''Nightfall in India'' ( es, Anochece en la India, links=no; ro, Noaptea vine în India, links=no) is a 2014 road movie directed by
Chema Rodríguez which stars
Juan Diego
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Clara Vodă
Clara Vodă (born 8 March 1970) is a Romanian actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 1995.
Selected filmography
References
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1970 births
Living people
People from Constanța
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Javier Pereira. It is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish international co-production.
Plot
The plot tracks Ricardo, an elderly wheelchair-bound man with a
degenerative disease who decides to make a journey to India in a ramshackle
van
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with the company of his Romanian caretaker Dana, picking up a Swedish hitchhiker along the way.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Chema Rodríguez, David Planell, and Pablo Burgués.
The film is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish co-production by Producciones Sin un Duro, Jaleo Films, Strada Film, and ATMO Independent Films,
with the participation of
Canal Sur and the backing from
ICAA,
Junta de Andalucía, ,
SFI
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FiV
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Eurimages.
It was lensed by
Álex Catalán and Juan González and scored by Hans Lundgren.
Shooting took place from 2012 to 2013 in Spain (
Seville and the
Tabernas Desert), Romania (
Bucharest), Turkey (
Istanbul and
Capadocia), and India (
Dholpur).
Dialogue is in Spanish, English, Romanian, and Swedish.
Release
The film was presented at the 17th
Málaga Film Festival on 27 March 2014. It was released theatrically in Spain on 11 April 2014.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of ''
The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote that the "absorbing depiction of the relationship between two outsiders is the best thing about this otherwise unconvincing drama".
Mirito Torreiro of ''
Fotogramas'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out the chemistry between Juan Diego and Vodă as the best thing about the film.
Mihai Fulger of ''
Observator Cultural'' deemed the encounter between "two great actors" (Juan Diego and Clara Vodă) to be the film's main attraction.
Accolades
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29th Goya Awards
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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See also
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List of Spanish films of 2014
References
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2014 drama films
Spanish drama films
Romanian drama films
Swedish drama films
2010s Spanish films
2010s Spanish-language films
2010s English-language films
Films shot in Rajasthan
Films shot in Bucharest
Films shot in Turkey
Films shot in the province of Almería
Films shot in the province of Seville
Spanish drama road movies