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'El rey pasmado is a 1991 French
-Portuguese
-Spanish
film
directed by Imanol Uribe
and written by Joan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
. The screenplay was based on Torrente's novel "Crónica del rey pasmado".
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Imanol Uribe
Imanol Uribe
Imanol Uribe is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was born in San Salvador, and is of Basque ancestry. Uribe was married to María Barranco...
and written by Joan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish Galician writer in Spanish language. He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently attending the universities of Santiago de Compostela and Oviedo.Although primarily a novelist, he also published journalism,...
. The screenplay was based on Torrente's novel "Crónica del rey pasmado".
Cast
- Gabino DiegoGabino DiegoGabino Diego is a Spanish actor, born on 18 September 1966 in Madrid. He was educated at Runnymede College, in Madrid.His credits include: ¡Ay Carmela! and Belle Époque.-Awards:*Goya Awards**1999 - Nominated - Best Actor for La hora de los valientes...
as The King - Laura del SolLaura del SolLaura del Sol is a Spanish flamenco dancer and film actress, specially well known for her titular role in Carlos Saura's 1983 film Carmen...
as Marfisa - Joaquim de AlmeidaJoaquim de AlmeidaJoaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida is a Portuguese-born American actor. He began his acting doing some theater. During the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film The Soldier, and later achieved recognition for playing Andrea Bonanno in the 1987 Italian film...
as Father Almeida - Maria BarrancoMaría BarrancoMaría Barranco , born María de los Remedios Barranco García, is a Spanish actress, who has won two Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress....
as Lucrecia - Juan DiegoJuan Diego (actor)Juan Diego , full name Juan Diego Ruíz Montero is a Spanish actor who has appeared on stage, in television and film productions since 1957...
as Father Villaescusa - Fernando Fernán GómezFernando Fernán GómezFernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but...
as Grand Inquisitor - Javier Garruchaga as Valido
- Anne Roussel as The Queen
Won
- Goya Awards6th Goya AwardsThe 6th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 7 March 1992.Amantes won the award for Best Film.-Major award nominees:-Other award nominees:...
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Juan Diego)
- Best Costume Design (Javier Artiñano)
- Best Makeup and Hairstyles (Romana González and Josefa Morales)
- Best Original Score (José Nieto)
- Best Production Design (Félix Murcia)
- Best Production Supervision (Andrés Santana)
- Best Screenplay – Adapted (Joan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Malvido)
- Best Sound (Ricard Casals and Gilles Ortion)
Nominated
- Goya Awards6th Goya AwardsThe 6th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 7 March 1992.Amantes won the award for Best Film.-Major award nominees:-Other award nominees:...
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gabino Diego)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Javier Gurruchaga)
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (María Barranco)
- Best Cinematography (Hans Burman)
- Best Director (Imanol Uribe)
- Best Film