Lope (film)

Lope: The Outlaw
Lope: The Outlaw
Spanish	Lope
Directed by	Andrucha Waddington
Written by	Jordi Gasull; Ignacio del Moral;
Starring	Alberto Ammann; Leonor Watling; Pilar López de Ayala; Luis Tosar; Selton Mello; Antonio de la Torre; Miguel Ángel Muñoz; Ramón Pujol; Carla Nieto; Sonia Braga; Antonio Dechent; Juan Diego;
Cinematography	Ricardo Della Rosa
Edited by	Sergio Mekler
Production; companies	Antena 3 Films; Conspiração Filmes; Ikiru Films; El Toro Pictures;
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	3 September 2010 (Spain);
Running time	106 minutes
Countries	Spain; Brazil;
Language	Spanish

Lope: The Outlaw (Spanish: Lope)^[1] is a 2010 Spanish-Brazilian adventure drama film directed by Andrucha Waddington which stars Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling and Pilar López de Ayala. The film is a co-production between Spain and Brazil, inspired in the youth of Lope de Vega.

Plot

This is a biopic of the poet and playwright Lope de Vega. Set in 1588, Lope is a young soldier who has just arrived in Madrid from the war. The city is still under construction and he, like many others, still does not know which path to follow. While struggling with his restlessness and ambition, two women come into his life. One, a liberal and successful businesswoman who can help Lope with his career, and the other, an aristocrat who ends up being his true lover.

Cast

Alberto Ammann as Lope.^[2]
Leonor Watling as Isabel.^[2]
Pilar López de Ayala as Elena.^[2]
Antonio de la Torre as Juan.^[2]
Juan Diego as Jerónimo Velázquez.^[2]
Luis Tosar as Fray Bernardo.^[2]
Ramón Pujol as Claudio.^[2]
Selton Mello as Marqués de Navas.^[2]
Sonia Braga as Paquita.^[2]
Jordi Dauder as Porres.^[2]
Miguel Ángel Muñoz as Perrenot.^[2]
Antonio Dechent as Salcedo.^[2]
Carla Nieto as María.^[2]
Héctor Colomer as Urbino.^[2]
Joaquín Notario as criado Velázquez.^[2]

Production

The screenplay was penned by Ignacio del Moral [es] and Jordi Gasull [ca].^[3] The film was produced by Antena 3 Films, El Toro Pictures, Ikiru Films and Conspiraçao Filmes.^[4] Ricardo Della Rosa was responsible for cinematography and Sergio Mekler for film editing.^[2] Shooting locations included the Madrid region, Toledo and the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Essaouira and Safi).^[4]^[5]

Release

Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox,^[6] the film premiered on 3 September 2010.^[5]

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2011	16th Forqué Awards	Best Film		Nominated	^[7]
	25th Goya Awards	Best Original Song	"Que el soneto nos tome por sorpresa" by Jorge Drexler	Won	^[8]
		Best Supporting Actress	Pilar López de Ayala	Nominated
		Best Production Supervision	Edmon Roch, Toni Novella	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	César Macarrón	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Tatiana Hernández	Won
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Karmele Soler, Martín Macías Trujillo, Paco Rodríguez H.	Nominated
		Best Special Effects	Raúl Romanillos, Marcelo Siqueira	Nominated
	20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Minor Role	Pilar López de Ayala	Won	^[9]^[10]
		Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	Antonio de la Torre	Won
		Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	Juan Diego	Nominated

References

Citations

^ Abril Sánchez, Jorge (2018). "Lope (Lope: The Outlaw) (2010)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 242–245. ISBN 9781442271333.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p López López 2017, p. 404.
^ Lorenci, Miguel (1 September 2010). "Lope enamorado". Diario Sur.
^ ^a ^b "Concluye el rodaje de 'Lope', coproducción española sobre la vida de Lope de Vega". 20minutos.es. 26 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b López López 2017, p. 204.
^ Simon 2020, p. 322.
^ "Los productores premian a 'Buried' como mejor película española del año". El País. 17 January 2017.
^ "Lope". Premios Goya. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "La Unión de Actores entregará sus premios el 31 de octubre". ABC. 6 October 2011.
^ "Bardem y Sonsoles Benedicto, premiados por la Unión de Autores". Faro de Vigo. 1 November 2011.

Bibliography

López López, Yolanda (2017). El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: Dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica. Madrid: ACCI. p. 404. ISBN 978-84-16549-70-2.
Simon, Jean-Jacques (2020). "From the Life to the Mind of the Writer in the Literary Biopic: Andrucha Waddington's Lope and Ray Loriga's Teresa". Periphērica. 1 (2). University of Oregon Libraries: 287–323. doi:10.5399/uo/peripherica.1.2.13. ISSN 2642-6811. S2CID 228971221.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Lope at IMDb

[1] Abril Sánchez, Jorge (2018). "Lope (Lope: The Outlaw) (2010)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 242–245. ISBN 9781442271333.

[FOOTNOTELópez_López2017404-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p López López 2017, p. 404.

[3] Lorenci, Miguel (1 September 2010). "Lope enamorado". Diario Sur.

[20min-4] "Concluye el rodaje de 'Lope', coproducción española sobre la vida de Lope de Vega". 20minutos.es. 26 June 2009.

[FOOTNOTELópez_López2017204-5] López López 2017, p. 204.

[FOOTNOTESimon2020322-6] Simon 2020, p. 322.

[7] "Los productores premian a 'Buried' como mejor película española del año". El País. 17 January 2017.

[8] "Lope". Premios Goya. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[9] "La Unión de Actores entregará sus premios el 31 de octubre". ABC. 6 October 2011.

[10] "Bardem y Sonsoles Benedicto, premiados por la Unión de Autores". Faro de Vigo. 1 November 2011.

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