Heart of the Warrior
| Heart of the Warrior | |
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| Spanish | El corazón del guerrero |
| Directed by | Daniel Monzón |
| Written by | Daniel Monzón |
| Produced by | Gerardo Herrero |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Carles Gusi |
| Music by | Roque Baños |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | 500 million ₧ |
Heart of the Warrior (Spanish: El corazón del guerrero) is a 2000 Spanish action-adventure film directed and written by Daniel Monzón, which stars Fernando Ramallo, Joel Joan and Neus Asensi, also featuring Santiago Segura, Adrià Collado, and Javier Aller, among others.
Plot
Beldar and Sonja, a pair of thieves, steal a precious stone shaped like a human heart from the eerie crypt of the Order of the Thousand Eyes, a malevolent sect of all-powerful sorcerers. As they flee, they realize the gem is cursed and has transferred its spell to them. After losing consciousness, Beldar awakens in another world, transformed into the body of a acne-ridden Madrid boy named Ramón Belda.
Belda is a boy with a vivid imagination, plagued by recurring visions that correspond to the role-playing games he plays every night with his friends. He is also a timid and frail boy, but in his imagination, he sees himself battling all kinds of dangers. Dangers that, little by little, will become real and connect present-day Madrid with a universe in which Ramón is the Chosen One for a mission of epic dimensions, with heroines, magicians and powerful fighters.[1]
Cast
- Fernando Ramallo as Ramón.[2]
- Joel Joan as Beldar.[2]
- Neus Asensi as Sonya.[2]
- Santiago Segura as Netheril.[3]
- Adrià Collado[4]
- Javier Aller[4]
- Jaime Barnatán[4]
- Adolfo Fernández[4]
- Luis Tosar[4]
- Arturo Valls[5]
Production
It is Monzón's debut film.[6] He also wrote it. Gerardo Herrero took over production duties.[7] A Tornasol Films and Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión production,[8] the film had a 500 million peseta budget.[7][9] The score was composed by Roque Baños.[10] Filming took 11 weeks.[7]
Release
The film was screened in Lanzarote in December 1999 during a film industry meeting with European distributors.[7] It was theatrically released in Spain on 21 January 2000.
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | 15th Goya Awards | Best New Director | Daniel Monzón | Nominated | [8] |
| Best Production Supervision | Tino Pont | Nominated |
See also
References
- Citations
- ↑ Pardo García 2011, pp. 237, 242.
- 1 2 3 Pardo García 2011, p. 242.
- ↑ Sánchez, Sergi (11 July 1999). ""La realidad es mentira"". El Cultural.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "El corazón del guerrero". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- ↑ "Valls, Arturo". Diccionario del Audiovisual Valenciano. Institut Valencià de Cultura. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "El corazón del guerrero triunfa en el Festival de Cine Fantástico de Montreal". Libertad Digital. 2 August 2001.
- 1 2 3 4 García, Rocío (18 December 1999). "El crítico Daniel Monzón debuta en el cine con una historia de hechizos, fantasías y realidades". El País.
- 1 2 "El corazón del guerrero" (in Spanish). Premios Goya. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ↑ Obiols, Isabel (12 January 2000). "Daniel Monzón debuta con el filme fantástico "El corazón del guerrero"". El País.
- ↑ Radigales & Fraile Prieto 2011, p. 260.
- Bibliography
- Pardo García, Pedro Javier (2011). "Cine, literatura y mito: Don Quijote en el cine, más allá de la adaptación". Arbor. 187 (748). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. doi:10.3989/arbor.2011.748n2004. hdl:10366/126675.
- Radigales, Jaume; Fraile Prieto, Teresa (2011). "Historias locales, música global. Marcas sonoras en los últimos géneros del cine español" (PDF). Ciencia y Sociedad. 24 (2). Pamplona: Universidad de Navarra: 253–267.