Heart of the Warrior

Heart of the Warrior
Heart of the Warrior
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	El corazón del guerrero
Directed by	Daniel Monzón
Written by	Daniel Monzón
Produced by	Gerardo Herrero
Starring	Fernando Ramallo; Neus Asensi; Joel Joan; Santiago Segura; Javier Aller; Adrià Collado;
Cinematography	Carles Gusi
Music by	Roque Baños
Production; companies	Tornasol Films; Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión;
Release date	21 January 2000;
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Budget	500 million ₧

Heart of the Warrior (Spanish: El corazón del guerrero) is a 2000 Spanish action-adventure film directed and written by Daniel Monzón, which stars Fernando Ramallo, Joel Joan and Neus Asensi, also featuring Santiago Segura, Adrià Collado, and Javier Aller, among others.

Plot

Playing with Don Quixote tropes, the plot follows the story of Ramón, a teen from Madrid obsessed with sword and sorcery fiction. Ramón creates an alternative self as the warrior Beldar, who partners with warrior princess Sonya.^[1]

Cast

Production

It is Monzón's debut film.^[6] He also wrote it. Gerardo Herrero took over production duties.^[7] A Tornasol Films and Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión production,^[8] the film had a 500 million peseta budget.^[7]^[9] The score was composed by Roque Baños.^[10] Filming took 11 weeks.^[7]

Release

The film was screened in Lanzarote in December 1999 during a film industry meeting with European distributors.^[7] It was theatrically released in Spain on 21 January 2000.

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2001	15th Goya Awards	Best New Director	Daniel Monzón	Nominated	^[8]
	15th Goya Awards	Best Production Supervision	Tino Pont	Nominated	^[8]

References

Citations

^ Pardo García 2011, pp. 237, 242.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pardo García 2011, p. 242.
^ Sánchez, Sergi (11 July 1999). ""La realidad es mentira"". El Cultural.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "El corazón del guerrero". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
^ "Valls, Arturo". Diccionario del Audiovisual Valenciano. Institut Valencià de Cultura. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ "El corazón del guerrero triunfa en el Festival de Cine Fantástico de Montreal". Libertad Digital. 2 August 2001.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d García, Rocío (18 December 1999). "El crítico Daniel Monzón debuta en el cine con una historia de hechizos, fantasías y realidades". El País.
^ ^a ^b "El corazón del guerrero" (in Spanish). Premios Goya. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ Obiols, Isabel (12 January 2000). "Daniel Monzón debuta con el filme fantástico "El corazón del guerrero"". El País.
^ Radigales & Fraile Prieto 2011, p. 260.

Bibliography

Pardo García, Pedro Javier (2011). "Cine, literatura y mito: Don Quijote en el cine, más allá de la adaptación". Arbor. 187 (748). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. doi:10.3989/arbor.2011.748n2004. hdl:10366/126675.
Radigales, Jaume; Fraile Prieto, Teresa (2011). "Historias locales, música global. Marcas sonoras en los últimos géneros del cine español" (PDF). Ciencia y Sociedad. 24 (2). Pamplona: Universidad de Navarra: 253–267.

[FOOTNOTEPardo_García2011237,_242-1] Pardo García 2011, pp. 237, 242.

[FOOTNOTEPardo_García2011242-2] Pardo García 2011, p. 242.

[3] Sánchez, Sergi (11 July 1999). ""La realidad es mentira"". El Cultural.

[fotogramas-4] "El corazón del guerrero". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.

[5] "Valls, Arturo". Diccionario del Audiovisual Valenciano. Institut Valencià de Cultura. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

[6] "El corazón del guerrero triunfa en el Festival de Cine Fantástico de Montreal". Libertad Digital. 2 August 2001.

[rocio-7] García, Rocío (18 December 1999). "El crítico Daniel Monzón debuta en el cine con una historia de hechizos, fantasías y realidades". El País.

[goya-8] "El corazón del guerrero" (in Spanish). Premios Goya. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[9] Obiols, Isabel (12 January 2000). "Daniel Monzón debuta con el filme fantástico "El corazón del guerrero"". El País.

[FOOTNOTERadigalesFraile_Prieto2011260-10] Radigales & Fraile Prieto 2011, p. 260.

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