liverpool University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-84631-775-0. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b c Holland, Jonathan (19 November 2000). "Arian's Journey". Variety. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b Torreiro, Casimiro (1 June 2000). "La actriz Ingrid Rubio destaca en 'El viaje de Arián', una película sobre el entorno de ETA". El País. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Lista de estrenos quincenal". Europa Press. 11 May 2001. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.