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Nightfall in India (Spanish: Anochece en la India; Romanian: Noaptea vine în India) is a 2014 road movie directed by Chema Rodríguez which stars Juan Diego, Clara Vodă, and Javier Pereira. It is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish international co-production.
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| Spanish | Anochece en la India |
| Romanian | Noaptea vine în India |
| Directed by | Chema Rodríguez |
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| Edited by | José Manuel García Moyano |
| Music by | Hans Lundgren |
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| Distributed by | Wanda Vision |
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The plot tracks Ricardo, an elderly wheelchair-bound man with a degenerative disease who decides to make a journey to India in a ramshackle van with the company of his Romanian caretaker Dana, picking up a Swedish hitchhiker along the way.[1][2]
- Juan Diego as Ricardo[3]
- Clara Vodă as Dana[3]
- Javier Pereira as Saúl[3]
- Linda Molin as Karin[3]
- Ken Appledorn[4]
The screenplay was penned by Chema Rodríguez, David Planell, and Pablo Burgués.[1] The film is a Spanish-Romanian-Swedish co-production by Producciones Sin un Duro, Jaleo Films, Strada Film, and ATMO Independent Films,[5][2] with the participation of Canal Sur and the backing from ICAA, Junta de Andalucía, CNC, SFI, FiV, and Eurimages.[6] It was lensed by Álex Catalán and Juan González and scored by Hans Lundgren.[4] Shooting took place from 2012 to 2013 in Spain (Seville and the Tabernas Desert), Romania (Bucharest), Turkey (Istanbul and Capadocia), and India (Dholpur).[6] Dialogue is in Spanish, English, Romanian, and Swedish.[7]
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The film was presented at the 17th Málaga Film Festival on 27 March 2014.[8] It was released theatrically in Spain on 11 April 2014.[9]
Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the "absorbing depiction of the relationship between two outsiders is the best thing about this otherwise unconvincing drama".[2]
Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out the chemistry between Juan Diego and Vodă as the best thing about the film.[4]
Mihai Fulger of Observator Cultural deemed the encounter between "two great actors" (Juan Diego and Clara Vodă) to be the film's main attraction.[3]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | 17th Málaga Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actor | Juan Diego | Won | |
| Silver Biznaga for Best Editing | José Manuel García Moyano | Won | |||
2015 | 29th Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Chema Rodríguez, David Planell, Pablo Burgués | Nominated |
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