The Deer
(Oreina)
Koldo Almandoz | Drama, Fiction
2018 | 88 minutes | Spain
Khalil is a rootless young man who lives in the city’s margins, spending his days with a poacher who shares a house with a brother he has not talked to for years. On the shores of the marsh, the tides mark the time for love and indifference, friendship and revenge.
Synopsis
Khalil is a rootless young man who lives in the city’s margins, where industrial estates bank onto the river and the marsh. He survives as well as he can, spending his days with a poacher who shares a house on the riverbank with a brother he has not talked to for years. On the shores of the marsh, the tides mark the time for love and indifference, friendship and revenge.
Reviews
"It boasts scenes of extraordinary beauty, and a novel take on the real Basque country and a stealth phenomenon of immigration, happening now over much of Europe, but somehow ignored in much mainstream discourse. " — John Hopewell, Variety
"There is something magical in looking at pure nature, without artifice, through the camera of Koldo Almandoz." — Janire Zurbano, Cinemanía
"The Deer brings a documentarian's eye and sense of revealing gesture and larger social trends to the tale of a second-generation Maghreb immigrant." — John Hopewell, Variety
"Set in the Basque region of Spain, The Deer (original name Oreina) is a film about the changing social and cultural landscape of the country and the meeting of the old and new, with the subsequent contention being the driving force behind the film." — Nico Marrone, The Wee Review
Citation
Main credits
Almandoz, Koldo (film director)
Olaizola, Erika (actor)
Elias, Iraia (actor)
Ahmed Saleh, Laulad (actor)
Bisquert, Patxi (actor)
Agirre, Ramón (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Javier Agirre; editor, Laurent Dufreche; music, Ignacio Bilbao, Elena Setien.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Basque Studies
Culture + Identity
Economics + Social Class Issues
Environment + Sustainability
Family
Gender + Sexuality Studies
Migration Studies
Sociology
Keywords
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Festivals
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Irizar Basque Film Award
CineHorizontes Marsella - Special Mention of the Jury for Best Film
Balneário Camboriú International Film Festival - Critics' Award
Cartagena International Film Festival
Toulouse Cinespaña Film Festival
Rome Ibero American Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Koldo Almandoz
NATIONALITY: Spain
YEAR: 2018
GENRE: Drama, Fiction
LANGUAGE: Basque; Spanish; Basque
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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