{{Short description|2005 film}} {{Infobox film | image = Obaba poster.jpg | based_on = {{Based on|''Obabakoak''|Bernardo Atxaga}} | producer = {{ubl|Puy Oria|Montxo Armendáriz|Karl Baumgartner|Michael Eckelt}} | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Montxo Armendáriz | screenplay = Montxo Armendáriz | starring = {{ubl|Pilar López de Ayala|Juan Diego Botto|Bárbara Lennie|Eduard Fernández|Peter Lohmeyer}} | cinematography = Javier Aguirresarobe | editing = Rori Sáinz de Rozas | music = Xavier Capellas | country = {{ubl|Spain|Germany}} | language = Spanish | runtime = 1h 40min | released = {{Film date|2005|9|9|TIFF|2005|09|16|Spain|df=yes}} }} '''''Obaba''''' is a 2005 Spanish-German drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on Bernardo Atxaga's novel ''Obabakoak''.<ref name="elmundo" /> It features Pilar López de Ayala, Juan Diego Botto, Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, and Peter Lohmeyer.
''Obaba'' was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Pilar López de Ayala as maestra<ref name="oria">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oriafilms.es/Obaba3.asp|website=Oria Films|title=Obaba|access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref> * Juan Diego Botto as Miguel<ref name="oria" /> * Bárbara Lennie as Lourdes<ref name="oria" /> * Eduard Fernández as Lucas<ref name="oria" /> * Peter Lohmeyer as ingeniero<ref name="oria" /> * {{ill|Héctor Colomé|es}} Ismael<ref name="oria" /> * {{ill|Pepa López|es}} as Merche<ref name="oria" /> * Lluís Homar as Esteban adulto<ref name="oria" /> * Txema Blasco as Tomás<ref name="oria" /> * {{ill|Iñake Irastorza|eu}} as Begoña<ref name="oria" /> * Christian Tardío as Manuel<ref name="oria" /> * Ryan Cameron as Esteban niño<ref name="oria" /> * Vanesa Moñino as Merche niña<ref name="oria" /> * Alejandro Jiménez as Ismael niño<ref name="oria" /> }}
== Release == The film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 September 2005.<ref name="elmundo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2006/01/cultura/goya/peliculas/obaba.html|website=elmundo.es|date=January 2006|access-date=23 May 2023|title=Obaba}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | rowspan = "15" align = "center" | 2006 || rowspan = "10" | 20th Goya Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || {{nom}} || rowspan = "10" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/obaba|access-date=28 May 2023|title=Obaba|website=premiosgoya.com|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España}}</ref> |- | Best Director || Montxo Armendáriz || {{nom}} |- | Best Supporting Actress || Pilar López de Ayala || {{nom}} |- | Best Adapted Screenplay || Montxo Armendáriz || {{nom}} |- | Best New Actress || Bárbara Lennie || {{nom}} |- | Best Cinematography || Javier Aguirresarobe || {{nom}} |- | Best Art Direction || Julio Esteban, Julio Torrecilla || {{nom}} |- | Best Production Supervision || Puy Oria || {{nom}} |- | Best Sound || Carlos Bonmatí, Alfonso Pino, Pelayo Gutiérrez || {{won}} |- | Best Special Effects || Alberto Esteban, José María Remacha, Pablo Urrutia, Reyes Abades || {{nom}} |- | 11th Forqué Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoy.es/pg060510/prensa/noticias/Sociedad/200605/10/HOY-SOC-223.html|website=Hoy|date=10 May 2006|title='La vida secreta de las palabras' se alza con el Premio José María Forqué|publisher=Grupo Vocento}}</ref> |- | 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role || Pilar López de Ayala || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fanzinedigital.com/cine/1997_1-La_Union_de_Actores_anuncia_sus_candidatos_correspondientes_a_2005.html|website=Fanzine Digital|title=La Unión de Actores anuncia sus candidatos correspondientes a 2005|date=4 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2006/05/30/actualidad/1148940001_850215.html?outputType=amp|website=El País|title=Manuel Alexandre y Candela Peña, premiados por la Unión de Actores en la categoría de cine|date=30 May 2006}}</ref> |}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2005 * List of submissions to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb title|0397582}}
{{Authority control}} {{Spanish submissions for the Academy Award}} Category:2005 drama films Category:2005 films Category:Spanish drama films Category:2005 Spanish films Category:Films directed by Montxo Armendáriz Category:2005 Spanish-language films Category:2005 German films {{2000s-Spain-film-stub}}