Voices in the Night (Spanish: Las voces de la noche) is a 2003 Spanish-Italian film written and directed by Salvador García Ruiz [es] based on the 1963 novel Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg. Ruiz relocates the setting from an Italian village to a Spanish one, but keeps the setting in the 1950s.[1][2] The main roles are played by Laia Marull, Tristán Ulloa, and Vicky Peña.
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Directed by | Salvador García Ruiz |
Screenplay by | Salvador García Ruiz |
Based on | Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg |
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Cinematography | Teo Delgado |
Edited by | Carmen Frías |
Music by | Pascal Gaigne |
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Distributed by | Columbia TriStar |
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Language | Spanish |
A Spanish-Italian co-production by DeAPlaneta, Esicma, and Mikado, the film also had the participation of Antena 3, Canal+, and TVC.[3] Shooting locations included the province of Girona.[6]
The film screened at the 48th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2003.[7] Distributed by Columbia TriStar,[3] it was theatrically released in Spain on 27 February 2004.[8]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to "a well-dressed, if over-earnest, romancer", "otherwise solidly built, well-played".[3]
Nuria Vidal of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, hightlighting the performance by Marull as the best thing about the film.[8]
Casimiro Torreiro of El País deemed Voices in the Night to be a "glossy, evocative and rigorous provincial drama".[4]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | 19th Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Salvador García Ruiz | Nominated | [9] |
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