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South from Granada

2003 · 1h 51m · Drama, Comedy, Romance

Watch it if you're in the mood for a slow-burn, literary romance with real emotional weight—this is a thoughtful character study about artistic ambition and unrequited love set in 1920s Spain. Skip it if you need immediate gratification or broad laughs; it's a quiet, introspective film that demands patience but rewards it.

Plot

Brenan arrives at Yegen on foot, interrupting the funeral held for the daughter of the local cacique. He collapses from dysentery and soon learns that the local cacique, Don Fernando, is leaving for Granada with his wife. Brenan rents Fernando’s house for a year and soon enlists the services of María as housekeeper and cook and becomes friends with a local man named Paco. Brenan spends most of his time reading, walking, and trying to write poetry.His friends Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey (who is ill), and Ralph Partridge visit for a couple of days. Brenan, who has been maintaining a correspondence with Carrington, learns during the visit that Partridge and Carrington are engaged. He is crushed, as he had been in love with Carrington.

Director: Fernando Colomo

Cast: Matthew Goode, Verónica Sánchez, Antonio Resines, Guillermo Toledo, Ángela Molina

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