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| Director: | Santiago García de Leániz | ||
| Cinematography: | Carles Gusi | ||
| Editing: | Ángel Hernández Zoido | ||
| Music: | Eva Gancedo | ||
| Country: | Spain | ||
| Language: | Spanish | ||
| Distributor: | Alta Films |
The Night of the Brother (es|'''La noche del hermano'''|links=no) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed by (in his directorial debut feature), who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Jan Cornet, María Vázquez, Pablo Rivero, Iciar Bollain, Joan Dalmau, and Luis Tosar.
The plot is set in the fictional town of Fortuna. Upon a brutal parental parricide committed by Álex, his younger brother Jaime must ponder over his own future (including the prospect of selling a family land plot and a budding relationship with butcher María), while the shadow cast by his brother looms in from prison.
The film is a La Iguana and Alta Producción production. It was shot in locations of the Region of Murcia.[1]
Distributed by Alta Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 August 2005.
Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that the film manages to combine "subtlety and intensity into a rich, understated and well-played whole".[2]
Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars writing that the helmer nails "a crime drama with perhaps a little too much hieratism in some of the characters" while otherwise appreciating the "description of the weight of the family inheritance and its extreme consistency".[3]
|-| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2006 || rowspan = "2" | 20th Goya Awards || Best Original Score || Eva Gancedo || || rowspan = "2" | [4] |-| Best Original Song || Eva Gancedo, Yamil || |}