''The Detective and Death''
( es, El detective y la muerte, links=no) is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by
Gonzalo Suárez.
Plot
Loosely based on
Hans Christian Andersen's "
The Story of a Mother
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", it is set in a fictional European city stirred by racial conflicts (in lieu of the forest from the short story).
Cast
Production
Produced by LolaFilms and Ditirambo Films, it was shot in between
Llanes and
Warsaw
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.
Release
The film was presented at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival
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in September 1994.
It was theatrically released on 30 September 1994.
Reception
David Rooney of ''
Variety
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Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'' assessed that despite the bizarre meeting between
film noir and gruesome
fairy tale featuring "commanding perfs and arresting visuals", the helmer "encumbers the lugubrious thriller with pretentious hokum".
Accolades
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San Sebastián International Film Festival
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, ,
Silver Shell for Best Actor , , Javier Bardem , , , ,
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9th Goya Awards
The 9th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 20 January 1995.
'' Running Out of Time'' won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees
The nominees and winners are listed as follows:
Major award nominees
Other award nominees
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Best Original Screenplay
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, , Gonzalo Suárez , , , , rowspan = "5" ,
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Best Production Supervision , , José Luis García Arrojo , ,
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Best Original Score , , Suso Saiz , ,
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Best Editing , , José Salcedo , ,
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Best Special Effects , , Miroslaw Marchwinski , ,
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, 45th
Fotogramas de Plata
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On 5 February 1951, ''Fotogramas'' magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jes� ...
, , Best Actor , , Carmelo Gómez , , , ,
, -
, 50th
CEC Awards , , Best Cinematography , , Carlos Suárez , , , ,
See also
*
List of Spanish films of 1994
A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1994.
Films
Box office
The five highest-grossing Spanish films in 1994, by in-year domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
See also
* 9th Goya Aw ...
References
External links
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1994 films
Spanish thriller films
1990s Spanish-language films
Films set in Europe
Films shot in Asturias
Films shot in Warsaw
1990s Spanish films
Films directed by Gonzalo Suárez
Films based on works by Hans Christian Andersen
Spanish neo-noir films
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