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film, Romasanta (Spain, 2004, directed by Paco Plaza)

film, Romasanta (Spain, 2004, directed by Paco Plaza)

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Romasanta

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Romasanta
Romasanta FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed byPaco Plaza
Produced byJulio Fernández
Brian Yuzna
Written byElena Serra
Alberto Marini
Story byAlfredo Conde
StarringJulian Sands
Elsa Pataky
John Sharian
Gary Piquer
Ivana Baquero
David Gant
Maru Valdivielso
Music byMikel Salas
CinematographyJaviar Salmones
Running time89 min
CountrySpain
United Kingdom
Italy[1]
LanguageEnglish
Romasanta (2004) is a Spanish-Italian-British horror film produced by Fantastic Factory, directed by Paco Plaza and starring Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky and John Sharian. It is available on DVD from Lion's Gate Entertainment under the title Werewolf Hunt.


Synopsis[edit]

The story takes place in 1851 and deals with a small Spanish village apparently plagued by what we would now call a serial killer, as corpses are discovered bearing both savage mutilation and precise surgical incisions. Clues point toward Manuel Romasanta (Julian Sands), who confesses to the crimes, but claims that he is a victim of lycanthropy. A scientist, Professor Philips (David Gant), argues that Romasanta suffers not from a supernatural curse but from a mental disorder.
Based on a script by Alfredo Conde, according to the end credits the film is based on a true story, that of Manuel Blanco Romasanta, Spain’s first documented serial killer. Conde is a descendant of one of the doctors involved the original Werewolf of Allariz court case that took place in 1853/54 in Galicia, Spain. He went on to write a fictional novel, The Uncertain Memoirs of a Galician Wolfman: Romasanta.[2] The same case previously provided the basis for the 1968 Spanish film El bosque del lobo ("The Wolf's Forest").

Awards[edit]

Romasanta was nominated for a number of Spanish awards, including two Goya Awards (Best Cinematography + Best Special Effects) and two Barcelona Film Awards (Best Film Editing + Best New Director).

Reception[edit]

In Variety, critic Jonathan Holland wrote: "Spinning something cinematically new out of lycanthropy is always a challenge, but director Paco Plaza intermittently achieves it with his sophomore feature. (...) Offbeat pic is cleverly ambiguous where it counts; however, it lacks dramatic focus. (...) Sands' wolfish visage provides an appropriately sexy combination of attraction and threat, and script is clever enough to coax out some sympathy for him during the final 20 minutes. As Barbara, Pataky turns in a career-best perf." [3]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up ^ "Romasanta". British Film Institute. London. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. Jump up ^ Alfredo Conde The Uncertain Memoirs of a Galician Wolfman: Romasanta Antípodas Monographs 2006 ISBN 0-9775868-0-4
  3. Jump up ^ Variety-review

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