Eréndira (1983)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Ruy Guerra

Escritores:

Gabriel García Márquez (novel)
Gabriel García Márquez (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 junio 1984 (Mexico)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground...

Plot Keywords:

Grandmother's House | Prostitution | Fire | House | Female Nudity

Premios:

1 win & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Magically real and incredibly well done

Reparto

Irene Papas	...	Grandmother Amadis
Claudia Ohana	...	Erendira
Michael Lonsdale	...	Senator Onésimo Sanchez
Oliver Wehe	...	Ulysses
Rufus	...	Photographer
Blanca Guerra	...	Ulysses' mother
Ernesto Gómez Cruz	...	Grocer
Pierre Vaneck	...	Ulysses' father
Carlos Cardán	...	Smuggler
Humberto Elizondo	...	Blacaman
Jorge Fegán	...	Army commander
Francisco Mauri	...	Postman
Sergio Calderón	...	Truck driver
Martín Palomares	...	Escort
Salvador Garcini	...	Puppet-player
Félix Bussio Madrigal	...	Bridegroom
Juan Antonio Ortiz Torres	...	Musician
Carlos Calderón	...	Missionary
René Barrera	...	Indian chief
Leonor Llausás	...	Prostitute
Maristell Abrossi	...	Prostitute
Lázara Delgado	...	Prostitute
Lali Rofftel	...	Nun
Natalie Eckelkamp	...	Nun
Rodolfo Carrillo	...	Soldier
Fernando García Ortega	...	Soldier
Gaspar Humberto Mena Escobar	...	Warden
Eduardo Danel	...	Smuggler's driver
Tomás Delgado Leal	...	Postman
Delia Casanova	...	Narrator (voice)

Dirigida por
Ruy Guerra

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Gabriel García Márquez		novel
Gabriel García Márquez		screenplay

Producida por
Hanns Eckelkamp	....	co-producer
Gonzalo Martínez	....	executive producer
Alain Quefféléan	....	producer
Othon Roffiel	....	executive producer
Regina Ziegler	....	producer

Música original por
Maurice Lecoeur

Fotografía por
Denys Clerval

Montaje por
Kenout Peltier

Dirección artística
Pierre Cadiou

Diseño de vestuario por
Alberto Negrón

Departamento de maquillaje
Araceli Aramburo	....	hair stylist (as Araceli Aramburu)
Patrick Archambault	....	hair stylist
Monique Granier	....	makeup artist
Graciela Muñoz	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Eduardo Danel	....	production manager
Ginette Mejinsky	....	unit manager
Louis Trinquier	....	administrative manager

Ayudante de dirección
Víctor Anteo	....	second unit director
Natalie Eckelkamp	....	assistant director
Román Hernández	....	assistant director
Félix Martín	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Roberto Martínez	....	sound assistant
Claude Villand	....	sound

Efectos especiales
Carlos Belaunzaran	....	special effects
Sergio Jara	....	special effects
Rubens Rodriguez	....	special effects

Visual Effects
Frederic Moreau	....	optical effects

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Agustín Meza	....	assistant camera
Roberto Rivera	....	camera operator
Jorge Sengal	....	photographer: second unit

Departamento de Edición
Jeanne Kef	....	assistant editor

Departamento de Música
Guy Printemps	....	orchestrator

Otros miembros del equipo
Rudi Lagemann	....	production assistant
Patricia Luke	....	continuity
Marguerite Théoule	....	production secretary

Compañías Productores

• Les Films du Triangle
• Films A2
• Ciné Qua Non
• Atlas Saskia Film
• Austra
• Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française (participation)
• Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion (German version)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (German version)

Distribuidores

• Miramax Films (1984) (USA) (subtitled)
• Tanit Films (Spain)
• atlas Film (1984) (West Germany) (theatrical)

También conocida como:

Die unglaubliche und traurige Geschichte von der unschuldigen Erendira und ihrer herzlosen Großmutter (Alemania Occidental)

Duración:

103 min

País:

France | Mexico | Alemania Occidental

Idioma:

Portugués | Español

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

West Germany:16 (f) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

México D.F., Mexico

Compañía:

Les Films du Triangle

Trivialidades:

Based on the story "La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y su abuela desalmada" ("The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother"), by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez.

Banda de Sonido:

Tortuga

Magically real and incredibly well done

Eréndira is a dark fairy tale covered in the blanket of magic realism that has become Gabriel García Márquez's trademark. Director Ruy Guerra has devoted a lot of attention to upholding the surrealistic undertones of the novel. The story itself unfolds like a bizarre daydream that follows a 14 year old Eréndira as she is plagued by the "wind of her misfortune." It is the wind that causes Eréndira to burn down her grandmother's lavish villa. Upon seeing the ruin and ashes the Grandmother informs Eréndira that "it would take a lifetime to back the debt you owe me." And so begins the young girl's life of prostitution. In order to earn back her money, the Grandmother sells Eréndira to countless men, day and night. It is only when Eréndira meets angelic Ulysses that her tortured life seemingly begins to change. Perhaps the most brilliant aspect of this movie is the role of the Grandmother, played by Irene Papas. She is carried around on a throne-like chair, wears grotesquely gaudy dresses and devours cake by the handful; all while dispensing cryptic advice to Eréndira. The power that the Grandmother has over the life of Eréndira is shocking yet morbidly interesting, as is she. This strong presence is the reason that her character commands the most attention in the film. Her greed and apparent indestructibleness is quite possibly representative of the many corrupt and powerful organizations and politicians that are present in Latin America and throughout the world.

Eréndira is a compelling movie to say the least. It is funny yet eerie, intriguing yet grotesque, and I thought it was amazing. Everything from the sound effects to the costumes work together to create the web of magic realism that dominates the film. If you like slightly dark stories of Latin American culture with a magical twist, Eréndira should be your first choice.