Fifth District

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Fifth District
Directed by Julio Coll
Written byJulio Coll
Starring Alberto Closas
Arturo Fernández
Release date
  • 6 April 1958 (1958-04-06)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Fifth District (Spanish : Distrito Quinto) is a 1958 Spanish crime film [1] from the "Barcelona film noir period" of their director, Julio Coll [2] and is considered a national classic of the genre. [3]

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Accolades

The film received various nominations at the Premios del CEC a la producción española in 1958, including four wins. [4]

Themes

"In these instances, the idea of a corrupting city was very much in tune with ideologies of early Francoism that defended rural values.", commented the Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Batlle Caminal, Jordi (1990-07-24). "Crítica: Distrito quinto". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ↑ Eguskiza, Ignacio Gaztaka; Iturregui-Motiloa, Víctor (31 January 2021). "ON THIEVES AND HEARTTHROBS: VARIATIONS ON FILM NOIR IN THE BARCELONA TRILOGY BY ARTURO FERNÁNDEZ AND JULIO COLL (1956 - 1959)". L'Atalante. Revista de Estudios Cinematográficos. L'Atalante: 183–198. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  3. ↑ Aubert, Jean-Paul (2024-03-06). Barcelone mise en scènes (in French). Espaces et signes. ISBN   978-2-38206-001-8.
  4. ↑ "CEC ::: Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". 2021-05-06. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  5. ↑ Nouselles, Alberto Mira (2010). Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-0-8108-5957-9.
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