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{{Infobox film
| image = Requiem for a Spanish Peasant (film) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Réquiem por un campesino español|nolink=yes}}
| producer = Ángel Huete
| director = [[Francesc Betriu]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Antonio Ferrandis]]|[[Antonio Banderas]]|[[Fernando Fernán Gómez|Fernando F. Gómez]]|[[Terele Pávez]]|[[Simon Andreu]]|[[Emilio Gutiérrez Caba|Emilio G. Caba]]|[[Francisco Algora]]|María Luisa San José|Eduardo Calvo|[[Antonio Iranzo]]|Alberto Rincón|Ana Gracia|[[Conrado San Martín]]|[[José Antonio Labordeta]]}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Raúl Artigot|Gustau Hernández|Francec Betriu}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Requiem for a Spanish Peasant]]''|[[Ramon J. Sender]]}}
| cinematography = Raúl Artigot
| editing = Guillermo S. Maldonado
| music = Antón García Abril
| distributor = Lauren Films
| released = {{Film date|1985|08|29|[[42nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice]]|1985|09|15|Spain|df=yes}}
| country = Spain
| studio = {{ubl|Nemo Films|Venus Producción}}
| language = Spanish
}}
'''''Requiem for a Spanish Peasant''''' ({{langx|es|'''Réquiem por un campesino español'''|links=no}}) is a 1985 Spanish historical drama film directed by [[Francesc Betriu]] based on [[Requiem for a Spanish Peasant|the 1953 short novel of the same name]] by [[Ramon J. Sender]]. Its cast features [[Antonio Ferrandis]] and [[Antonio Banderas]].
== Plot ==
Told from the account of priest Mosén Millán, conducting a [[requiem]] mass, the plot tracks the life of [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] peasant Paco, killed by Fascists during the [[Spanish Civil War]].{{Sfn|Marcé García|2018|p=334−335}}<ref name="cartv">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartv.es/aragoncultura/nuestra-cultura/que-represento-requiem-por-un-campesino-espanol-3908|website=Cartv|title=¿Qué representó 'Réquiem por un campesino español'?|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Antonio Ferrandis]] as mosén Millán<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Antonio Banderas]] as Paco, el del Molino<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Fernando Fernán Gómez]] as don Valeriano<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Terele Pávez]] as la Jerónima<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Simón Andreu]] as don Cástulo<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Emilio Gutiérrez Caba]]<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Francisco Algora]]<ref name="bvaragon" />
* {{ill|Eduardo Calvo|es|Eduardo Calvo (actor)}} as don Gumersindo<ref>{{Cite book|page=335|title=The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films|editor-first=Salvador|editor-last=Jimenez Murguía|editor-first2=Alex|editor-last2=Pinar|location=Lanham|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|year=2018|first=Alba|last=Marcé García|chapter=''Réquiem por un campesino español'' (''Requiem for a Spanish Peasant'') (1985)|isbn=9781442271326}}</ref>
* {{ill|María Luisa San José|es}}<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Antonio Iranzo]]<ref name="bvaragon" />
* Alberto Rincón<ref name="bvaragon" />
* {{ill|Ana Gracia|es}} as Águeda<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/2021/02/22/antonio-banderas-sender-requiem-campesino-espanol-1421537.html|website=[[Heraldo de Aragón]]|date=22 February 2021|title=Cuando Antonio Banderas se zambulló en Ramón J. Sender en Calatayud|first=J.F.|last=Losilla}}</ref>
* [[Conrado San Martín]]<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[José Antonio Labordeta]] as pregonero<ref name="cartv" /> ('[[town crier]]')
* [[María Isbert]]<ref name="bvaragon" />
* Tony Fuentes<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Manolo Zarzo]]<ref name="bvaragon" />
* Juan Torres<ref name="bvaragon" />
* {{ill|Elisenda Ribas|ca|Elisenda Ribas i Sallent}}<ref name="bvaragon" />
* Pilar Delgado<ref name="bvaragon" />
* José María Resel<ref name="bvaragon" />
* Rafael Izuzquiza<ref name="bvaragon" />
* [[Yelena Samarina]]<ref name="bvaragon" />
* María Álvarez<ref name="bvaragon" />
}}
== Production ==
The film is a Venus and Nemo Films production,<ref name="bvmc" /> and it had support from Catalan broadcaster [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]].<ref>{{Cite journal|first=Daniel|last=Gascón|journal=Alazet|volume=25|title=Ramón J. Sender y el cine|year=2013|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5974199.pdf}}</ref> Shooting locations in the [[province of Zaragoza]] included {{ill|Embid de la Ribera|es|lt=Embid}} ([[Calatayud]]), [[Chodes]], and [[Arándiga]].<ref name="bvaragon">{{Citation |url=https://bibliotecavirtual.aragon.es/i18n/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?path=3713285|page=81|location=Huesca|publisher=Festival de Cine de Huesca; Departamento de Cultura y Turismo del Gobierno de Aragón; Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses|isbn=84-931643-1-3|year=2001|title=Ramón J. Sender y el Cine}}</ref><ref name="cartv" />
== Release ==
There was controversy over the film title,<ref name="venice" /> with National Cinematography Institute director [[Pilar Miró]] threatening to remove State backing for the Venice premiere should the {{lang|es|español}} ('Spanish') bit be removed from the title, as [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]] managers suggested at some point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1985/08/03/ultima/491868002_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|date=3 August 1985|title=Francesc Betriu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1985/08/06/cultura/492127204_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|title='Requiem por un campesino español' irá a Venecia sin la ayuda del Estado si los productores cambian el título|date=6 August 1985}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[42nd Venice International Film Festival]] in August 1985.<ref name="venice">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1985/08/30/cultura/494200801_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|first=Octavi|last=Martí|title=Estreno veneciano de 'Réquiem por un campesino español'|date=30 August 1985}}</ref> Distributed by Lauren Films, it was released theatrically in Spain on 17 September 1985.<ref name="bvmc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/alece/registro_pelicula/?id=1197|website= Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía|via=[[Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes]]|title= Réquiem por un campesino español · España 1985|access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of Spanish films of 1985]]
== References ==
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[[Category:1985 drama films]]
[[Category:Spanish historical drama films]]
[[Category:1980s Spanish-language films]]
[[Category:1980s Spanish films]]
[[Category:Films shot in the province of Zaragoza]]
[[Category:Spanish Civil War films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Spanish writers]]