''Against the Wind'' ( es, Contra el viento, links=no) is a 1990 Spanish incest-themed drama film written and directed by Paco Periñán which stars

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and

Emma Suárez Emma Suárez Bodelón (born 25 June 1964) is a Spanish actress. She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Actress, namely for her performances in ''The Dog in the Manger'' (1996) and '' Julieta'' (2016). Biography Emma Suárez Bodelón was born ...

Plot

The plot tracks the resumption of the

sibling incest Siblings play a unique role in one another's lives that simulates the companionship of parents as well as the influence and assistance of friends. Because siblings often grow up in the same household, they have a large amount of exposure to one ano ...

held between Juan and his sister Ana, once Juan, living in a small village in

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, faces Ana's arrival to town, thus putting aside his budding relationship with Rosario, a local woman.

Cast

Production

The film is a Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL) production. Shooting locations included ,

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, and

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Release

Selected for the 38th

San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in th ...

's official selection, the film was presented on 24 September 1990. It was theatrically released on 12 October 1990.

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos Ángel Fernández-Santos (1934–2004) was a Spanish film critic and screenwriter. Born in Los Cerralbos, province of Toledo, in 1934, he was the younger brother of Marxist philosopher . He studied for a brief spell at the in the early 1960s. As ...

of ''

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'' cited the circumstance that "there is no sufficiently powerful image in the film, no situation from which it can be unequivocally deduced that when this couple anderas and Suárezmakes love they are violating the ancestral taboo of consanguinity" as a negative point, also pointing out that the writing resents from some loose threads that the director is not able to fully rectify later in the transfer to a visual language.

Accolades

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, ,

Best New Director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993. 1980s 1989 *Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V'' **Runners-up: St ...

, , Paco Periñán , , , , rowspan = "2" , , - , Best Supporting Actress , , Rosario Flores , ,

References

{{authority control Films shot in the province of Almería 1990 drama films 1990s Spanish-language films Spanish romantic drama films Films set in Andalusia Incest in film 1990s Spanish films