Las huellas borradas

This film traces the return of a poet , Manuel Perea : Federico Luppi , as he goes back to his birth origins , it is a little town called Higuera, but it results to be a deadly location about to be drowned by a swamp . The film examines Manuel's relationship with his local family , sister-in-law : Mercedes San Prieto , niece : Elena Anaya and friends: Héctor Alterio , Mario Pardo , Txema Blasco , Asunción Balaguer, Raúl Fraire, among others. Meanwhile, he falls in love again, lighting old loving ashes.

A slow motion film with deep human relationships , enjoyable roles and a nice romance when our starring rekindles an old flame. In the film there is a detailed character study with special depth on the protagonist, Manuel Perea , competently played by Federico Luppi as a disenchanted writer who returns to his tiny hometown in northern Spain, as the little town is about to be flooded by a reservoir in a matter of days and along the way , revealing some hidden secrets . The film has been inevitably associated with the town of Riaño, León that was actually flooded . Here stands out a great plethora of notorious secondaries giving terrific interpretations , such as : Mercedes San Prieto , Raúl Fraire , Ramon Barea , Asunción Balaguer , Mariví Bilbao , Mario Pardo , Pep Oliva , Armando del Río , Txema Blasco , Joan Dalmau and special mention for Héctor Alterio who excels as a good-natured , peculiar elderly man . Being compellingly shot in Picos de Europa, Riaño , Saldaña , Buitrago and Madrid .

The motion picture was well directed by Enrique Gabriel. It won various prizes and nominations , such as : Silver Condor Best Supporting Actor , Héctor Alterio ; Málaga Spanish Film Festival 1999 Winner Best Actress Asunción Balaguer Winner , Best Director Enrique Gabriel Winner Best Film , Sant Jordi Awards 2000 Winner Sant Jordi Best Spanish Actress Asunción Balague Tied with María Galiana for Solas (1999) and Nominee Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 2001. This Argentine filmmaker Enrique Gabriel studied literature in Paris and later worked as a movie-maker in Spain. First an assistant-director, he got into filmmaking as of 1991 with Krapatchouk (1992), which earned him awards at the Verone, Karlovy Vary and Punta del Este International Film Festivals. In 1994, he founded his own production company, A. T. P. I. P. Another festival favorite was his next film, En la puta calle (1997) (Putain de rue), a humorous account of life in the streets, a nice mix of naturalism and heartfelt humanity. His next effort was this attractive Las huellas borradas (1999) . After a seven year hiatus, Enrique was back with an apparently lighter work, Suspiros del corazón (2006), but this modern Don Quixote tale is more profound than it seems to be. Las huellas borradas (1999) rating : 6.5/10 . Worthwhile watching .