Blackthorn (film)

• Sam Shepard: James Blackthorn
• Eduardo Noriega Eduardo
• Stephen Rea: Mackinley
• Magali Solier: Yana
• Nikolaj Coster -Waldau: James as a young man
• Daniel Aguirre: Ivan
• Luis Bredow: Doctor
• Padraic Delaney: Sundance
• Fernando Gamarra: Bank Director
• Maria Luque: landlady
• Cristian Mercado: General of the Bolivian Army

Blackthorn is a Spanish -produced Western to the legendary figure of Butch Cassidy, which is interpreted by Sam Shepard. Mateo Gil directed the film in 2010 largely on location in Bolivia.

Action

James Blackthorn, an old gringo who lives peacefully in the valleys of Bolivia. He breeds horses and is in a relationship with a native. He realizes that he is getting old and wants at home, spending in the United States, his last years. His real name is Butch Cassidy; the people who even remember at this legendary outlaws, consider him dead

When he crosses the plateau on its way to the old home, he meets a Spanish mining engineer, much younger than he who is on the run after a mine robbery. Because he needs money, Blackthorn accompanied him on his flight across Bolivia. In the hardness and solitude of the desert, the men become friends. But they are hunted, and when they are placed in the no man's land of the border by many armed men, they must reveal their true motivations.

Criticism

"The film is less interested in narrative or even on action than on Demonstrate the wonderful Bolivian widths and the presentation of Sam Shepard's grizzled, laconic presence. " Writes the Hollywood Reporter. Variety also found for the "classic minimalist Western " words of praise.

Comments

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2011.

Awards

2012 Blackthorn received at the presentation of the Spanish Goya Film Awards eleven nominations. The film won awards for camera, scene image ( Juan Pedro de Gaspar ), costumes ( Clara Bilbao) and film producer.