You Shall Die in Chafarinas

You Shall Die in Chafarinas is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by. It stars Jorge Sanz and María Barranco alongside Óscar Ladoire and Javier Albalá.

Plot

Featuring the backdrop of military conscription and set in a military barracks in Melilla, the plot touches themes such as the suicide of conscripts and substance consumption. Two begrudging privates see themselves forced to act as casual investigators in the wake of series of deaths in the barracks.

Production

Based on the 1990 novel Morirás en Chafarinas by Fernando Lalana, the screenplay was penned by Pedro Olea and Francisco Lalana. The film is an Altube Filmeak SL production, with the participation of TVE. Shooting locations included a barracks in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid.

Release

Distributed by Columbia Tri-Star Films de España, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 21 April 1995.

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of El País assessed that, while the script apparently features seemingly everything to be functional for an entertaining narration, the writing "lacks work to polish the details", concluding that "no one will be able to say that is not a well shot and interpreted film. But that alone is not enough to achieve a satisfactory product."