Lope (film)

Lope: The Outlaw (Spanish: Lope) is a 2010 Spanish-Brazilian adventure drama film directed by Andrucha Waddington which stars Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling and Pilar López de Ayala. The film is a co-production between Spain and Brazil, inspired in the youth of Lope de Vega.

Plot

Biopic of the poet and playwright Lope de Vega. Set in 1588, Lope is a young soldier who has just arrived in Madrid from the war. The city is still under construction and he, like many others, still does not know which path to follow. While struggling with his restlessness and ambition, two women come into his life. One, a liberal and successful businesswoman who can help Lope with his career, and the other, an aristocrat who ends up being his true lover.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Ignacio del Moral and Jordi Gasull. The film was produced by Antena 3 Films, El Toro Pictures, Ikiru Films and Conspiraçao Filmes. Ricardo Della Rosa was responsible for cinematography and Sergio Mekler for film editing. Shooting locations included the Madrid region, Toledo and the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Essaouira and Safi).

Release

Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, the film premiered on 3 September 2010.

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2010
• List of Brazilian films of 2010

References

Citations

Bibliography

• López López, Yolanda (2017). El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: Dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica. Madrid: ACCI. p. 404. ISBN 978-84-16549-70-2.
• Simon, Jean-Jacques (2020). "From the Life to the Mind of the Writer in the Literary Biopic: Andrucha Waddington's Lope and Ray Loriga's Teresa". Periphērica. 1 (2). University of Oregon Libraries: 287–323. doi:10.5399/uo/peripherica.1.2.13. ISSN 2642-6811. S2CID 228971221.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Lope at IMDb