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You Shall Die in Chafarinas
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Wikipedia article
'You Shall Die in Chafarinas' is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by . It stars Jorge Sanz and Mara Barranco alongside scar Ladoire and Javier Albal.
Plot
Featuring the backdrop of military conscription and set in a military barracks in Melilla, the plot touches themes such as the suicide of conscripts and substance consumption. Two begrudging privates (Jaime and Cidraque) see themselves forced to act as casual investigators in the wake of series of deaths in the barracks (two deaths from overdose and the ensuing killing of a homosexual conscript).
Cast
Production
Based on the 1990 novel 'Morirs en Chafarinas' by Fernando Lalana, the screenplay was penned by Pedro Olea and Francisco Lalana. The film is an Altube Filmeak SL production, with the participation of TVE. Shooting locations included a barracks in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid.
Release
Distributed by Columbia Tri-Star Films de Espaa, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 21 April 1995.
Reception
Casimiro Torreiro of 'El Pas' assessed that, while the script apparently features seemingly everything to be functional for an entertaining narration, the writing "lacks work to polish the details", concluding that "no one will be able to say that [the film] is not a well shot and interpreted film. But that alone is not enough to achieve a satisfactory product."
See also
* List of Spanish films of 1995
References
Category:Films set in Melilla
Category:1995 thriller films
Category:Spanish thriller films
Category:1990s Spanish-language films
Category:Military fiction
Category:Films shot in the Community of Madrid
Category:Films based on Spanish novels
Category:Films directed by Pedro Olea
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