Earth (1996 film)

{{Short description|1996 Spanish film directed by Julio Médem}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Earth

| image = Tierra_poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster by Oscar Mariné

| director = Julio Medem

| producer = Fernando de Garcillán

| writer = Julio Medem

| narrator =

| starring = Carmelo Gómez

| music =

| cinematography = Javier Aguirresarobe

| editing = Iván Aledo

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1996|05}}

| runtime = 125 minutes

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

| budget =

}}

Earth ({{langx|es|Tierra}}) is a 1996 Spanish film directed by Julio Medem, starring Carmelo Gómez and Emma Suárez. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4699/year/1996.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006022346/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4699/year/1996.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |title=Festival de Cannes: Earth |accessdate=2009-09-19|work=festival-cannes.com}}

The story centres on a small rural town whose wine industry is being plagued by grubs in the soil. Ángel (played by Gómez), an exterminator recently released from mental hospital, arrives to deal with the pests and becomes involved with two of the local women.