El detective y la muerte
El detective y la muerte () is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by Gonzalo Suárez. Plot. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother", it is set in a fictional European city stirred by racial conflicts (in lieu of the forest from the short story). Production. Produced by LolaFilms and Ditirambo Films, it was shot in between Llanes and Warsaw. Release. The film was presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1994. It was theatrically released on 30 September 1994.