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My Brother's Gun
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Wikipedia article
'My Brother's Gun' is a 1997 Spanish film directed and written by Ray Loriga in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Daniel Gonzlez, Nico Bidsolo and Andrs Gertrdix, with Anna Galiena, Karra Elejalde, Viggo Mortensen, and Christina Rosenvinge in supporting roles.
Plot
After shooting and killing a security guard in a mall, a young man flees alongside a girl who has just attempted suicide.
Cast
Production
The film is an adaptation of Loriga's novel 'Cados del cielo' as well as the Generation X novelist's debut feature; Loriga had been previously been involved in the film industry in the writing of 'Live Flesh'. The film was produced by Enrique Cerezo, and it had the participation/collaboration of TVE and Canal+.
Release
The film was presented at the 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 1997. Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 14 November 1997.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of 'Variety' deemed the "languid Hispanic reprise of pics such as 'Kalifornia' and 'Natural Born Killers'" to feature "considerably more style than substance" despite being "beautifully shot and edited".
ngel Fernndez-Santos of 'El Pas' considered that despite featuring a "lively and rich narrative material", Loriga deals with it "clumsily", as the helmer rushed into a "reckless journey from literary to cinematographic language, without mastering the articulations of the latter".
See also
* List of Spanish films of 1997
References
Category:Films based on Spanish novels
Category:1997 drama films
Category:1990s Spanish-language films
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