Genres
Production Companies
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
Director of Photography: José Luis Alcaine
Writer: Gerald Brenan, Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
Producer: Beatriz de la Gándara, Fernando Bovaira, Gustavo Ferrada
