''Outlaws'' or ''The Laws of the Border'' ( es, Las leyes de la frontera, links=no) is a 2021 Spanish film directed by Daniel Monzón adapting the novel of the same name by

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. It stars Marcos Ruiz,

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and Chechu Salgado.

Premise

Set in the Summer of 1978, the fiction follows Nacho, a 17-year old student living in Girona who befriends Zarco and Tere, two young criminals. It has been presented as a revisitation of the quinqui film genre.

Cast

Production

Penned by

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, the screenplay is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by

. Produced by Ikiru Films, La Terraza Films and Atresmedia Cine in collaboration with and Las leyes de la frontera AIE, the film received funding from the ICAA. Netflix secured the international rights. It has a reported budget of 7 million €. Directed by Daniel Monzón, shooting lasted for 10 weeks and wrapped in November 2020. Shooting locations included Girona,

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, Montblanc and . Balter Gallart worked as art director and Carles Gusi as director of cinematography.

Release

The film premiered on 25 September 2021 at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival, bringing the festival to a closure. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España, it was theatrically released in Spain on 8 October 2021. The film was set for a 22 November 2021 streaming release on Netflix, using the English-language title ''Outlaws''.

Reception

Fausto Fernández of '' Fotogramas'' gave the film 4 out 5 stars, positively highlighting the triangle formed by the characters Nacho, Tere and Zarco. Philipp Engel of '' Cinemanía'' gave it 3½ out of 5 stars. He wrote that the Begoña Vargas' lead performance ends up eating those from the two male lead performers'. He considered that the atmosphere "halfway" works. Josu Eguren of ''

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'' gave the film 2 out of 3 stars. He considered the film to be "stimulating reflection on the gap between memory and nostalgia" so pervasive in the Spanish contemporary historical discourse but ultimately dominated by "cheating digressive monologues transformed into images". Federico Marín Bellón of '' ABC'' gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering it to be "a magnificent portrait, a new and stylized look" of the era already extensively portrayed by the quinqui genre.

Accolades

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36th Goya Awards The 36th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honoured the best in Spanish films of 2021 and took place at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia on 12 February 2022. The ceremony ...

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, , Daniel Monzón, Jorge Guerricaechevarría , , , , rowspan="6" , , - , Best Original Song , , "Las leyes de la Frontera" by Alejandro García Rodríguez, Antonio Molinero León, Daniel Escortell Blandino, José Manuel Cabrera Escot, Miguel García Cantero , , , - , Best New Actor , , Chechu Salgado , , , - , Best Makeup and Hairstyles , , Sarai Rodríguez, Benjamín Pérez, Nacho Díaz , , , - ,

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, , Balter Gallart , , , - , Best Costume Design , , Vinyet Escobar , , , - , rowspan = "14" ,

14th Gaudí Awards The 14th Gaudí Awards, organised by the Catalan Film Academy, will be presented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, MNAC's Oval Room in Barcelona on 6 March 2022. History The nominations were read by Francesc Orella and María Molins a ...

, , colspan = "2" , Best Non-Catalan Language Film , , , , rowspan = "14" , , - , Best Director , , Daniel Monzón , , , - , Best Actress , , Begoña Vargas , , , - , Best Actor , , Chechu Salgado , , , - , Best Production Supervision , , Goretti Pagès , , , - , Best Art Direction , , Balter Gallar , , , - , Best Editing , , Mapa Pastor , , , - , Best Original Music , , Derby Motoreta's Burrito Kachimba , , , - , Best Cinematography , , Carles Gusi , , , - , Best Costume Design , , Vinyet Escobar , , , - , Best Sound , , Isaac Bonfill, Oriol Tarragó, Marc Orts , , , - , Best Visual Effects , , Raúl Romanillos, Míriam Piquer , , , - , Best Makeup and Hairstyles , , Sarai Rodríguez, Nacho Díaz, Benjamín Pérez , , , - , colspan = "2" , Public's Choice Award for Best Film , , , - ,

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, , Best New Actress , , Begoña Vargas , , , , , - , Spanish Screenwriters' Union Awards , , Best Screenplay in a Drama Feature Film , , Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón , , , ,

References

External links

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' at ICAA's ''Catálogo de Cinespañol'' * {{authority control Films shot in Spain 2021 crime films Spanish crime films Films based on Spanish novels Films set in 1978 Films set in Spain 2020s Spanish-language films Atresmedia Cine films Ikiru Films films Films shot in the province of Girona 2020s Spanish films