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Visionaries (2001 film)

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'Visionaries' is a 2001 Spanish romantic and religious drama directed and written by Manuel Gutirrez Aragn. It stars Eduardo Noriega and Ingrid Rubio alongside Karra Elejalde, Fernando Fernn Gmez, and Emma Surez.

Plot



Featuring the backdrop of the alleged Marian apparitions that occurred during the Second Spanish Republic in the village of Ezkioga, Gipuzkoa, and the climate of integrist violence arising in reaction to secularization policies, the plot follows the doomed love story between Joshe (a wannabe teacher visiting the village in order to meet with his fiance Edurne) and Usual, a maid working at the inn.

Cast



Production



The film is an Aiete-Ariane Films and Sogecine production, and it had the collaboration of ICAA, Gobierno Vasco, Canal+ and TVE. Shooting locations included the Larraun Valley.

Release



Selected within the lineup of the 49th San Sebastin International Film Festival's official selection, the film premiered in September 2001. Distributed by AltaFilms, it was theatrically released in Spain on 11 October 2001.

Reception



David Rooney of 'Variety' considered that while a prestige picture (owing to the high-profile cast and polished production values), the film is limited by "its lifelessly reverential approach, lack of emotional engagement and failure of the central romance to conjure any lasting resonance".

ngel Fernndez-Santos of 'El Pas' considered that despite "a powerful synthetic start" and a captivating story (sketching a "magnificent gloomy portrait of closed and sexton Spain"), the denouement does not live up to promise upon the disappearance of father Laburu from the picture and the film loses some of its initial punch.

See also



* List of Spanish films of 2001

References



Category:Spanish historical drama films

Category:Spanish romantic drama films

Category:2001 romantic drama films

Category:Sogecine films

Category:Films directed by Manuel Gutirrez Aragn

Category:Films set in 1932

Category:2000s Spanish-language films

Category:Films set in the Basque County

Category:Films shot in Navarre

Category:Religious drama films

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