Mararía (1998)

Director:

Antonio José Betancor

Writers:

Rafael Arozarena (novel)
Antonio José Betancor (writer)
(más)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Original surroundings for a stunning drama.

Cast

Carmelo Gómez	...	Fermín
Iain Glen	...	Bertrand
Ulises Hernández	...	D. Antonio
Goya Toledo	...	Mararía
Mirta Ibarra	...	Herminia (as Mirtha Ibarra)
José Manuel Cervino	...	Marcial
Manuel Manquiña	...	Geito
Francisco Casares	...	D. Leandro
Miguel Alonso	...	Isidoro (as Miguel Angel Alonso)
Cyra Toledo	...	Doña Mercedes
Gloria del Toro	...	Carmen
Juli Mira	...	Sebastián
Antonio Dechent	...	Lázaro
José Basista	...	Alfonso (as José Batista)
Chamaida Santana	...	Sarito
Juan Carlos Romero	...	Jesusito
Serapio Rojas	...	Manuel
Carlos Quintana	...	Pereyra
Manuel Bermejo	...	Tresguerras
Juan Vicente Linacero	...	Marinero
Isabel Betancor	...	Madre
Samuel Olave	...	Niño Enfermo
Carmen Sánchez	...	Mujer de Lázaro
Beatriz Caceres	...	Chica 1 (as Beatriz Cáceres)
Óscar Hernández	...	Mozo
Juan Antonio Hernández	...	Funcionario
Manuel Cabrera	...	Hombre 1
Ginés Machín	...	Hombre 2

Dirigida por
Antonio José Betancor

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Carlos Álvarez		writer
Rafael Arozarena		novel
Antonio José Betancor		writer

Producida por
Thierry Forte	....	co-producer
José Mazeda	....	co-producer
Andrés Santana	....	producer
Imanol Uribe	....	associate producer
Mark Wild	....	producer: U.K.
María Dolores Marrero	....	delegate producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Pedro Guerra

Fotografía por
Juan Ruiz Anchía		(as Juan Antonio Ruiz Anchía)

Montaje por
Guillermo Represa

Casting
Eva Leira

Dirección artística
Félix Murcia

Decorados
Juan Carlos Suarez Bodelon

Diseño de vestuario por
Javier Artiñano

Departamento de maquillaje
Romana González	....	makeup artist
Carlos Hernández	....	assistant makeup artist
Josefa Morales	....	hair stylist
Paco Quintana	....	assistant hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Marta Blasco	....	assistant production manager
Federico M. González	....	assistant production manager trainee
Sergio J. Hernández	....	assistant production manager trainee
Montserrat Lobera	....	assistant production manager trainee
Marta Miró	....	assistant production manager
Andrés Santana	....	production manager
Ángel Luis Spinola	....	unit manager
Ángel Luis Spinola	....	unit production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Raúl de la Morena	....	assistant director
Javier Mardones	....	second assistant director
Luis Roca	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Gustavo A. Acuña	....	assistant property master
Paco Calonge	....	property master (as Francisco Calonge)
Tomás Miguel Camacho	....	assistant props
Emilio Cañuelo	....	carpenter
Isaac Concepción González	....	settings: Lanzarote
José G. Donado	....	painter (as José García Donado)
Luis Gómez	....	carpenter
Vázquez Hermanos	....	property master
José A. García Hernández	....	assistant props
José A. García Hernández	....	props
Antonio Mateos	....	property master
Jesús Mateos	....	property master
Cayetano Mejías	....	plasterer
Ricardo Mengíbar	....	property master
Jesús María Sánchez	....	assistant props

Departamento de sonido
Martin Atkinson	....	sound recording engineer
Carlos Bonmatí	....	sound assistant
David Calleja	....	sound mixer engineer
Francisco M. Coca	....	sound making-of: TVE
Florencia Handler	....	assistant sound editor
James Muñoz	....	sound editor
Gilles Ortion	....	sound
Marc Orts	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Alberto Ovejero	....	sound effects mixer engineer
Jaime Puig	....	sound stereo supervisor: Dolby (as James A. Puig)
Jorge Rodríguez Inclán	....	sound effects (as Jorge Rodríguez)
José Vinader	....	sound recording engineer
José A. Viñoly	....	sound trainee
José A. Viñoly	....	trainee sound assistant

Efectos especiales
Reyes Abades	....	special effects technician
Juan Antonio Gómez	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects
Belén Arsuaga	....	digital compositor
Félix Bergés	....	digital compositor
Ricardo G. Elipe	....	digital compositor
Ricardo Gómez	....	digital effects artist
Rubén Sanz	....	digital compositor

Especialistas
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunts
María Mar Morilla	....	stunts (as María del Mar Morilla)

