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Against the Wind (Spanish: Contra el viento)[1] is a 1990 Spanish incest-themed drama film written and directed by Paco Periñán which stars Antonio Banderas and Emma Suárez.

Against the Wind
Spanish	Contra el viento
Directed by	Paco Periñán
Screenplay by	Paco Periñán
Starring	Antonio Banderas Emma Suárez Bruce McGuire Rosario Flores Germán Cobos
Cinematography	Gérard de Battista
Music by	Ramón Farrán
Production company	Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión
Release dates	24 September 1990 (1990-09-24) (Zinemaldia) 12 October 1990 (1990-10-12) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

The plot tracks the resumption of the sibling incest held between Juan and his sister Ana, once Juan, living in a small village in Andalusia, faces Ana's arrival to town, thus putting aside his budding relationship with Rosario, a local woman.[2]

Cast

Production

The film is a Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL) production.[5] Shooting locations included Rodalquilar [es], Playa de Mónsul, and Níjar.[4]

Release

Selected for the 38th San Sebastián International Film Festival's official selection, the film was presented on 24 September 1990.[7] It was theatrically released on 12 October 1990.[8]

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País cited the circumstance that "there is no sufficiently powerful image in the film, no situation from which it can be unequivocally deduced that when this couple [Banderas and Suárez] makes love they are violating the ancestral taboo of consanguinity" as a negative point, also pointing out that the writing resents from some loose threads that the director is not able to fully rectify later in the transfer to a visual language.[9]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1991	5th Goya Awards	Best New Director	Paco Periñán	Nominated	[10]
		Best Supporting Actress	Rosario Flores	Nominated

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1990

References

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