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Director de cine, guionista y periodista. [ editar datos en Wikidata] Manuel "Manolo" Matji Tuduri ( Madrid, 1940) es un director y guionista español. Se inicia en el mundo del cine en los años 1970 cuando desarrolla sus primeros guiones cinematográficos y para televisión. 1 A finales de los años 80 empieza a compaginar su labor de ...
Manolo Matji. Writer: La guerra de los locos. Manolo Matji was born in 1943 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for La guerra de los locos (1987), Twisted Obsession (1989) and Hours of Light (2004).
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The War of the Madmen [1] a.k.a. The War of the Loonies [2] (Spanish: La guerra de los locos) is a 1987 Spanish drama film directed by Manolo Matji [ es] (in his directorial debut) which stars Álvaro de Luna, José Manuel Cervino, and Juan Luis Galiardo .
Manolo Matji is known as an Writer, Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Actor, Creator, Assistant Production Manager, and Executive Producer. Some of their work includes The Holy Innocents, Twisted Obsession, Tad Jones, El disputado voto del señor Cayo, Kisses for Everyone, Los días del pasado, The White Dove, and Río Negro.
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Based on a real events, the plot tracks the romantic relationship established in 1991 between prison nurse María del Mar "Marimar" Villar and Juan José Garfia[es], imprisoned because of the cold-blood murder of three in 1987.
A Sogecine and La Fiesta production, the film had the participation of TVE, Telemadrid, and Canal+. Shooting began on 2 June 2003 and lasted for 8 weeks. The former Hospital Militar del Generalísimo in Calle de Isaac Peral (Madrid) stood in for indoor prison settings. Some outdoor scenes were shot in Leganés.
The film premiered in competition at the 52nd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2004. It was met by a chilly reception by the festival audience. Distributed by Warner Sogefilms,it was theatrically released in Spain on 24 September 2004.
Jonathan Holland of Varietyconsidered that despite its commendable intentions, the film is "hampered by its script's inability to follow through the logic of its premise to the emotionally satisfying conclusion it merits". Casimiro Torreiro of El Paísconsidered the film to be both a discourse about remorse and a bet for social rehabilitation.
Production. The screenplay was penned by Trueba, Manolo Matji [ es] and Menno Meyjes. [3] Shot in English, the film is a Spanish-French co-production, [4] produced by Iberoamericana in association with French Production, International Production and Sofica Valor. [5] Shooting took place in Paris and Madrid.
Manolo Matji's films include The Holy Innocents, Hours of Light, Sirenas, Besos para todos
