La lengua de las mariposas
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | La lengua de las mariposas |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | José Luis Cuerda |
| script |
Rafael Azcona José Luis Cuerda Manuel Rivas |
| production |
Fernando Bovaira José Luis Cuerda |
| music | Alejandro Amenábar |
| camera | Javier Salmones |
| cut |
Ignacio Cayetano Rodriguez Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
| occupation | |
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La lengua de las mariposas (German "The tongue of the butterflies") is a Spanish fiction film by the director José Luis Cuerda from 1999. It is based on the short story of the same name by Manuel Rivas .
Content and comments
The action takes place in the months before the Spanish Civil War , beginning with the election victory of the left-wing Frente Popular on February 16, 1936 and is about the relationship of a six-year-old boy named Moncho to his old teacher Gregorio. Other short stories by Manuel Rivas have also been woven into the film.
Moncho grew up in a Galician city . Due to an illness, he does not start school until the middle of the school year. Unlike the bogeyman of a teacher drawn by his older brother, Don Gregorio turns out to be a loving and respectful teacher who succeeds in directing the alert Moncho's curiosity to the things that surround her. Even on small details like the tongue of butterflies. Like Moncho's father, Don Gregorio is a republican and supports the democratically elected government of Spain.
The civil war, which will soon break out, is announced again and again in the course of the film through gestures, facial expressions and also sentences, especially by representatives of the anti-republican side. For example in the behavior of the village priest, who fights with Don Gregorio for the soul of the little Moncho in one scene, and ascribes Don Gregorio's influence that the boy does not know how to recite his Latin altar server, but also in the words and gestures of the landowner of the Village or in reactions of the Guardia Civil .
When the war breaks out in 1936 and the fascists conquer the village, all Republicans are initially locked in the school building. Moncho's father, broken and incapacitated, submits to his more pragmatic mother, who, in the face of the outbreak of civil war, destroys everything that reveals the father's republican sentiments in order to save the family, and also teaches her sons that they will never have anything republican in theirs Would have heard at home.
When the Republicans are transported away (for their execution ?) In front of the assembled village public by a unit of Falanguists , the family tearfully wrestles the abuse of their Republican friends. Then the children of the village run after the truck and throw stones at the humiliated Republicans and give them swear words. Moncho also joins this and throws an "Espiritrompa" ( butterfly trunk ) after his old teacher in addition to stones .
criticism
The RottenTomatoes website , which evaluates film reviews, gave the film a positive rating of 96%.
Awards
- Goya in the "Best Film" category
- Goya in the "Best Adapted Screenplay" category
- Goya nomination in the category "Best Producer"
Web links
- Butterfly's Tongue in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- La lengua de las mariposas Diario de un rodaje, by José Luis Cuerda
- La lengua de las mariposas : de Manuel Rivas a Rafael Azcona (o el Golpe a la República de los maestros), de Raquel Macciuci
- El texto migratorio: Nota sobre la adaptación cinematográfica de tres cuentos de Manuel Rivas, by Teresa González Arce
- Un canto a la libertad. Fernando Fernán Gómez interpreta al maestro republicano, viejo soñador, honesto y frágil, por Diego Galán
- La lengua de las mariposas . Guion de Rafael Azcona, by Juan Cobos
- Película La lengua de las mariposas Cómo trabajarla en el aula, por Ans Basterra Cossío Berritzegune
- Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal