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Torment (1974 film)

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Torment
Theatrical release poster
SpanishTormento
Directed byPedro Olea
Screenplay by
Based onTormento
by Benito Pérez Galdós
Produced byJosé Frade
Starring
CinematographyFernando Arribas
Edited byJosé Antonio Rojo
Music byCarmelo Bernaola
Production
company
José Frade PC
Distributed byAtlántida
Release date
  • 2 September 1974 (1974-09-02)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office120.6 million pesetas[1]

Torment (Spanish: Tormento) is a 1974 Spanish drama film directed by Pedro Olea based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós which stars Ana Belén, Francisco Rabal, Concha Velasco, and Javier Escrivá.

Plot

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The plot is set in 19th-century Madrid.[2] Upon the return of enriched Agustín from the Americas to Spain, young maid Amparo, working for the Bringas and in a relationship with priest Pedro Polo, is courted by Agustín.

Cast

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Production

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An adaptation of the novel Tormento [es] by Benito Pérez Galdós, the screenplay was penned by Ricardo López Aranda, José Frade [es], Pedro Olea, and Ángel María de Lera [es].[6] The film is a José Frade PC production.[6]

Release

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Distributed by Atlántida, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 2 September 1974.[7][8] The film became Olea's most successful film and was the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year with a gross of 75 million pesetas.[9][10] By the end of 1975, it was the seventh highest-grossing Spanish film of all time with a gross of 106 million pesetas from 1.7 million admissions.[11] By 1987, it had over 2 million admissions and a gross of 120.6 million,[1]

The film's critical reception was also positive.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Boletín informativo del control de taquila. Datos de 1987 (PDF). ICAA. 1988. pp. 152. 156.
  2. ^ "Tormento". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. ^ Prol Galiñanes, Teresa María (2005). "Un Tormento literario, un Tormento cinematográfico: la novela de Galdós y la versión de Pedro Olea". VIII Congreso Internacional Galdosiano. p. 796.
  4. ^ Ansola González, Txomin (2010). "Pedro Olea: semblanza de un brillante artesano del cine". Bidebarrieta. 21: 261. ISSN 1137-4888.
  5. ^ Prol Galiñanes 2005, p. 789.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Prol Galiñanes 2005, p. 796.
  7. ^ "Tormento · España 1974". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
  8. ^ Faulkner, Sally (2016). "Rehearsing for democracy in dictatorship Spain: middlebrow period drama 1970–77". In Faulkner, Sally (ed.). Middlebrow Cinema. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-77712-5.
  9. ^ a b Ansola González 2010, p. 261.
  10. ^ Boletín informativo del control de taquila. Datos del cuatro trimestre 1974 (PDF). ICAA. 1975. pp. 347, 303.
  11. ^ Boletín informativo del control de taquila. Datos de 1975 (PDF). ICAA. 1976. pp. 211, 258.