The Longest Night (1991 film)

1991 Spanish film

The Longest Night

Theatrical release poster

Spanish| La noche más larga
Directed by| José Luis García Sánchez
Screenplay by|

* Carmen Rico Godoy
* Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
* José Luis García Sánchez

Based on| El año que murió Franco
by Pedro J. Ramírez
Produced by| Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring|

* Carmen Conesa
* Juan Echanove
* Juan Diego
* Fernando Guillén Cuervo
* Gabino Diego

Cinematography| Fernando Arribas
Edited by| Pablo G. del Amo
Music by| Alejandro Massó

Production
company

Iberoamericana Films

Distributed by| United International Pictures

Release dates

* 23 September 1991 (1991-09-23) (Zinemaldia)
* 4 October 1991 (1991-10-04) (Spain)

Country| Spain
Language| Spanish

The Longest Night (Spanish: La noche más larga)[1] is a 1991 Spanish historical drama film directed by José Luis García Sánchez which stars Juan Echanove alongside Carmen Conesa and Juan Diego. Written by García Sánchez alongside Carmen Rico Godoy and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, the screenplay is based on the story El año que murió Franco by Pedro J. Ramírez.

## Plot[edit]

The plot concerns about the last executions carried out by the Francoist dictatorship on 27 September 1975.[2][3]

## Cast[edit]

* Carmen Conesa as Gloria[4]
* Juan Echanove as Juan[4]
* Juan Diego as Menéndez[4]
* Gabino Diego as Fito[5]
* Fernando Guillén Cuervo[2]

## Production[edit]

Based on the book by Pedro J. Ramírez, the screenplay was penned by Carmen Rico Godoy, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, and José Luis García Sánchez.[6] The film was produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez's Iberoamericana Films.[7] Shooting locations included Casa Mingo [es] in Madrid.[7]

## Release[edit]

The film screened in competition at the 39th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 23 September 1991.[6] Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 4 October 1991.[8]

## Reception[edit]

The film was met by chilliness by the critics, most acrimoniously by the Basque ones.[6] Casimiro Torreiro of El País questioned the choices of silencing that two ETA members were facing the same plight as those detainees in the fiction, with the film also concealing the names of the organizations to which the depicted anti-fascists belonged to[6] (the FRAP).

## See also[edit]

* List of Spanish films of 1991

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bentley, Bernard P.E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. p. 292\. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9.
2. ^ a b "Glòria Serra y su equipo investigan las apps de citas". Vertele!. 3 March 2017 - via eldiario.es.
3. ^ Tschilschke 2017, p. 24.
4. ^ a b c Tschilschke 2017, p. 28.
5. ^ Tschilschke, Christian von (2017). "La pena de muerte como dilema moral en la literatura y el cine españoles" (PDF). Ser y deber ser: dilemas morales y conflictos éticos del siglo XX vistos a través de la ficción. p. 28\. ISBN 978-84-1692-219-2.
6. ^ a b c d Torreiro, Casimiro (24 September 1991). "El "día español' se saldó con un balance desigual". El País.
7. ^ a b "La noche más larga". Madrid Film Office. Madrid Destino Cultura Turismo y Negocio S.A. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
8. ^ Camarero Gómez, Gloria. "La noche más larga · España 1991". Base de datos: Adaptaciones de la Literatura española en el cine español. Retrieved 28 January 2023 - via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.