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{{Infobox film
| image = Scent of a Crime poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|El aire de un crimen|nolink=yes}}
| director = [[Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi]]
| based_on = {{Based on|''El aire de un crimen''|[[Juan Benet]]}}
| starring = {{Plain list|
* [[Paco Rabal]]
* [[Maribel Verdú]]
* [[Germán Cobos]]
* Chema Mazo
* M.ª José Moreno
* [[Miguel Rellán]]
* [[Rafaela Aparicio]]
* [[Agustín González (actor)|Agustín González]]
* [[Ovidi Montllor]]
* [[Terele Pávez]]
* Alfred Lucchetti
* Ramoncín
* [[Fernando Rey]]
}}
| studio = Isasi PC
| editing = Amat Carreras
| distributor = Tripictures
| language = Spanish
| released = {{Film date|1988|09||[[San Sebastián International Film Festival|SSIFF]]|1988|10|28|df=yes|Spain}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Gabriel Castro|Antonio Isasi Isasmendi|Jorge R. Álamo}}
| music = {{ubl|Francisco Aguarod|Luis Fatás}}
| cinematography = Juan Gelpí
}}
'''''Scent of a Crime''''' ({{langx|es|'''El aire de un crimen'''|links=no}}) is a 1988 Spanish rural crime drama film directed by [[Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi]] consisting of an adaptation of the novel ''El aire de un crimen'' by [[Juan Benet]]. The cast features [[Paco Rabal]], [[Maribel Verdú]], Chema Mazo, [[Fernando Rey]] and [[Germán Cobos]], among others.
== Plot ==
Set in 1950s Spain,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodeibiza.es/ibiza/2012/11/22/aire-crimen-tercera-cita-antoni-30688177.html|website=Diario de Ibiza|title='El aire de un crimen', tercera cita con Antoni Isasi|date=22 November 2012}}</ref> the plot tracks the developments after a corpse belonging to a stranger is found in the village of Bocentellas, located in the territory of 'Región'. Upon the arrival of the magistrate, the corpse has been replaced by a different one.<ref name="BVCM">{{Cite book|url=http://www.madrid.org/bvirtual/BVCM002370.pdf|year=2005|publisher=Comunidad de Madrid. Consejería de Cultura y Deportes|title=Cine y literatura española. Guía de largometrajes|page=54}}</ref>
== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Paco Rabal]] as El coronel<ref name="cineresenna">{{Cite book|author=Equipo Reseña|title=Cine para leer. Colección Cinereseña|publisher=Editorial Razón y Fe.|year=1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5kyAAAAIAAJ|isbn=8427115768}}</ref>
* [[Fernando Rey]] as Fayón<ref name="cineresenna" />
* [[Maribel Verdú]] as La Chiqui<ref name="cineresenna" />
* [[Germán Cobos]] as Amaro<ref name="cineresenna" />
* Chema Mazo as Capitán Medina<ref name="cineresenna" />
* [[Miguel Rellán]] as Doctor Sebastián<ref name="cineresenna" />
* [[Rafaela Aparicio]]<ref name="BVCM" />
* [[Agustín González (actor)|Agustín González]]<ref name="BVCM" />
* [[Ovidi Montllor]]<ref name="BVCM" />
* [[Terele Pávez]]<ref name="BVCM" />
* {{ill|Alfred Lucchetti|es}}<ref name="BVCM" />
* {{ill|Ramoncín|es}}<ref name="BVCM" />
* María José Moreno as La Tacón<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Academia del Cine Aragonés|date=2017|url=https://academiadelcinearagones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CATALOGO-PREMIOS-SIMON-2017.pdf|chapter=Mariá José Moreno, Simón de Honor|title=Catálogo obras inscritas estrenadas en 2015. VI Edición Premios Simón del Cine Aragonés}}</ref>
* Pep Castells<ref name="BVCM" />
* [[Pedro Beltrán (actor)|Pedro Beltrán]]<ref name="BVCM" />
* [[Luis Ciges]]<ref name="BVCM" />
}}
== Production ==
The film is an Isasi PC production.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://idus.us.es/bitstream/handle/11441/130655/Pacheco%20Jim%C3%A9nez%2C%20L_tesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|page=203|year=2021|title=Cuestión de género: La representación de la mujer en la Historia del thriller español|first=Laura|last=Pacheco Jiménez|publisher=[[University of Seville|Universidad de Sevilla]]}}</ref> Shooting locations included [[Calatayud]] ([[province of Zaragoza]]) and the neighbouring {{ill|La Tranquera reservoir|es|Embalse de La Tranquera}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/33/84/09sanz.pdf|journal=Archivo de Filología Aragonesa|volume=69|year=2013|issn=0210-5624|title=De paisajes y baturros. La imagen de Aragón y los aragoneses en el audiovisual español|first=Fernando|last=Sanz Ferreruela|page=155}}</ref>
== Release ==
The film was presented at the 36th [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]'s official selection in September 1988.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1988/09/22/cultura/590882402_850215.html|title=La imagen de Región, en 'El aire de un crimen'|date=22 September 1988|first=Octavi|last=Marti|newspaper=El País }}</ref> Distributed by Tripictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 28 October 1988.<ref name="bvmc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/alece/registro_pelicula/?id=1530|website=[[Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes]]|access-date=9 July 2022|title= El aire de un crimen · España 1988}}</ref>
== Reception ==
Octavi Martí of ''[[El País]]'' considered that the overly "flat" cinematography "does not always do justice to the locations and characters", adding up to other flaws that underpin a somewhat "dusty scent" relatable not just to a film set in the 1950s, but to a film shot then too.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1988/11/02/cultura/594428411_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|date=2 November 1988|title=Región tiene rostro|first=Octavi|last=Marti}}</ref>
== Accolades ==
{{Awards table|5}}
|-
| align = "center" | 1988 || 36th [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]] || [[Silver Shell for Best Actor]] || Fernando Rey || {{Won|{{Abbrv|Won|Also awarded for ''Winter Diary"}}}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1988/09/25/cultura/591141604_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|date=25 September 1988|first=Octavi|last=Marti|title=La película británica del director Andrew Grieve obtiene la Concha de Oro}}</ref>
|-
| align = "center" | 1989 || [[3rd Goya Awards]] || [[Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] || Gabriel Castro, Antonio Isasi Isasmendi, Jorge R. Álamo || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/el-aire-de-un-crimen/|website=[[Goya Awards|premiosgoya.com]]|title=El aire de un crimen|access-date=9 July 2022|publisher=[[Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España]]}}</ref>
|}
== See also ==
* [[List of Spanish films of 1988]]
== References ==
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[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Spanish crime drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in Spain]]
[[Category:1980s Spanish-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1950s]]
[[Category:Films shot in the province of Zaragoza]]
[[Category:Films based on Spanish novels]]