Just Walking
Sólo quiero caminar (English: Just Walking, literally I Only Want to Walk; also known as Walking Vengeance) is a 2008 Spanish drama film directed and written by Agustín Díaz Yanes. The film was nominated for eleven Goya awards, winning one (for Best Cinematography).
| Sólo quiero caminar | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| Written by | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| Starring | Diego Luna Victoria Abril Ariadna Gil Pilar López de Ayala Elena Anaya José María Yazpik |
Release date | 2008 |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Synopsis
After a failed jewellery heist, Aurora Rodriguez (Ariadna Gil) is caught and sentenced to eight years in prison, while her three accomplices get away. Aurora's sister, prostitute Ana (Elena Anaya), meets a powerful Mexican drug lord Felix (José María Yazpik) during a job and agrees to marry him. While Paloma (Pilar López de Ayala) leverages her connections as a court secretary to influence a judge into reducing Aurora's sentence to four years, Gloria (Victoria Abril) joins Ana in Mexico and discovers that Felix has been brutally abusing Ana.
Just as Ana reveals to Gloria that she intends to get back at Felix by stealing all his money, Felix viciously beats Ana in a fit of rage and leaves her barely alive and hospitalized. Paloma secures Aurora's release from prison and they join Gloria and Ana in Mexico, where the four women set Ana's plan in motion. Meanwhile, Felix's right-hand man Gabriel (Diego Luna) has spent twenty years waiting to take revenge on his father, currently in prison for beating Gabriel's mother to death. Though Gabriel begins developing suspicions towards what Aurora and her friends are planning, Felix's violent behavior causes him to question his unwavering loyalty to his childhood friend.
Awards and nominations
Won
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ariadna Gil)
- Best Cinematography (Paco Femenia)
Nominated
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Diego Luna)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (José María Yazpik)
- Best Cinematography (Paco Femenia)
- Best Director (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
- Best Film
- Best Screenplay – Original (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Diego Luna)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (José María Yazpik)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ariadna Gil)
- Best Director (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
- Best Film
- Best Editing (José Salcedo)
- Best Production Supervision (Rafael Cuervo and Mario Pedraza)
- Best Screenplay – Original (Agustín Díaz Yanes)
- Best Sound Pierre Gamet, Patrice Grisolet and Christophe Vingtrinier)
- Best Visual Effects (Reyes Abades, Rafa Solorzano and Alejandro Vázquez)