Alone Together (1990 film)

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Alone Together
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SpanishA solas contigo
Directed byEduardo Campoy
Screenplay by
Starring
Cinematography Alfredo Mayo
Edited byLuis Manuel del Valle
Music by Mario de Benito
Production
companies
  • Lauren Films
  • Cartel
  • Flamenco Films
Distributed byLauren Films
Release dates
  • 5 September 1990 (1990-09-05)(Madrid)
  • 7 September 1990 (1990-09-07)(Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Alone Together (Spanish: A solas contigo) [1] is a 1990 Spanish spy thriller film directed by Eduardo Campoy which stars Victoria Abril and Imanol Arias alongside Juan Echanove.

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Plot

Set in Madrid in 1989, the plot follows Lieutenant Javier Artabe, a military officer attached to the Navy's Intelligence Service, investigating the killing of his partner Carlos Escorial (committed by Álvaro la Huerta) after they did some digging about the windfall revenues of Captain Valenzuela. The witness to the homicide is Gloria, a blind woman. [2] [3] [4]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Agustín Díaz Yanes, Eduardo Calvo with the collaboration of Manolo Matji. [4] The films is a Lauren Films, Cartel, and Flamenco Films production. Shooting locations included Madrid. [8] Luis Manuel del Valle was responsible for editing. [9]

Release

A pre-screening in Madrid was scheduled for 5 September 1990. [3] Distributed by Laurenfilms, [10] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 7 September 1990. [11]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
1991 5th Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay Agustín Díaz Yanes, Eduardo Calvo, Manolo MatjiNominated [12]
Best Actor Imanol AriasNominated
Best Supporting Actor Juan EchanoveNominated

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References

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  3. 1 2 Muñoz, Diego (5 September 1990). "Imanol Arias comenzará a rodar el filme 'Veraz', con Kirk Douglas y Gerard Depardieu, en octubre". El País .
  4. 1 2 3 4 "A solas contigo". premiosgoya.com . Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España . Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  5. 1 2 Areces Gutiérrez, Rafael (2015). La discapacidad en el cine (PDF). Madrid: Complutense University of Madrid. p. 329.
  6. ↑ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 39. ISBN   84-271-2326-4.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Benavent 2000, p. 39.
  8. ↑ Fernández Rubio, Andrés (7 April 1990). "Victoria Abril. De muda a ciega". El País .
  9. ↑ Comas, Àngel (2003). Diccionari de llargmetratges: el cinema a Catalunnya després del franquisme. Valls: Cossetània Edicions. p. 29. ISBN   84-96035-96-4.
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  12. ↑ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 270, ISBN   978-84-9785-791-8
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