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6.5/10   502 votes
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Director:
Montxo Armendáriz
Writers:
Montxo Armendáriz (writer)
Bernardo Atxaga (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 September 2005 (Spain) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery. | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 18 nominations more
User Comments:
Muddling. more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Pilar López de Ayala ... Maestra

Juan Diego Botto ... Miguel
Bárbara Lennie ... Lourdes
Eduard Fernández ... Lucas
Peter Lohmeyer ... Ingeniero Werfell
Héctor Colomé ... Ismael
Pepa López ... Merche
Txema Blasco ... Tomás
Iñake Irastorza ... Begoña
Ryan Cameron ... Esteban niño
Christian Tardío ... Manuel
Alejandro Jiménez ... Ismael niño
Julia Torrens ... Begoña niña
Vanesa Moñino ... Merche Niña
Pablo Manjón ... Tomás niño
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Obaba - Das Dorf der grünen Eidechse (Germany)
Obaba, le village du lézard vert (France) [fr]
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Runtime:
Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:100 min
Country:
Germany | Spain
Language:
Spanish | German
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Spain:7 | Argentina:Atp
Filming Locations:
Spain
Company:
Canal+ España more

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Soundtrack:
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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Muddling., 8 November 2006
4/10
Author: Spuzzlightyear from Vancouver

Although this starts out promisingly, a woman in a car is weaving around dark roads in the middle of the night in the middle of the forest until she almost hits a man holding a lizard! This gave me the impression that we were going to see something special, something almost David Lynchian (if there is such a term), but unfortunately, the film starts to go everyplace, not having a core center, just sort of meandering story about a woman trying to solve a mystery of a small town. The character study goes all over the place, and I couldn't really care for any of the characters it seems, especially when some of the story all of a sudden goes into flashback mode. I had some hopes for this movie, but all in all, it was a bit of a letdown.

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