Lena
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGonzalo Tapia
Screenplay by
  • Gonzalo Tapia
  • Antonio Trashorras
  • David Muñoz
Starring
CinematographyCarles Gusi
Edited byÁngel Hernández Zoido
Music byJosé Carlos Mac
Production
companies
  • Tráfico de Ideas
  • Producciones La Iguana
  • Alta Films
  • Portozás Visión
  • Take 2000
Distributed byAlta Films
Release dates
  • 1 May 2001 (2001-05-01) (Cine Fraga)
  • 11 May 2001 (2001-05-11) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Portugal
LanguageSpanish

Lena is a 2001 Spanish-Portuguese coming-of-age drama film directed by Gonzalo Tapia which stars Marta Larralde as the title character alongside Manuel Manquiña and Roberto Álvarez.

Plot

Set in Vigo, the plot follows teenager Lena and her relationship with her father Gorrión (in a situation of long-term unemployement) as well as with the group of local drug-smuggling henchmen who badly beat Gorrión.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The film is a Trafico de Ideas, La Iguana, Alta Films, Portozas Vision, and Take 2000 Spanish-Portuguese co-production with the participation of TVG, TVE, and Canal+.[1] It boasted a 250 million ₧ budget.[4] It was primarily shot in Vigo.[5]

Release

The film received a pre-screening at Vigo's Cine Fraga on 1 May 2001.[4] Distributed by Alta Films,[1] it was released theatrically in Spain on 11 May 2001.[6]

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of El País described the film as "a straightforward, linear, unpretentious film that tells a simple yet effective story".[7]

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that the film manages to pull it off pretty well the fusing of coming-of-age teen drama with a "none-too-gripping tale of villainous drug runners".[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Holland, Jonathan (8 June 2001). "Lena". Variety.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Nogueira 2001, p. 347.
  3. ↑ Nogueira, Xosé (2001). "Lena (2001)". Grial. Revista Galega de Cultura. Vigo: Editorial Galaxia. 39. ISSN 0017-4181.
  4. 1 2 "Vigo acogió el estreno oficial de «Lena»". La Voz de Galicia. 2 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Una noche de cine". La Voz de Galicia. 3 May 2001.
  6. ↑ "Lena". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. 25 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Torreiro, Casimiro (11 May 2001). "Entre tinieblas". El País.
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