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South from Granada
2003 5.9 (20 votes) 1h 51m
Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Production Companies
Fernando Colomo PC
Canal+ España
Atresmedia

South from Granada (Al sur de Granada)

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Fernando Colomo

Writer: Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, Gerald Brenan

Director of Photography: José Luis Alcaine

Producer: Beatriz de la Gándara, Fernando Bovaira, Gustavo Ferrada

Top Cast

Matthew Goode
Matthew Goode

Gerald Brenan

Verónica Sánchez
Verónica Sánchez

Juliana

Antonio Resines
Antonio Resines

Don Virgilio

Guillermo Toledo
Guillermo Toledo

Paco

Ángela Molina
Ángela Molina

Doña Felicidad

Laurence Fox
Laurence Fox

Ralph Partridge

Jessica Kate Meyer
Jessica Kate Meyer

Dora Carrington

James Fleet
James Fleet

Lytton Strachey

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