Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2018)

Errementari

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.

Date of release
2018-03-02
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (629)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director
Paul Urkijo Alijo

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: €150K
  • Budget: €2.9M
  • Earned 0.1× its budget
  • Filmed in: El Pobaleko burdinola, Agorregi ironworks, Ezkio, and Azkoitia

Errementari, also known as The Blacksmith and the Devil, is a 2017 internationally co-produced Basque-language period fantasy horror film directed by Paul Urkijo Alijo and written by Alijo and Asier Guerricaechebarría. The plot is based on the Basque folktale version of The Smith and the Devil, as collected by Father Joxemiel Barandiaran. The film sets the legend in 1843, with a blacksmith holding a demon in captivity, and an orphan girl who releases the demon from its cage.

Production

The film was produced by Kinoskopik Film Produktion, Pokeepsie Films, Gariza Films, Nadie es Perfecto, Ikusgarri Films and The Project. It was shot in the extinct Alavese dialect of Basque.

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