Tirant lo Blanc is a 2006

2006 in film

- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

 historical adventure film

Adventure film

Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....

 directed by Vicente Aranda

Vicente Aranda

Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the...

. It is based on Tirant lo Blanch, a Catalan language

Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

 chivalry novel dating to 1490, written by Joanot Martorell

Joanot Martorell

Joanot Martorell was a Valencian knight and the author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch, which is written in Valencian...

. It stars Casper Zafer as the title character, Esther Nubiola as Carmesina, Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar....

 as Viuda Reposada, and Leonor Watling

Leonor Watling

Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is an award-winning Spanish film actress and singer.-Early life:Watling was born in Madrid, Spain to a Spanish father and a British mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.When she was a child, she...

 as Placerdemivida.

The film was shot in English

English language

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, and was filmed partially in Spain

Spain

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. According to Bernat Baldomero, press chief of the film's production company, "the film was shot in English to universalize the work and spread our literature and culture all over the world". It is also known by the alternative title

Alternative title

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The Maidens' Conspiracy.