Plenilune
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{{Infobox film
| image = Plenilune poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Plenilunio|nolink=yes}}
| director = Imanol Uribe
| producer = Andrés Santana
| editing = Teresa Font
| cinematography = Gonzalo F. Berridi
| screenplay = Elvira Lindo
| music = Antonio Meliveo
| starring = {{ubl|Miguel Ángel Solá|Adriana Ozores|Juan Diego Botto|Fernando Fernán Gómez|Charo López|Chete Lera|María Galiana}}
| based_on = {{Based on|Plenilunio|Antonio Muñoz Molina}}
| studio = Sogecine
StudioCanal
Canal+ España
Televisión Española
Aiete-Ariane Films
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Junta of Castile and León
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| distributor = Warner Sogefilms
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2000|09||San Sebastián|2000|09|29|Spain}}
}}
Plenilune ({{langx|es|Plenilunio|links=no}}) or Full Moon is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Imanol Uribe and written by Elvira Lindo, consisting of an adaptation of the novel Plenilunio by Antonio Muñoz Molina. It stars Miguel Ángel Solá, Adriana Ozores and Juan Diego Botto alongside Fernando Fernán Gómez, Charo López, Chete Lera and María Galiana.
Plot
Arriving to a sleepy provincial city of northern Spain from the Basque Country, a police inspector with a psychologically damaged wife tracks down (with help from the local coroner) a psychotic misogynist killer of female children, who happens to hate his job as a fishmonger and his family altogether as well.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gUWAqpUPK0C&pg=PA190|pages=189–190|title=Stars and Masculinities in Spanish Cinema: From Banderas to Bardem|first=Chris|last=Perriam|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-815996-X}}{{Cite journal|url=http://www.tripodos.com/index.php/Facultat_Comunicacio_Blanquerna/article/view/439/504|journal=Trípodos|issue=41|year=2017|title=Analizando el psico-horror en el cine español del nuevo milenio. Estudio comparativo entre 'Plenilunio' y 'Caníbal'|trans-title=Analysing the Psycho-Horror Genre in the Spanish New Millennium Cinema. A Comparative Study between ‘Plenilunio’ and ‘Caníbal’|first1=Irene|last1=Raya Bravo|first2=Irene|last2=Liberia Vayá|pages=146–147}} The inspector kindles with Susana Grey, the teacher of a murdered girl, establishing a romantic affair.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a3459/plenilunio/|website=Fotogramas|title=Plenilunio|date=29 May 2008}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Miguel Ángel Solá as Inspector{{Cite web|url=https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/es-es/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=103599|publisher=ICAA|access-date=17 June 2022|title=Plenilunio|website=Catálogo de Cinespañol}}
- Adriana Ozores as Susana Grey
- Juan Diego Botto as Asesino
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Padre Orduña
- Charo López as Carmen
- Chete Lera as Ferreras
- María Galiana as Mujer enlutada
- Noelia Ortega as Paula
- Antonio Muñoz Molina as bedel
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Production
The screenplay was penned by Elvira Lindo, adapting the novel by Antonio Muñoz Molina. The film is a Sogecine production. It was shot in Palencia, Castile and León.{{Cite journal|url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/filmhistoria/article/view/32658/32434|publisher=University of Barcelona|title=Castilla y León, un escenario de cine|first=María|last=Marcos Ramos|volume=30|issue=1|doi=10.1344/fh.2020.1.19-34|page=23|journal=Filmhistoria Online|location=Barcelona|year=2020|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 }} Produced by Andrés Santana, other crew members included {{ill|Gonzalo F. Berridi|ca}} (cinematography) and Teresa Font (editing) and Antonio Meliveo (music).{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/plenilunio/403835.article|website=ScreenDaily|title=Plenilunio|date=6 October 2000|first=Sheila|last=Johnston}}
Imanol Uribe said the filming has been very hard for 9-year-old Noelia Ortega, especially in the scenes she shot naked in the river during one of the hardest winters that is remembered in Palencia.{{cite web |title=Imanol Uribe presenta "Plenilunio" en el certamen |work=www.elcultural.com |url=http://www.elcultural.com/revista/cine/Imanol-Uribe-presenta-Plenilunio-en-el-certamen/2538 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422025926/http://www.elcultural.com/revista/cine/Imanol-Uribe-presenta-Plenilunio-en-el-certamen/2538 |access-date=30 March 2024|archive-date=22 April 2018 }}
Release
The film was presented in September 2000 at the 48th San Sebastián International Film Festival, screened out of competition.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2000/09/29/cultura/970178401_850215.html|website=El País|date=29 September 2000|title=Imanol Uribe afirma que su única obsesión al dirigir 'Plenilunio' ha sido evitar el morbo}} Distributed by Warner Sogefilms,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/alece/registro_pelicula/?id=905|via=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|title= Plenilunio · España 2000|website=Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía|access-date=12 March 2023}} it was theatrically released in Spain on 29 September 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sensacine.com/peliculas/pelicula-72642/|access-date=17 June 2022|title=Plenilunio|website=Sensacine}}
Reception
The screenplay received mixed reviews from critics, whereas the performances earned general acclaim.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/05/28/cine/1085695214_850215.html|website=El País|title='Plenilunio', dirigida por Imanol Uribe|first=Diego|last=Galán|date=28 May 2004}}
Accolades
{{Awards table|5}}
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| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2000 || rowspan = "2" | 47th Ondas Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Spanish Film || {{won}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2000/10/19/radiotv/971906402_850215.html|website=El País|date=19 October 2000|title=Doble premio para Alejandro Sanz}}
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| Best Actress || Adriana Ozores || {{won}}
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| align = "center" rowspan = "6" | 2001 || rowspan = "5" | 15th Goya Awards || Best Actor || Juan Diego Botto || {{nom}} || align = "center" rowspan = "5" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/plenilunio|website=premiosgoya.com|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|access-date=18 June 2022|title=Plenilunio}}
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| Best Actress || Adriana Ozores || {{nom}}
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| Best Original Score || Antonio Meliveo || {{nom}}
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| Best Cinematography || Gonzalo "Kalo" F. Berridi || {{nom}}
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| Best Sound || Gilles Ortion, Ray Gillon, James Muñoz || {{nom}}
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| 10th Actors Union Awards || Best Film Performance in a Leading Role || Adriana Ozores || {{nom}} || {{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-union-actores-presenta-finalistas-premios-200103100300-17281_noticia.html|website=ABC|date=10 March 2001|first=Carlos|last=Galindo|title=La Unión de Actores presenta a los finalistas de sus premios}}{{Cite web|website=Unión de Actores y Actrices|title=Ganadores de la 10º edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices|access-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110135854/https://www.uniondeactores.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=59|archive-date=10 January 2022|url=https://www.uniondeactores.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=59}}
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