The Violin
Film poster
Directed byFrancisco Vargas
Written byFrancisco Vargas
Produced byÁngeles Castro
Hugo Rodríguez
StarringÁngel Tavira
CinematographyMartín Boege
Edited byRicardo Garfias
Distributed byCanana Films[1]
Release date
  • 11 March 2005 (2005-03-11)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The Violin (Spanish: El violín) is a 2005 Mexican drama film directed by Francisco Vargas. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Cast

  • Ángel Tavira as Don Plutarco
  • Gerardo Taracena as Genaro
  • Dagoberto Gama as Capitán
  • Mario Garibaldi as Lucio
  • Fermín Martínez as Teniente
  • Silverio Palacios as Comandante Cayetano
  • Octavio Castro as Zacarías
  • Mercedes Hernández as Jacinta
  • Gerardo Juárez as Pedro
  • Ángeles Cruz as Jefa Guerrilera 1
  • Norma Pablo as Jefa Guerrilllera 2
  • Ariel Galvan as Joaquín
  • Amorita Rasgado as Prostitutas
  • María Elena Olivares as Doña Lupe
  • Esteban Castellanos as Manuel

Awards

The film won the Grand Prize in 2007 at the Miami International Film Festival.[3] At the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Ángel Tavira won the award for Best Male Performance (Prix d'Interprétation Masculine Un Certain Regard).[2] It also received three Ariel Awards from the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Hecht, John (16 November 2007). "Canana Films aims to keep it real". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Festival de Cannes: The Violin". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Miami festival hands out honors". variety. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ariel Awards 2007 Winners". altfg.com. Retrieved 22 November 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.