El elegido
| Movie | |
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| German title | El elegido |
| Original title | El elegido |
| Country of production | Spain , Mexico |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 125 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Antonio Chavarrías |
| script | Antonio Chavarrías, Dominic Harari , Teresa Pelegri |
| production | Antonio Chavarrías, Mónica Lozano |
| music | Arnau Bataller |
| camera | Guillermo Granillo |
| cut | Ernest Blasi |
| occupation | |
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El elegido (English title: The Chosen ) is a 2016 Spanish-Mexican film that deals with the planning and execution of the assassination of Leon Trotsky in exile in Mexico in August 1940. The planning of the film took five years. The director and screenwriter is Antonio Chavarrías . The main roles are played by Hannah Murray , Alfonso Herrera , Julian Sands and Henry Goodman . The film locations were Mexico City and Barcelona , and the film premiered on September 2, 2016 in Spain. Total cinema revenues were approximately $ 272,000.
action
The young republican officer and Spanish communist Ramón Mercader was recruited by the Soviet espionage service in Spain in 1937 to take part in a top-secret mission by Stalin. Leon Trotsky , whom Stalin considers to be a traitor, is to be murdered. After thorough preparation in Russia, Ramón travels to Paris with the false identity - the wealthy Belgian Jacques Mornard. There he met Sylvia, a young woman who took part in the founding of the Fourth International initiated by Trotsky . However, his love seems sincere when they meet again in Mexico in 1940. In this country where Sylvia works for Trotsky, who was exiled by the Soviet regime, his instructions are clear. Jacques (Ramón), who now works for a front company, justifies his trip by seeking refuge from World War II . The beautiful Sylvia becomes Trotsky's personal secretary. Regardless of her lover's true plans, Sylvia opens the doors of her life and guides him towards his deadly goal. After a failed attempt to assassinate Trotsky by other assassins, Mercader succeeds in murdering Trotsky with an ice ax.
production
Produced by the production companies Alebrije and Oberon Film with the participation of TVE and TVC and support from ICAA ICEC, the Ibermedia development and media program.
The shooting of this thriller and spy film took place in several locations in Mexico such as Coyoacan and Xochimilco as well as in the city of Barcelona, Spain, in 8 weeks of production time. Scenes from the Spanish Civil War were recreated in the Catalan capital. The magazine Variety reported on the recording of the tape in April 2015.
criticism
David Walsh noted that screenwriter and director Antonio Chavarrías did a lot of research on the film to get the story right.
Web links
- El elegido in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b David Walsh : The Chosen, on Trotsky, and other political subjects
- ↑ El elegido , guiadelocio.com
- ↑ El elegido , cartelera.elpais.com
- ↑ El elegido , thenumbers.com
- ↑ John Hopewell: Cannes: Trotsky Thriller "The Chosen" , Variety, April 22, 2015