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Oviedo Express
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Wikipedia article
'Oviedo Express' is a 2007 Spanish comedy-drama film directed and written by Gonzalo Surez. It stars Carmelo Gmez, Aitana Snchez-Gijn, Maribel Verd, Najwa Nimri, Jorge Sanz, Brbara Goenaga and Alberto Jimnez.
Plot
The plot was reportedly inspired on Stefan Zweig's 'Fear', although barely anything of the work (the nexus with the intrigue if at all) is identifiable in the film. A troupe of thespians moves to Oviedo to stage a play based on 'La Regenta'. Mariola Mayo is the leading actress performing the stage role of 'La Regenta/Ana Ozores'. The Mayor of Oviedo has an affair with journalist Brbara Ruiz. Emma (a nod to 'Madame Bovary' character), the scorned spouse of the Mayor of Oviedo and a young scholar preparing a PhD dissertation on 'La Regenta', portrays a sort of Regenta-like in-fiction character. Emma has sexual intercourse with Benjamn Olmo, the leading actor of the play.
Cast
Production
The project was originally titled 'rase una vez Oviedo'. The film was shot in Oviedo in 2006.
Release
The film was theatrically released in Spain on 31 October 2007.
Reception
Alberto Bermejo of 'El Mundo' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "above many other things, 'Oviedo Express' is very funny, even though it is much more than a comedy", with additional superimposed layers of farce, vaudeville, melodrama, and caricature, also featuring a cast of actors taking risks "in unusual registers" delivering the elaborated and "highly personal" dialogues of Gonzalo Surez.
Jonathan Holland of 'Variety' deemed the film to be "a typically eccentric dramedy" and (so much) "over-the-top", featuring a "bunch of fine Spanish actors overacting for all they're worth".
Accolades
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| align = "center" rowspan = "8" | 2008 || rowspan = "7" | 22nd Goya Awards || Best Original Screenplay || Gonzalo Surez || || rowspan = "7" |
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| Best New Actress || Brbara Goenaga ||
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| Best Production Supervision || Teresa Cepeda ||
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| Best Cinematography || Carlos Surez ||
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| Best Original Score || Carles Cases ||
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| Best Art Direction || Wolfang Burmann ||
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| Best Makeup and Hairstyles || Lourdes Briones, Fermn Galn ||
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| 17th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role || Jorge Sanz || ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2007
References
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