Sempre Xonxa
| Sempre Xonxa | |
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| Directed by | Chano Piñeiro |
| Written by | Chano Piñeiro |
| Produced by | Manuel Martínez Mallo |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Miguel Ángel Trujillo |
| Edited by | Cristina Otero |
| Music by | Pablo Barreiro Carlos Ferrant Marcial Prado |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Galician |
| Box office | €138,638.32[1] |
Sempre Xonxa(GalicianforAlways Xonxa) is a Galician-language film fromGalicia,Spain directed and written byChano Piñeiroand released in 1989.[2]It was the first Galician feature film shot in35 mm,along withUrxa,byCarlos PiñeiroandAlfredo García Pinal,andContinentalbyXavier Villaverde,making it one of the firstfiction filmsin the Galician language. The film is about the emotional consequences of emigration and is set in rural Galicia.
Sempre Xonxawas, during 20 years, the biggest theatrical success for a film in Galician, until 2019 whenFire Will Comeeventually attracted more spectators.[3]
Plot
[edit]Two boys, Pancho and Birutas, live in the same village and areplatonically in lovewith the local girl Xonxa. But one of the boys, Birutas, has to emigrate with his family, leaving Xonxa and Pancho in the village. When Birutas returns from the United States many years later, having become a rich man, Xonxa is already married to Pancho.
Cast
[edit]- Uxía Blancoas Xonxa
- Miguel Ínsuaas Birutas
- Xavier R. Louridoas Pancho
- Roberto Casteleiroas Caladiño
- Roberto Vidal Bolañoas D. Xosé Luís
- Rodrigo Roelas Don Camillo, the priest
- Rosa Álvarezas Rosa, Pancho's mother
- Loles Leónas Minga
- Aurora Redondoas Mamarosa
- Luchi Ramírezas the daughter of Xonxa as a child
- Xaime Nogueiraas the son of Xonxa as a child
- María Viñasas Xonxa (adolescent)
- Roberto Fernándezas Pancho (adolescent)
- Manuel Alonsoas Birutas (adolescent)
- Noela A. Mosqueraas Xonxa (baby)
- Giselle Romeroas Xonxa (child)
- Xavier Rochaas Pancho (child)
- Miguel A. Gómez Sanzas Birutas (child)
- María Pujalte
- Xosé Manuel Olveira "Pico"
- Manuel Ferrolas Himself
Production
[edit]The screenplay forSemper Xonxamet its first draft at the end of 1985, even beforeEsperanzawas shot. Chano Piñeiro found inspiration in the stories of emigration he had heard told in his nativeForcarei,and in the villages of Rubillón and Baíste in the municipality ofAvión,where he filmedMamasunción.The film had up to nine versions before the final script in 1988. Between version by version, Chano Piñeiro started looking for places to shoot the film, and found Santa Olaia de Valdeorras, whose village would be the village of Trasdomonte in fiction.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abCatálogoICAA(ed.)."Ficha da ICAA de Sempre Xonxa"(in Spanish).Retrieved3 June2023.
- ^Arenas, José (25 December 1989).""Cinegalicia", tres filmes para una puesta de largo "(in Spanish).ABC.Retrieved3 June2023.
- ^"'O que arde' convértese no filme en galego máis visto en salas, superando a 'Sempre Xonxa'".Praza Pública(in Galician). 18 November 2019.Retrieved5 June2023.
- ^Yáñez, María (10 July 2018)."'Santoalla', o documental que conta en clave de 'thriller' o homicidio de Martin Venfondern "(in Galician). Praza Pública.Retrieved3 June2023.