Outlaws (2021 film)

Outlaws or The Laws of the Border (Spanish: Las leyes de la frontera) is a 2021 Spanish film directed by Daniel Monzón adapting the novel of the same name by Javier Cercas. It stars Marcos Ruiz, Begoña Vargas and Chechu Salgado.

Outlaws
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Las leyes de la frontera
Directed by	Daniel Monzón
Screenplay by	Jorge Guerricaechevarría Daniel Monzón
Based on	Las leyes de la frontera by Javier Cercas
Starring	Chechu Salgado Begoña Vargas Marcos Ruiz
Cinematography	Carles Gusi
Production companies	La Terraza Films Ikiru Films Atresmedia Cine Buendía Estudios Las Leyes de la Frontera AIE
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) (Zinemaldia) 8 October 2021 (2021-10-08) (Spain)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Budget	€7 million

Premise

Set in the Summer of 1978, the fiction follows Nacho, a 17-year old student living in Girona who befriends Zarco and Tere, two young criminals.^[1]

It has been presented as a revisitation of the quinqui film genre.^[2][3][4]

Cast

• Marcos Ruiz [es] as Ignacio "Nacho" Cañas^[3]
• Begoña Vargas as Tere^[5]
• Chechu Salgado as Zarco^[5]
• Carlos Oviedo as Guille^[6]
• Xavier Martín as Gordo^[6]
• Daniel Ibáñez as Piernas^[6]
• Jorge Aparicio as Chino^[6]
• Víctor Manuel Pajares as Drácula^[6]
• Cintia García as Lina^[6]
• Santiago Molero [es] as Ignacio^[7]
• Carlos Serrano [es] as Cuenca^[7]
• Xavi Sáez as Hidalgo^[7]
• Paula Romeu Garcia as Delphine
• Ainhoa Santamaría as Rosa^[7]
• Elisabet Casanovas as Cristina^[7]
• Javier Beltrán^[8]
• Pep Tosar [ca] as Vives^[7]
• Catalina Sopelana as Paqui^[7]
• Pep Cruz [ca] as Señor Tomás^[7]
• Estefanía de los Santos as Merche^[7][9]

Production

Footage was shot in Girona, a primary fictional setting for the film.

Penned by Jorge Guerricaechevarría,^[5] the screenplay is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Javier Cercas.^[5]

Produced by Ikiru Films, La Terraza Films and Atresmedia Cine in collaboration with Buendía Estudios [es] and Las leyes de la frontera AIE, the film received funding from the ICAA.^[5][10] Netflix secured the international rights.^[10] It has a reported budget of 7 million €.^[10] Directed by Daniel Monzón, shooting lasted for 10 weeks and wrapped in November 2020.^[10][11][5] Shooting locations included Girona, Manresa, Montblanc and Costa del Garraf [es].^[5] Balter Gallart worked as art director and Carles Gusi as director of cinematography.^[12]

Release

The film premiered on 25 September 2021 at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival, bringing the festival to a closure.^[13]

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España,^[14] it was theatrically released in Spain on 8 October 2021.^[15][16]

The film was set for a 22 November 2021 streaming release on Netflix,^[17] using the English-language title Outlaws.^[18]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10.^[19]

Fausto Fernández of Fotogramas gave the film 4 out 5 stars, positively highlighting the triangle formed by the characters Nacho, Tere and Zarco.^[20]

Philipp Engel of Cinemanía gave it 3½ out of 5 stars.^[21] He wrote that the Begoña Vargas' lead performance ends up eating those from the two male lead performers'.^[21] He considered that the atmosphere "halfway" works.^[21]

Josu Eguren of El Correo gave the film 2 out of 3 stars.^[22] He considered the film to be "stimulating reflection on the gap between memory and nostalgia" so pervasive in the Spanish contemporary historical discourse but ultimately dominated by "cheating digressive monologues transformed into images".^[22]

Federico Marín Bellón of ABC gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering it to be "a magnificent portrait, a new and stylized look" of the era already extensively portrayed by the quinqui genre.^[23]

Accolades

Cast and crew members attending the 14th Gaudí Awards.

