Heart of the Warrior

Heart of the Warrior (Spanish: El corazón del guerrero) is a 2000 Spanish action-adventure film directed and written by Daniel Monzón, which stars Fernando Ramallo, Joel Joan and Neus Asensi, also featuring Santiago Segura, Adrià Collado, and Javier Aller, among others.

Heart of the Warrior
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl corazón del guerrero
Directed byDaniel Monzón
Written byDaniel Monzón
Produced byGerardo Herrero
Starring
CinematographyCarles Gusi
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
  • Tornasol Films
  • Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión
Release date
  • 21 January 2000 (2000-01-21)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget500 million

Plot

Playing with Don Quixote tropes, the plot follows the story of Ramón, a teen from Madrid obsessed with sword and sorcery fiction. Ramón creates an alternative self as the warrior Beldar, who partners with warrior princess Sonya.[1]

Cast

Production

It is Monzón's debut film.[6] He also wrote it. Gerardo Herrero took over production duties.[7] A Tornasol Films and Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión production,[8] the film had a 500 million peseta budget.[7][9] The score was composed by Roque Baños.[10] Filming took 11 weeks.[7]

Release

The film was screened in Lanzarote in December 1999 during a film industry meeting with European distributors.[7] It was theatrically released in Spain on 21 January 2000.

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
200115th Goya AwardsBest New DirectorDaniel MonzónNominated[8]
Best Production SupervisionTino PontNominated

See also

References

Citations
  1. Pardo García 2011, pp. 237, 242.
  2. Pardo García 2011, p. 242.
  3. Sánchez, Sergi (11 July 1999). ""La realidad es mentira"". El Cultural.
  4. "El corazón del guerrero". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  5. "Valls, Arturo". Diccionario del Audiovisual Valenciano. Institut Valencià de Cultura. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. "El corazón del guerrero triunfa en el Festival de Cine Fantástico de Montreal". Libertad Digital. 2 August 2001.
  7. García, Rocío (18 December 1999). "El crítico Daniel Monzón debuta en el cine con una historia de hechizos, fantasías y realidades". El País.
  8. "El corazón del guerrero" (in Spanish). Premios Goya. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  9. Obiols, Isabel (12 January 2000). "Daniel Monzón debuta con el filme fantástico "El corazón del guerrero"". El País.
  10. Radigales & Fraile Prieto 2011, p. 260.
Bibliography
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