Mararía (film)

Mararía is a 1998 drama film directed by Antonio José Betancor consisting of an adaptation of the 1973 novel Mararía by Rafael Arozarena which stars Goya Toledo as the title character alongside Carmelo Gómez, Iain Glen, Mirtha Ibarra and José Manuel Cervino. It was produced by companies from Spain, France, and Portugal.

Plot
Set in 1930s Lanzarote (the easternmost of the Canary Islands), the plot tracks an English vulcanologist and a Basque physician vying for the love of Mararía, a local Canarian woman.

Production
The screenplay is an adaptation of the 1973 novel Mararía by Rafael Arozarena, featuring substantial changes from the original work, such as the reduction in the number of males courting the character Mararía to 2, the characters portrayed by Gómez and Glen, the latter of which is an amalgamation of two characters from the novel. The film is an Aiete Films, Ariane Films and Mararia PC production, with participation of TVE, and in association with Portugal's Fábrica de Imágenes de Lisboa and France's C. V. de la Société de Production and D. M. V. B. Films, with support from Sociedad Canaria de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, the Canarian Governmen's Viceconsejería de Cultura y Deportes and the island cabildos of Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote and Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria.

Release
Distributed by Alta Films, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 30 October 1998.

Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered the "terrifically lensed" film to be "a good old-fashioned melodrama" that manages to have enough "intelligent idiosyncrasy" to give it its own "power and charm".

Accolades

 * align = "center" rowspan = "5" | 1999 || rowspan = "5" | 13th Goya Awards || Best Adapted Screenplay || Antonio Betancor, Carlos Álvarez || Nominated || rowspan = "5" |
 * Best New Actress || Goya Toledo || Nominated
 * Best Cinematography || Juan Antonio Ruiz Anchía || Won
 * Best Original Score || Pedro Guerra || Nominated
 * Best Art Direction || Félix Murcia || Nominated
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 * Best Original Score || Pedro Guerra || Nominated
 * Best Art Direction || Félix Murcia || Nominated
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 * Best Art Direction || Félix Murcia || Nominated
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