Arian's Journey
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl viaje de Arián
Directed byEduard Bosch
Screenplay by
  • Jordi Gasull
  • Patxi Amezcua
Produced byÁngel Blasco
Starring
CinematographyXavier Gil
Edited by
  • Eduard Bosch
  • Javier Naya
Music byJoan Valent
Production
company
Montjuic Entertainment
Distributed byBuena Vista International
Release dates
  • May 2000 (2000-05) (Málaga)
  • 4 May 2001 (2001-05-04) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Arian's Journey (Spanish: El viaje de Arián) is a 2000 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Eduard Bosch from a screenplay by Jordi Gasull and Patxi Amezcua which stars Ingrid Rubio alongside Abel Folk and Sílvia Munt.

Plot

Young abertzale Arián, involved in the kale borroka, falls for older terrorist Vivaldi, joining ETA's Nafarroa commando.[1] After things go South, Arián refuses to kill a hostage, and kills her surviving associates instead, fleeing to Barcelona.[2]

Cast

Production

The film is a Montjuic Entertainment production.[8] It was scored by Joan Valent and lensed by Xavier Gil.[8]

Release

The film premiered at the 3rd Málaga Film Festival in May 2000.[9] It was released theatrically in Spain on 4 May 2001.[10]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "well meaning but as fatally flawed as the characters who drive it".[8]

Mirito Torreiro of El País highlighted a "superb" performance by Ingrid Rubio, but pointed out at flaws worth mentioning, such as the film getting lost in trying to be credible vis-à-vis the resolution of the hostage crisis.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "El viaje de Arián". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Davies 2005, p. 349.
  3. 1 2 3 Davies 2012, p. 174.
  4. 1 2 Davies 2005, p. 350.
  5. ↑ Davies 2005, p. 351.
  6. ↑ Davies, Ann (2005). "Roads to Nowhere. How Basque Terrorist Cross Space and Place in Cinema". Bulletin of Hispanic studies. 82 (3): 351. ISSN 1475-3839.
  7. ↑ Davies, Ann (2012). Spanish Spaces: Landscape, Space and Place in Contemporary Spanish Culture. Liverpool University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-84631-775-0. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (19 November 2000). "Arian's Journey". Variety. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. 1 2 Torreiro, Casimiro (1 June 2000). "La actriz Ingrid Rubio destaca en 'El viaje de Arián', una película sobre el entorno de ETA". El País. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Lista de estrenos quincenal". Europa Press. 11 May 2001. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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