Sempre Xonxa
1989 Spanish film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sempre Xonxa (Galician for Always Xonxa) is a Galician-language film from Galicia, Spain directed and written by Chano Piñeiro [gl] and released in 1989.[2] It was the first Galician feature film shot in 35 mm, along with Urxa, by Carlos Piñeiro [gl] and Alfredo García Pinal [gl], and Continental by Xavier Villaverde [gl], making it one of the first fiction films in the Galician language. The film is about the emotional consequences of emigration and is set in rural Galicia.
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Directed by | Chano Piñeiro |
Written by | Chano Piñeiro |
Produced by | Manuel Martínez Mallo |
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Cinematography | Miguel Ángel Trujillo |
Edited by | Cristina Otero |
Music by | Pablo Barreiro Carlos Ferrant Marcial Prado |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
Country | Spain |
Language | Galician |
Box office | €138,638.32[1] |
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Sempre Xonxa was, during 20 years, the biggest theatrical success for a film in Galician, until 2019 when Fire Will Come eventually attracted more spectators.[3]