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Ants in the Mouth
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Wikipedia article
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'Ants in the Mouth' is a 2005 Spanish-Cuban thriller film directed by Mariano Barroso consisting of an adaptation of the novel 'Amanecer con hormigas en la boca' by Miguel Barroso. It stars Eduard Fernndez, Ariadna Gil, Jorge Perugorra and Jos Luis Gmez.
Plot
The fiction is set in the late 1950s. Released from jail after spending 8 years in a Francoist prison, Martn moves to pre-revolutionary Havana, Cuba, looking for his girlfriend Julia, and once there, he is told by Julia's uncle Dalmau that she is dead. He eventually finds out that she had married Freddy Navarro, a corrupt senator of the Batista regime.
Cast
Production
Penned by Mariano Barroso and Alejandro Hernndez with the collaboration of Tom Abrams, the screenplay is an adaptation of the novel 'Amanecer con hormigas en la boca' by , Mariano Barroso's elder brother. A Spanish-Cuban co-production, the film was produced by Drive Cine, Messidor Films and ICAIC with participation of TVE and Canal+. Eduardo Campoy, Gerardo Herrero, and were credited as producers. Boasting a budget of around 4 million, the film was shot in 2004 in locations of Cuba (including Havana) and Spain.
Release
'Ants in the Mouth' premiered as the opening film of the 8th Mlaga Film Festival in April 2005. Distributed by Filmax, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 29 April 2005.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of 'Variety' deemed the film to be "a brooding, intense and shrewdly-plotted thriller set in 1950s Havana", featuring a "beautifully modulated" lead performance by Fernndez, although, conversely, the reviewer assessed that Gil fails to turn "her 'femme fatale' beauty into anything deeper".
Accolades
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| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2005 || rowspan = "2" | 8th Mlaga Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Special Jury Prize || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Silver Biznaga for Best Actor || Eduard Fernndez ||
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| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2006 || CEC Medals || Best Adapted Screenplay || Mariano Barroso, Antonio Hernndez, Tom Abrams || || align = "center" |
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| 20th Goya Awards || Best Costume Design || Sonia Grande || || align = "center" |
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2005
References
Category:2005 thriller films
Category:Films set in Havana
Category:Films set in the 1950s
Category:Films shot in Cuba
Category:Films shot in Spain
Category:Cuban thriller films
Category:Spanish thriller films
Category:2000s Spanish-language films
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