''Just Walking'' ( es, Sólo quiero caminar, links=no; ), also known as ''Walking Vengeance'', is a 2008 Spanish-Mexican crime thriller film directed and written by
Agustín Díaz Yanes
Agustín Díaz Yanes (born 1950, in Madrid) is a Spanish Goya Award-winning screenwriter and film director.
Filmography
Screenwriter
* ''Al límite'' (1997)
* ''Belmonte (film), Belmonte'' (1995)
* ''Demasiado corazón'' (1992)
* ''Alone Tog ...
. Its cast stars
Ariadna Gil
Ariadna Gil Giner (; born 23 January 1969) is a Spanish actress. She is known for her performances in films such as ''Belle Époque'' (for which she won the Goya Award for Best Actress), ''Black Tears'' and ''Pan's Labyrinth''.
Career
Film dire ...
,
Diego Luna
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He is known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' and the Disney+ series ''Andor''.
Following an early car ...
,
Victoria Abril
Victoria Mérida Rojas (born 4 July 1959), better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' by ...
,
Pilar López de Ayala
Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo (born 18 September 1978) is a Spanish actress. She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance playing Joanna of Castile in 2001 film '' Mad Love''.
Family
Born in Madrid, López de Ayala has an older br ...
,
Elena Anaya, and
José María Yazpik
José María Yazpik (born November 13, 1970) is a Mexican actor.
Biography
Yazpik was born in Mexico City, the son of gynaecologist Jose Maria Meza and housewife Cristina Yazpik. He has two siblings, Carlos and Cristina. When Yazpik was a chi ...
.
The film was nominated for eleven Goya awards, winning one (
Best Cinematography).
Synopsis
After a failed jewellery heist, Aurora Rodriguez (Ariadna Gil) is caught and sentenced to eight years in prison, while her three accomplices get away. Aurora's sister, prostitute Ana (Elena Anaya), meets a powerful Mexican drug lord Felix (José María Yazpik) during a job and agrees to marry him. While Paloma (Pilar López de Ayala) leverages her connections as a court secretary to influence a judge into reducing Aurora's sentence to four years, Gloria (Victoria Abril) joins Ana in Mexico and discovers that Felix has been brutally abusing Ana.
Just as Ana reveals to Gloria that she intends to get back at Felix by stealing all his money, Felix viciously beats Ana in a fit of rage and leaves her barely alive and hospitalized. Paloma secures Aurora's release from prison and they join Gloria and Ana in Mexico, where the four women set Ana's plan in motion. Meanwhile, Felix's right-hand man Gabriel (Diego Luna) has spent twenty years waiting to take revenge on his father, currently in prison for beating Gabriel's mother to death. Though Gabriel begins developing suspicions towards what Aurora and her friends are planning, Felix's violent behavior causes him to question his unwavering loyalty to his childhood friend.
Awards and nominations
Won
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
*Best Actress in a Leading Role (
Ariadna Gil
Ariadna Gil Giner (; born 23 January 1969) is a Spanish actress. She is known for her performances in films such as ''Belle Époque'' (for which she won the Goya Award for Best Actress), ''Black Tears'' and ''Pan's Labyrinth''.
Career
Film dire ...
)
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain.
The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sci ...
*Best Cinematography (Paco Femenia)
Nominated
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
*Best Actor in a Leading Role (
Diego Luna
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He is known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' and the Disney+ series ''Andor''.
Following an early car ...
)
*Best Actor in a Supporting Role (
José María Yazpik
José María Yazpik (born November 13, 1970) is a Mexican actor.
Biography
Yazpik was born in Mexico City, the son of gynaecologist Jose Maria Meza and housewife Cristina Yazpik. He has two siblings, Carlos and Cristina. When Yazpik was a chi ...
)
*Best Cinematography (Paco Femenia)
*Best Director (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
*Best Film
*Best Screenplay – Original (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain.
The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sci ...
*Best Actor in a Leading Role (Diego Luna)
*Best Actor in a Supporting Role (José María Yazpik)
*Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ariadna Gil)
*Best Director (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
*Best Film
*Best Editing (
José Salcedo)
*Best Production Supervision (Rafael Cuervo and Mario Pedraza)
*Best Screenplay – Original (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
*Best Sound Pierre Gamet, Patrice Grisolet and Christophe Vingtrinier)
*Best Visual Effects (
Reyes Abades
Reyes Abades (25 July 1949 – 1 February 2018) was a Spanish specialist in special effects. He won nine Goya Awards. Abades worked on more than 300 productions. He contributed to the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1992 Summer Olympics in ...
, Rafa Solorzano and Alejandro Vázquez)
See also
*
List of Spanish films of 2008
A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2008. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured.
Films
Box office
The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2008, by domestic box offi ...
External links
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2008 films
Spanish thriller films
2000s Spanish-language films
Mexican thriller films
Films directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes
2000s Mexican films
2000s Spanish films
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