The War of the Madmen
SpanishLa guerra de los locos
Directed byManolo Matji
Screenplay byManolo Matji
Story byIsaac Montero
Produced byJosé María Calleja
Starring
CinematographyFederico Ribes
Edited byNieves Martín
Music byPepe Nieto
Production
company
Xaloc PC
Distributed byInCine
Release date
  • 11 April 1987 (1987-04-11)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The War of the Madmen[1] a.k.a. The War of the Loonies[2] (Spanish: La guerra de los locos) is a 1987 Spanish drama film directed by Manolo Matji (in his directorial debut) which stars Álvaro de Luna, José Manuel Cervino, and Juan Luis Galiardo.

Plot

Set in August 1936 against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, the plot explores the plight of a group of asylum inmates, who come across a group of guerrilla fighters after escaping from the psychiatric hospital upon the break-in of Rebel forces.[3]

Cast

Production

The film is a Xaloc PC (José María Calleja) production.[11][9] It was lensed by Federico Ribes, scored by José Nieto, and edited by Nieves Martín.[12]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 11 April 1987.[13] It grossed 9,271,979 ₧ (30,446 admissions).[14]

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País assessed that despite the film suffering at its opening (in which the helmer should have explored the bad guy's evilness more and with more nastiness) it grows in potency as it progresses.[15]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
1988
2nd Goya AwardsBest ScreenplayManolo MatjiNominated
[16]
Best ActorJosé Manuel CervinoNominated

See also

References

  1. ↑ Porton, Richard (1999). Film and the Anarchist Imagination. London: Verso. p. 95. ISBN 1-85984-702-1.
  2. ↑ "From Spain, a schedule of double features". The New York Times. 27 March 1987.
  3. 1 2 Torres 2004, p. 217.
  4. 1 2 Torres 2004, p. 219.
  5. ↑ Nieto Jiménez, Rafael (5 May 2020). "Perlas olvidadas del cine español (6). La guerra de los locos (Manolo Matji, 1987)". Rinconete. ISSN 1885-5008 – via Centro Virtual Cervantes.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "La guerra de los locos". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  7. 1 2 3 Bayón, Miguel (1990). La cosecha de los 80: el "boom" de los nuevos realizadores españoles. Murcia: Editora Regional de Murcia. p. 34. ISBN 84-7564-094-X.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Festival of films from Spain, third-87. ICAA. 1987. p. 20. ISBN 978-92-0-007716-6.
  9. 1 2 3 Ripoll-Freixes, Enric (1992). 100 peliculas sobre la guerra civil española. p. 175. ISBN 8487411150.
  10. ↑ "Fallece a los 70 años el histórico actor valenciano Pepe Yepes". Europa Press. 30 October 2012.
  11. ↑ Torres, Augusto M. (2004). Directores malditos. Madrid: Huerga y Fierro. ISBN 84-8374-480-5.
  12. ↑ Bayón 1990, p. 34.
  13. ↑ Rothauge, Caroline (2014). Zweite Republik, Spanischer Bürgerkrieg und frühe Franco-Diktatur in Film und Fernsehen. Göttingen: V & R unipress. p. 389. ISBN 978-3-8471-0210-6.
  14. ↑ "Relación de las cien primeras películas españolas por cuantía de recaudación durante el año 1987". Boletín Informativo del Contro de Taquilla. Datos de 1987 (PDF). Vol. 13. ICAA. 1988. pp. 133–134.
  15. ↑ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (5 May 1987). "Buen 'western' a la española". El País.
  16. ↑ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 270, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
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