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The claim of Orense as a
film set
is not new.
Both the capital and the province have been linked to the Seventh Art for decades.
Different corners of its territory have hosted the filming of several films, in addition to celebrating the
Ourense International Film Festival
(OUFF) for 25 years.
There are numerous places in the province that have been used for filming movies of all kinds.
From
Cotolay
(1965) by José Antonio Nieves Conde or
El Bosque del Lobo
(1970) by Pedro Olea to
Semper Xonxa
(1989), the
first fiction feature film
shot in Galicia and entirely in Galician.
Its director, Chano Piñeiro, chose for his film the town of
Santoalla
, in Petín, a small town where only
one family
lived
and which was revolutionized by this production.
In the 1990s, it was the turn of
La ley de la frontera
(1995), directed by Adolfo Aristarain, and starring Federico Luppi and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, who shot scenes in the
Baixa Limia region,
or
La lengua de las butterflies
(1998) by
José Luis Cuerda,
which made the
town of Allariz
a fundamental element.
Villa de Allariz, one of José Luis Cuerda's favorites.
These titles set the precedent for bearing the name of the province throughout the world.
And it is that in Orense
dream landscapes,
unique thermal areas,
monasteries
full of history,
fictional
forests
and many
charming villas
that are perfect to enter a movie route meet.
An 'ourensano' from Albacete
José Luis Cuerda,
who died last February, was a man from
Ourense
from Albacete.
The director fell in love with this land during the filming of
The Tongue of Butterflies
.
So much so that he decided to buy a property in Allariz, one of the
most beautiful towns in Spain
.
And he even created his own winery in the
O Ribeiro wine region
, where some of the best Galician wines come from.
A plaque in his honor has just been placed in a corner of the
Plaza Mayor
in Orense, one of the
few slopes in all of Europe.
This place is the heart of the historic center of the city, in addition to the setting that served Cuerda to record his second film from
Ourense
,
Los girasoles ciegos
(2008), which would give him a new Goya award and which was chosen to represent Spain in the Oscar.
They also served as
the backdrop for the filming of
The Blind Sunflowers
the
monasteries of San Clodio
(Leiro) and
Montederramo
.
In addition, several outdoor scenes were shot in the province, specifically in the mountains of the municipality of
A Peroxa.
Because in Orense they have
all possible scenarios
gathered in a few kilometers.
Scenarios for all tastes
Can you tour the province of Orense by taking a movie
route
?
Of course.
In recent years, there have been numerous audiovisual productions that have landed in this Galician region due to its
cultural, architectural, ethnographic and natural heritage.
Some of the films in which you can see different corners of
Ourense
are:
'The disorder you leave', Netflix miniseries.
To Esmorga
(2014).
Based on the homonymous book by Eduardo Blanco Amor, this film by director Ignacio Vilar takes place through the
old town
and the surroundings of Orense.
In fact, there is a
signposted route
that runs through the main stages, marked with ceramic plates that reproduce pieces of the history of Cibrán, Bocas and Milhomes in places such as the famous As Burgas fountain, the Praza do Correxidor or the Alameda de Ourense .
Elisa and Marcela
(2019).
The director
Isabel Coixet
was in charge of adapting this story about the
first homosexual marriage
in the history of Spain
for the big screen
.
The film, shot between La Coruña and Orense, had
Celanova
and his monastery of San Salvador as its central axis.
But it also reached the towns of
Moldes
and
Pazos de Arenteiro,
in Boborás.
O Que Arde
(2019).
One of the movies of the year.
Oliver Laxe captivated everyone with this work that tells the special relationship of a mother and a fiery son who live in the mountains of Lugo.
The images of the fires that were used were taken, to a large extent, at the exits of the forestry brigades from the
Allariz-Maceda, Orense and Terra de Celanova districts.
Oblivion and Leon
(2020).
Cenlle, Arnoia or Ribadavia
are some of the places where the sequel to
León y Olvido
was filmed
.
The director Xavier Bermúdez was finally able to shoot his most
Ourense
film
and finish off the story of the two brothers that began in 2004.
Live is life
(2021).
Esgos and, specifically, the
monastery of San Pedro de Rocas
(one of the most visited places in the
Ribeira Sacra
) hosted a few months ago the filming of
Live is life
, the new film by the Monfortine director Dani de la Torre and which has a script scored by Albert Espinosa.
Brothers-in-law
(2021).
This comedy by
Toño López
from
Ourense
has the city of
Orense
as the main setting.
With a premiere scheduled for 2021 and with the participation of RTVE, it is expected to be one of the films of the year.
Other corners such as
San Cibrao, Allariz
and the
O Ribeiro
region
are also very present in this new film.
The mess you leave
(2020).
It is not a movie but a
miniseries
but it deserves to be cited.
The mess you leave
is one of Netflix's bets to end the year.
It is based on the novel by Carlos Montero, writer and screenwriter of series such as
Physics or Chemistry
and
Elite
.
Celanovés by birth, there was no better corner than his
native
Celanova
to give life to fiction and host the institute that serves as the central axis of the plot starring Bárbara Lennie and Inma Cuesta.
He has also shot scenes in
Ribadavia
and in the unique landscape of
the Sil Canyon
.
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