Asfalto

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Asfalto
Directed byDaniel Calparsoro
StarringNajwa Nimri
Juan Diego Botto
Release date
  • 4 February 2000 (2000-02-04)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesSpain
France
LanguageSpanish

Asfalto is a 2000 Spanish-French drama film directed by Daniel Calparsoro.

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Production[edit]

Asfalto is Calparsoro's fourth feature and his fourth and last to star his wife, the actress Najwa Nimri.[1]

Nominations[edit]

Asfalto was nominated at the Goya Awards for the Best original music.[2]

Legacy[edit]

Asfalto was part of the program "Historia de nuestro cine" in 2019.[3]

The film is noted for being rooted in the Basque heritage of its director[4] and, according to the The A to Z of Spanish Cinema, was for him a "return to marginal backgrounds and wild urban landscapes" [5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "'Asfalto', en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos (in European Spanish). 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  2. ^ "Asfalto » Premios Goya 2023". www.premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  3. ^ RTVE, PRENSA (2019-12-12). "'Asfalto' y 'El juego de la verdad': semana de coproducciones europeas en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. ^ Stone, Rob; Rodriguez, Maria Pilar (2015-09-29). Basque Cinema: A Cultural and Political History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85772-769-5.
  5. ^ "Return", Between Urban and Wild, University of Iowa Press, pp. 161–174, doi:10.2307/j.ctt20q2226.21, retrieved 2023-10-06

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