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	9th Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Actor (film)	Chechu Salgado	Nominated	[24]
		Best Trailer	Miguel Ángel Sanantonio	Nominated
	77th CEC Medals	Best Film		Nominated	[25]
		Best Supporting Actor	Chechu Salgado	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Chechu Salgado	Won
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón	Won
	36th Goya Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Daniel Monzón, Jorge Guerricaechevarría	Won	[26]
		Best Original Song	"Las leyes de la Frontera" by Alejandro García Rodríguez, Antonio Molinero León, Daniel Escortell Blandino, José Manuel Cabrera Escot, Miguel García Cantero	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Chechu Salgado	Won
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Sarai Rodríguez, Benjamín Pérez, Nacho Díaz	Won
		Best Art Direction	Balter Gallart	Won
		Best Costume Design	Vinyet Escobar	Won
	14th Gaudí Awards	Best Non-Catalan Language Film		Nominated	[27][28]
		Best Director	Daniel Monzón	Nominated
		Best Actress	Begoña Vargas	Nominated
		Best Actor	Chechu Salgado	Nominated
		Best Production Supervision	Goretti Pagès	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Balter Gallar	Won
		Best Editing	Mapa Pastor	Nominated
		Best Original Music	Derby Motoreta's Burrito Kachimba	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Carles Gusi	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Vinyet Escobar	Won
		Best Sound	Isaac Bonfill, Oriol Tarragó, Marc Orts	Nominated
		Best Visual Effects	Raúl Romanillos, Míriam Piquer	Nominated
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Sarai Rodríguez, Nacho Díaz, Benjamín Pérez	Won
		Public's Choice Award for Best Film		Nominated
	30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actress	Begoña Vargas	Nominated	[29]
	Spanish Screenwriters' Union Awards	Best Screenplay in a Drama Feature Film	Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón	Nominated	[30][31]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2021

References

1. "Primeras imágenes de 'Las leyes de la frontera', la adaptación de la novela de Javier Cercas". ABC. 2 June 2021.
2. "'Me quedo contigo' y con muchas más: las canciones míticas del cine quinqui". Cinemanía. 20minutos.es. 5 March 2019.
3. "Trailer en exclusiva de 'Las leyes de la frontera'". El País. 26 August 2021.
4. "Una buena hornada de estrenos 'made in Spain'". Elle. 21 September 2021.
5. "Daniel Monzón culmina el rodaje de 'Las leyes de la frontera', adaptación de la novela de Javier Cercas". Europa Press. 13 November 2020.
6. "Avance en exclusiva de una escena de 'Las leyes de la frontera': La vertiginosa huida tras el atraco". Antena 3. 28 September 2021.
7. "Las leyes de la frontera". Spain Audiovisual Hub. Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
8. Tena, Arturo. "Las leyes de la frontera: Ese quinqui que usted recuerda". Cine con Ñ. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
9. ""Las leyes de la frontera" s'estrena a la gran pantalla". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 29 September 2021.
10. "'Las leyes de la frontera', cine quinqui que hizo de la necesidad virtud". Audiovisual451. 15 September 2021.
11. Zamora, Andrea (3 September 2020). "Comienza el rodaje de 'Las leyes de la frontera', lo nuevo de Daniel Monzón". Sensacine.
12. Paz, Susana (5 November 2020). ""Las leyes de la frontera" abaixa la persiana". Regió7.
13. Martínez, Luis (25 September 2021). "'Las leyes de la frontera': Daniel Monzón y la eternidad del héroe quinqui". El Mundo.
14. García, Alejandra (4 October 2021). "'Las leyes de la frontera' – estreno en cines 8 de octubre". Audiovisual451.
15. Sisí Sánchez, Alberto (25 November 2021). "'Las leyes de la frontera' es una de las películas españolas del año (y se puede ver en Netflix)". Vogue.
16. Cornellà, Albert; Comas, Meritxell (1 October 2020). "Retorn a la Girona de finals dels 70 amb 'Las leyes de la frontera'". Diari de Girona.
17. "Las series y películas que llegan a Netflix en noviembre". El Mundo. 28 October 2021.
18. Lance, Gregory (1 November 2021). "Here's What's New on Netflix in November 2021". Collider.
19. "Outlaws". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
20. Fernández, Fausto (5 October 2021). "Crítica de 'Las leyes de la frontera'". Fotogramas.
21. Engel, Philipp (7 October 2021). "Crítica de 'Las leyes de la frontera'". Cinemanía. 20minutos.es.
22. Eguren, Josu (9 October 2021). "Crítica de 'Las leyes de la frontera' (2021): Otra forma de recordar". El Correo.
23. Marín Bellón, Federico (9 October 2021). ""Crítica de 'Las leyes de la frontera"". abcplay. ABC.
24. "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía. 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
25. "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
26. "Palmarés completo de los Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón', mejor película". Cinemanía. 12 February 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
27. ""Las leyes de la frontera", la més nominada en uns Premis Gaudí molt disputats". 3/24. Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 25 January 2022.
28. Serra, Xavi (7 March 2022). "Neus Ballús i Clara Roquet triomfen als Gaudí de les directores". Ara.
29. Aller, María (15 March 2022). "Premios Unión de Actores 2022: 'El buen patrón' arrasa entre los premiados". Fotogramas.
30. "Los Premios del Sindicato de Guionistas de España cierran sus nominaciones". Exclusiva Digital. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
31. "'Cachitos' y 'Venga Juan', entre las ganadoras televisivas de los Premios ALMA a los mejores guiones de 2021". Vertele!. 24 March 2022 – via eldiario.es.

External links

• Outlaws at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol
• Outlaws at IMDb