''Mararía'' is a 1998 drama film directed by Antonio José Betancor consisting of an adaptation of the 1973 novel ''

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which stars Goya Toledo as the title character alongside Carmelo Gómez, Iain Glen, Mirtha Ibarra and

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. It was produced by companies from Spain, France, and Portugal.

Plot

Set in 1930s

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(the easternmost of the

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), the plot tracks an English vulcanologist and a Basque physician vying for the love of Mararía, a local Canarian woman.

Cast

Production

The screenplay is an adaptation of the 1973 novel ''

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, featuring substantial changes from the original work, such as the reduction in the number of males courting the character Mararía to 2, the characters portrayed by Gómez and Glen, the latter of which is an amalgamation of two characters from the novel. The film is an Aiete Films, Ariane Films and Mararia PC production, with participation of

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, and in association with Portugal's Fábrica de Imágenes de Lisboa and France's C. V. de la Société de Production and D. M. V. B. Films, with support from Sociedad Canaria de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, the Canarian Governmen's Viceconsejería de Cultura y Deportes and the island cabildos of and .

Release

Distributed by Alta Films, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 30 October 1998.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of '' Variety'' considered the "terrifically lensed" film to be "a good old-fashioned melodrama" that manages to have enough "intelligent idiosyncrasy" to give it its own "power and charm".

Accolades

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mararía (film) Films set in the 1930s Films set in the Canary Islands Films based on Spanish novels 1990s Spanish-language films Spanish romantic drama films French romantic drama films Portuguese romantic drama films 1998 romantic drama films Lanzarote in fiction 1990s French films 1990s Spanish films