Bruc: The Manhunt

"No surrender for heroes."

2010 1h 35m CA

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★5.4TMDB · 28

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Synopsis

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Spain, 1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked retreat. When the news reaches Napoleon, he furiously orders the captain of the Imperial Guard to bring back the head of the young hero responsible for his army's defeat…

“No surrender for heroes.”

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Cast

Juan José Ballesta
Bruc
Vincent Perez
Maraval
Santi Millán
De la Mata
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey
Gloria
Nicolas Giraud
Nouaille
Moussa Maaskri
Attab
Jérôme Le Banner
Baraton
Francesc Albiol
Dr. Ballart

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daniel Benmayor
Writers: Patxi Amezcua, Jordi Gasull
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Spain

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Daniel Benmayor, shot by Juan Miguel Azpiroz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marc Soria shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Juan José Ballesta and Vincent Perez and Santi Millán carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "No surrender for heroes.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1444680 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Daniel Benmayor directs. Juan Miguel Azpiroz behind the camera. Marc Soria cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Spanish.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 16 years ago.
2Directed by Daniel Benmayor, shot by Juan Miguel Azpiroz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Marc Soria shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Juan José Ballesta and Vincent Perez and Santi Millán carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "No surrender for heroes.".
6IMDB entry: tt1444680 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Juan Miguel Azpiroz
Editing: Marc Soria
Production design: Antxón Gómez
Costume design: Ariadna Papió
Makeup / hair: Caitlin Acheson
VFX supervisor: Félix Bergés
Sound: Glenn Freemantle
Stunt coordinator: Ignacio Carreño
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Original language: CA
Certification (US): 16
IMDB: Bruc: The Manhunt (2010)

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Andres Gomez2012-12-14
★ 6.5/10
Interesting hollywood style movie set in Spain during the Napoleón invasion. The cast is not bad, specially Juan José Ballesta and Astrid Bergés-Frisbey but some parts of the story, dialogues and, mainly, changes of stage and camera helicopter POV "a la" "Lord of the Rings" are not that well done and a little bit abused.

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