The Year of Fury

{{Infobox film

| image = The Year of Fury poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|El año de la furia|nolink=yes}}

| producer = {{ubl|Isabel G. Peralta|Juan Gona}}

| starring = {{ubl|Alberto Ammann|Joaquín Furriel|Daniel Grao|Martina Gusman|Sara Sálamo|Maribel Verdú}}

| released = {{Film date|2020|10||Seminci|2021|05|28|Spain|df=yes}}

| director = Rafa Russo

| screenplay = Rafa Russo

| music = Claudia Bardagí

| distributor = Filmax ({{Abbrv|{{Smallcaps|es}}|Spain}})

| cinematography = Daniel Aranyó

| editing = Marta Salas

| country = {{ubl|Spain|Uruguay}}

| language = Spanish

| studio = {{ubl|Gona|Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones|Cimarrón}}

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The Year of Fury ({{langx|es|El año de la furia|links=no}}){{Cite web|url=https://www.seminci.es/en/2020/65th-seminci/rafa-russo-director-of-the-year-of-fury-something-untamed-in-the-human-spirit-makes-us-stand-up-in-rebellion/|website=Seminci|date=25 October 2020|title=Rafa Russo, director of ‘The Year of Fury’: “Something untamed in the human spirit makes us stand up in rebellion”}} is a 2020 Spanish-Uruguayan drama film directed by Rafa Russo which stars Alberto Ammann, Joaquín Furriel, Daniel Grao, Martina Gusman, Sara Sálamo, and Maribel Verdú.

Plot

Set in 1972 Montevideo, a year before the 1973 coup d'état, the plot tracks the lives of different people: television screenwriters Diego and Leonardo, military officer and torturer Rojas, prostitute Susana, anti-Francoist Spaniard and hostal owner Emilia, and the latter's daughter, political fighter Jenny.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/imprimir.php?v=los-estrenos-del-28-de-mayo-el-ano-de-la-furia&print=ok|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 28 de mayo. ‘El año de la furia’. La vida peligrosa|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|date=25 May 2021}}

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Alberto Ammann as Diego
Joaquín Furriel as Leonardo
Daniel Grao as Rojas
Martina Gusman as Susana
Sara Sálamo as Jenny
Maribel Verdú as Emilia
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Miguel Ángel Solá

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Production

The film is a Spanish-Uruguayan co-production by Gona, Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones and Cimarrón, with backing from Ibermedia, ICAA and RTVE.{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/405230/|website=Cineuropa|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera|date=28 May 2021|title=Review: The Year of Fury}} Footage was shot in Montevideo (outdoor scenes) and Madrid (indoor scenes).

Release

The film was presented at the 65th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20201028/ano-furia-amistad-amor-tiempos-dictadura-uruguaya/2049407.shtml|website=rtve.es|title='El año de la furia', la amistad y el amor en tiempos de la dictadura uruguaya|date=28 October 2020|first=Jesús|last=Jiménez}} Distributed by Filmax,{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/el-ano-de-la-furia-estreno-en-cines-28-de-mayo/|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘El año de la furia’ – estreno en cines 28 de mayo|date=24 May 2021}} it was released theatrically in Spain on 28 May 2021.

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film to be a "more than worthy approach to political cinema, with marked melodramatic overtones".{{Cite web|website=El País|title=‘El año de la furia’, acercamiento melodramático al Uruguay de la predictadura|date=28 May 2021|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-28/el-ano-de-la-furia-acercamiento-melodramatico-al-uruguay-de-la-predictadura.html|author-link=Javier Ocaña}}

Alberto Luchini of El Mundo rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting its realistic characters, portrayed with multiple edges and without manichaeism, as the best thing about the film.{{Cite web|website=Metrópoli|via=El Mundo|first=Alberto|last=Luchini|title=El año de la furia: vidas cruzadas en Uruguay bajo el yugo militar|date=26 May 2021|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/cine/2021/05/27/60ae1efe21efa006438b4677.html}}