The Red Squirrel
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La ardilla roja The Red Squirrel | |
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Directed by | Julio Médem |
Written by | Julio Médem |
Produced by | Fernando de Garcillán Enrique López Lavigne |
Starring | Emma Suárez Nancho Novo |
Cinematography | Gonzalo F. Berridi |
Edited by | María Elena Sáinz de Rozas |
Music by | Txetxo Bengoetxea Alberto Iglesias |
Distributed by | Colifilms Distribution |
Release date | 21 April 1993 |
Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Languages | Spanish, German |
The Red Squirrel (Spanish: La ardilla roja) is a 1993 drama film by the Spanish director Julio Médem, starring Emma Suárez and Nancho Novo.
Plot[]
Jota, a failed musician whose girlfriend has recently left him, is about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge when a girl on a motorcycle, Sofía, crashes off it. Rushing to help her, he discovers she has lost her memory, even forgetting her name. After telling the paramedics and staff at the hospital that she is his girlfriend, he later tells her the same. He invents an entire identity for her, giving her the name Lisa, and a history of their relationship according to his own fantasies. With the hospital psychiatrist starting to become suspicious, he spirits her out of the hospital and away on a trip to the 'Ardilla Roja' campsite, which he claims they have been planning for some while. As their relationship becomes intimate, their behaviour sparks the suspicions of campers Antón and Carmena. It becomes clear that Lisa/Sofía's memory is not entirely missing and she is hiding her own past secrets; notably, the existence of a psychotic ex-boyfriend, Félix, who is rampaging across the country in search of her.
Cast[]
- Emma Suárez as Lisa/Sofía
- Nancho Novo as Jota
- Karra Elejalde as Antón
- María Barranco as Carmen
- Carmelo Gómez as Félix
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- 1993 films
- 1993 romantic drama films
- German-language films
- Spanish films
- Spanish-language films
- Films directed by Julio Medem
- Films shot in Madrid
- Films scored by Alberto Iglesias
- Spanish romantic drama films