Winter Diary
Theatrical release poster
SpanishDiario de invierno
Directed byFrancisco Regueiro
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyJuan Amorós
Edited byPedro del Rey
Production
company
Castor Films
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release dates
  • 18 September 1988 (1988-09-18) (Zinemaldia)
  • 29 September 1988 (1988-09-29) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Winter Diary (Spanish: Diario de invierno)[1] is a 1988 Spanish film directed by Francisco Regueiro which stars Fernando Rey and Eusebio Poncela in a father-son relation alongside Francisco Algora, Terele Pávez, Rosario Flores, Lilí Murati, and Victoria Peña.

Plot

The plot tracks a policy agent seeking evidence for the criminal activities of his father, a former healer who practices euthanasia to people in need of relief.[2]

Cast

Release

The film was presented in September 1988 at the 36th San Sebastián International Film Festival.[2][5] It was theatrically released on 29 September 1988.[6]

Reception

Octavi Martí of El País wrote that Winter Diary is "an extremely ambitious and risky film, which produces a strange sensation of lack of footage".[4]

The review in Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "an attractive film displaying a hermeticism that ends up becoming excessive", underpinning a game with "puzzling but suggestive results".[7]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1988 36th San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for Best Actor Best Actor Won [8]
1989 3rd Goya Awards Best Film Nominated [9]
Best Director Francisco Regueiro Nominated
Best Actor Fernando Rey Won
Best Supporting Actress Terele Pávez Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ Collins, Glenn (4 August 1989). "A Celebration on Film of la Vida Latina". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b c d García, Ángeles (19 September 1988). "Francisco Regueiro: 'Diario de invierno' es una comedia bárbara"". El País.
  3. ^ a b c d Gasca, Luis (1998). Un siglo de cine español. Planeta. p. 164. ISBN 8408023098.
  4. ^ a b Marti, Octavi (3 October 1988). "El lado oscuro de la realidad". El País.
  5. ^ Combarros-Ical, César (8 August 2015). "La inquieta mirada de Francisco Regueiro". El Norte de Castilla.
  6. ^ "Diario de invierno". SensaCine. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Diario de invierno". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  8. ^ Marti, Octavi (25 September 1988). "La película británica del director Andrew Grieve obtiene la Concha de Oro". El País.
  9. ^ "Diario de invierno". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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