Al sur de Granada

Jan 10 2003 N/A 1h 51m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Brenan arrives at Yegen on foot, interrupting the funeral held for the daughter of the local cacique. He collapses from dysentery and soon learns that the local cacique, Don Fernando, is leaving for Granada with his wife. Brenan rents Fernando’s house for a year and soon enlists the services of María as housekeeper and cook and becomes friends with a local man named Paco. Brenan spends most of his time reading, walking, and trying to write poetry.His friends Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey (who is ill), and Ralph Partridge visit for a couple of days. Brenan, who has been maintaining a correspondence with Carrington, learns during the visit that Partridge and Carrington are engaged. He is crushed, as he had been in love with Carrington.

Plot

In 1919, demobbed Gerald Brenan rents a house for a year in Yegen, a village in Alpujarra. He has little but a love of reading and writing. He's soon the center of attention from his maid María, who has a marriageable daughter, Ángeles; from Paco, who offers to guide Gerald in the ways of love and the village; and from his landlady, her friend who loves St. Teresa, the town priest, and teen beauty Julia who's the daughter of a witch. Gerald must sort out his feelings and face down the machinations of the town's women, who map a future he doesn't want. What he wants is romance. How far from his class and country can he venture, and for how long?

Written by

Gerald Brenan, Fernando Colomo, Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy

Directed by

Fernando Colomo

Cast

Matthew Goode, Verónica Sánchez, Guillermo Toledo

Crew

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Production Countries

Spain

Production Companies

Atresmedia, Fernando Colomo PC, Canal+ España

Languages

Español

Awards

1 win & 11 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
999
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA