Asfalto

2000 film
  • Daniel Calparsoro
  • Santiago Tabernero
  • Frank Palacios
Produced byJosé María LaraStarring
CinematographyJosep M. CivitEdited byJulia JuánizMusic by
  • Mastreta
  • Najwajean
Release date
  • 4 February 2000 (2000-02-04)
Running time
90 minutesCountries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

Asfalto (English: Asphalt) is a 2000 Spanish-French drama film directed by Daniel Calparsoro. It stars Najwa Nimri, Juan Diego Botto, and Gustavo Salmerón.

Cast

Production

Asfalto is Calparsoro's fourth feature and his fourth and last to star his then wife, the actress Najwa Nimri.[2] The couple divorced in 2000.

Nominations

Asfalto was nominated at the Goya Awards for the Best Original Score.[3]

Legacy

Asfalto was part of the program Historia de nuestro cine [es] in 2019.[4]

The film is noted for being rooted in the Basque heritage of its director[5] and, according to The A to Z of Spanish Cinema, was for him a "return to marginal backgrounds and wild urban landscapes".[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Asfalto" (PDF). berlinale.de. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ "'Asfalto', en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos (in European Spanish). 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  3. ^ "Asfalto » Premios Goya 2023". www.premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. ^ RTVE, PRENSA (2019-12-12). "'Asfalto' y 'El juego de la verdad': semana de coproducciones europeas en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. ^ Stone, Rob; Rodriguez, Maria Pilar (2015-09-29). Basque Cinema: A Cultural and Political History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85772-769-5.
  6. ^ "Return", Between Urban and Wild, University of Iowa Press, pp. 161–174, doi:10.2307/j.ctt20q2226.21, retrieved 2023-10-06

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