Camera and Electrical Department
Fernando Beltrán	....	electrician
Carlos Bermúdez	....	second second assistant camera
Luis Berraquero	....	aerial camera operator
Juan Betancor	....	video operator
Juan A. Collado	....	director of photography: second unit
Juan A. Collado	....	still photographer
Pablo A. de Benito	....	electrician
Carlos Pedro García	....	electrician
Rafael García Martos	....	gaffer
Raúl García	....	assistant camera: second unit
Ángel Gómez Martín	....	grip
Antonio Martínez Roque	....	grip
Pino Ortega	....	making-of camera: TVE
Rita Rodríguez	....	camera trainee
Ramiro Sabell hijo	....	second assistant camera
Ramiro Sabell	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Humberto Cornejo	....	wardrobe: Madrid (as Cornejo)
Leonor García	....	assistant costume designer
Ricardo Reguera	....	costume advisor
Pilar Tavera	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Arturo Barahona	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Manuel Benítez	....	orchestra coordinator
Valentín Benítez	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Rogelio Botanz	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Javier Cerpa	....	musician: guitar
Oscar Claros	....	assistant music mixer
Kati Delgado	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Chano Díaz	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Pepe El Urugüayo	....	musician: lapas
Pina González	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Belén Guerra	....	musician: cello
Pedro Guerra	....	musician: guitar
Milagros Hernández	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Adrian Leaper	....	conductor: Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
Ángel Medina	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Ricardo Montelongo	....	music engineer recordist
Ricardo Montelongo	....	music recordist
Ubaldo Pérez	....	music recordist: Canary Islands
Juan Sebastián Ramírez	....	musician: guitar
J. Antonio Ramos	....	musician: timpani
Joan Valent	....	musician: keyboards
Joan Valent	....	musician: piano
José Vinader	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
Andrés García Moreno	....	driver: costume wagon (as Andrés García)
Miguel Ángel González	....	driver: movil unit car
Julián Hernández	....	driver: camera van
Julián Hernández	....	driver: sound car
Ángel Megino	....	transportation coordinator

Otros miembros del equipo
Yuyi Beringola	....	script supervisor
Ana Blazquez	....	production secretary
Antonio Bordón	....	administration staff
Rafael Casado	....	animal handler
Kita Casal-Ribeiro	....	administrator: Portugal
Manolo Feo	....	administration staff
Rafael García	....	accountant
Adeline Gillet	....	production secretary: France
Mónica Hidalgo	....	press image
Mónica Hidalgo	....	press promotion
Myriam Marin-Celibert	....	administrator: France
Cristina Mascarenhas	....	production secretary: Portugal
Soledad Medina	....	producer: making-of, TVE
Fiametta Morace	....	production secretary
Fiammetta Morace	....	production secretary
Patricia Nieto	....	administrator
Joaquin Ortiz de Zárate	....	helicopter pilot: second unit
Patricia Padorno	....	dialogue coach
Zenaida Rodríguez	....	animal handler
Elena Samaniego	....	administrator
Luis Ángel Spinola	....	stage manager
R.A.P. Swainston	....	seaplane pilot: second unit
Antonio Tabernero	....	laboratory photography
Santiago Tabernero	....	making-of director: TVE
Antonio Talaverano	....	animal handler
Nerea Vélez	....	production assistant

Thanks
Gonzalo Angulo	....	thanks
Domingo Armas	....	thanks
Juan Armas	....	thanks
Valentín Arnaiz	....	thanks
Vicente Azaña	....	thanks
Miguel Cabrera	....	thanks
Aurelio Carnero	....	thanks
Luis Carrasco	....	thanks
Enrique Chacón Oreja	....	thanks
Nicolás de Paiz	....	thanks
Enrique Díaz de Bethencourt	....	thanks
Francisco Feo	....	thanks
Francisco Javier García Conde	....	thanks
José Antonio González	....	thanks
Antonio Ledesma	....	thanks
Juan F. Llamas Borrajo	....	thanks
Carmen López	....	thanks
Heriberto Marrero	....	thanks
Miguel Martín	....	thanks
Hilda Mauricio	....	thanks
Juan Francisco Padrón	....	thanks (as Francisco Padrón)
Miguel Ángel Pérez Campos	....	thanks
Rafael Ramírez	....	thanks
Lola Salvador	....	thanks (as Lola Salvador Maldonado)
Ricardo Vieira Díaz	....	thanks

Efectos especiales

• Reyes Abades Efectos Especiales

Other Companies

• Cinetel  electrical equipment
• Filmigranas  editing studios
• Madrid Film S.A.  film lab
• Panavision UK  camera equipment
• Sincronía  sound effects

Duración:

USA:109 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

Soundtrack:

Mararía

Original surroundings for a stunning drama.

Set in the Canary Islands the location commands our immediate attention. The rough terrain is of volcanic origin and hot spots among the rocks can ignite a bundle of furze in a matter of seconds. We see that plants are nourished in nest-like excavations and down by the sea there is a network of saltlakes. To add to the unique atmosphere we see camels being used as a mode of transport. A strange place indeed! And what of the inhabitants? In such an isolated place it is understandable they seem somewhat bored with life. There is the pub of course and the adjacent dance hall....but not much else. They seem to be a superstitious lot believing that the ghosts of the dead can reappear from the sea.

Into this scene comes the rather quiet and conservative Fermin (Carmelo Gonzalez) a doctor to whom Mararia becomes instantly attracted. Not long afterwards an English vulcanologist (Iain Glen) arrives to survey the volcanic surroundings.

Following a rather quiet beginning, the film now takes on a sense of real drama. Beautiful Mararia discovers she is pregnant and on her wedding day it seems that her would-be husband the vulcanologist has disappeared with all his instruments. Now it is time to rid the house of all its evil spirits so Mararia's godmother gets busy weaving her magic spells.

When in years later Mararia's beautiful young child disappears it is just too much for Mararia to bear.

The film then races to a dramatic climax down by the sea. If you believe that the ghosts of the dead will rise up from the sea, think again. The ending is both tragic and unforgettable.