''The Carpenter's Pencil'' () is a 2003 Spanish
war drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...
film directed by Antón Reixa, scored by Antón Seoane and starring
Tristán Ulloa
Tristán Ulloa (born 6 May 1970) is a Spanish actor, writer, and director.
Career
Tristán Ulloa was born in Orléans, France, and soon moved to Madrid, Spain, where he spent his early childhood. At age 12, he moved to Vigo, Galicia. His mother, ...
,
Luis Tosar
Luis López Tosar (born 13 October 1971) is a Spanish actor from Galicia. He is one of the most recognizable and versatile actors in Spain.
He landed his film debut in '' Atilano for President'' (1998), followed by other roles in feature fil ...
and
María Adánez
María Adánez Almenara (12 March 1976) is a Spanish actress, director, writer and producer.
Career
Adánez's most popular works include ''Pepa y Pepe'', ''Farmacia de guardia'', ''Aquí no hay quien viva,'' and ''La que se avecina''. She is now ...
. It is set in the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
in
Galicia, Spain
Galicia ( ; or ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain and nationalities and regions of Spain, historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces o ...
, and is based on the
novel of the same name by
Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish writer, poet and journalist.
Biography
Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspap ...
; the director read the novel at least seventy eight times.
The film got 171,325 spectators and was described as well-meaning and
Manichean
Manichaeism (; in ; ) is an endangered former major world religion currently only practiced in China around Cao'an,R. van den Broek, Wouter J. Hanegraaff ''Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times''. SUNY Press, 1998 p. 37 found ...
. Luis Tosar said that his part in this film was the most difficult role he has portrayed.
Part of the story is based on the life of the cartoonist
Camilo Díaz Baliño.
Cast
See also
*
List of Spanish films of 2003
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter's Pencil, The
Spanish war drama films
2000s war drama films
2003 drama films
2003 films
Spanish Civil War films
Films based on Spanish novels
Films shot in Spain
Films set in Galicia (Spain)
Films scored by Lucio Godoy
Morena Films films
Sogecine films
2000s Spanish films
2000s Spanish-language films