The End of a Mystery

The End of a Mystery
The End of a Mystery
	Film poster
Spanish	La luz prodigiosa
Directed by	Miguel Hermoso
Screenplay by	Fernando Marías
Based on	La luz prodigiosa; by Fernando Marías
Starring	Alfredo Landa
Cinematography	Carlos Suárez
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; companies	Azalea PC; Canal Sur Televisión; Surf Films;
Release date	31 January 2003 (Spain);
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy;
Language	Spanish

The End of a Mystery (Spanish: La luz prodigiosa) is a 2003 Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Miguel Hermoso. The screenplay by Fernando Marías is an adaptation of his 1990 novel La luz prodigiosa.^[1]

Cast

Alfredo Landa as Joaquín^[2]
Nino Manfredi as Galápago^[2]
Kiti Manver as Adela^[2]
José Luis Gómez as Silvio^[2]
Iván Corvacho Cervantes as the boy Joaquín
Sergio Villanueva as the boy Galápago
Mariano Peña
Fanny de Castro as the Nun
Fernando Picón as the Lawyer
Miguel Alcíbar as the Falangist

Production

A Spanish/Italian co-production, the film was produced by Azalea PC, Canal Sur Televisión and Surf Films, and it had the participation of Vía Digital and FORTA.^[2]

Release

The film was theatrically released on 31 January 2003.^[2]

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2003	25th Moscow International Film Festival	Golden St. George		Won	^[3]
2004	18th Goya Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Fernando Marías	Nominated	^[4]
		Best Actor	Alfredo Landa	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	José Luis Gómez	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Félix Murcia	Nominated

References

Citations

^ "Fernando Marías: "Cuanto más oscuro es un personaje más fascinación sentimos por él"". Revista Casa Mediterráneo. 25 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pelaz López & Tomasoni 2011.
^ "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^ "La luz prodigiosa". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

Bibliography

Pelaz López, José-Vidal; Tomasoni, Matteo (2011). "Cine y guerra civil. El conflicto que no termina". Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea (7). doi:10.4000/diacronie.3337.

External links

The End of a Mystery at IMDb

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[1] "Fernando Marías: "Cuanto más oscuro es un personaje más fascinación sentimos por él"". Revista Casa Mediterráneo. 25 March 2019.

[FOOTNOTEPelaz_LópezTomasoni2011-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pelaz López & Tomasoni 2011.

[Moscow2003-3] "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

[4] "La luz prodigiosa". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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