Filmax has taken global distribution rights for “My Friend Eva,” the latest from Spanish director Cesc Gay whose ‘Truman’ proved a notable hit overseas, scoring substantial theatrical returns in several territories.
Set against the backdrops of Barcelona and Rome, this romantic comedy boasts Nora Navas (“Libertad”) Juan Diego Botto (“The Suicide Squad”) and Rodrigo de la Serna (“Money Heist”).
The film marks the ninth collaboration between Gay and producer Marta Esteban of Imposible Films, dating back to Gay’s breakout “Nico and Dani” and taking in “Truman.”
The new film turns on Eva, 50, a married woman on the quest for passion whose life takes a dramatic turn after a serendipitous encounter in Rome. She remembers what it feels like to fall in love again. This rekindling of passion propels her to rediscover love, challenging and changing her existing life.
Gay characterized the film as a comedy of serious intent. It is “filled with misunderstandings,...
Set against the backdrops of Barcelona and Rome, this romantic comedy boasts Nora Navas (“Libertad”) Juan Diego Botto (“The Suicide Squad”) and Rodrigo de la Serna (“Money Heist”).
The film marks the ninth collaboration between Gay and producer Marta Esteban of Imposible Films, dating back to Gay’s breakout “Nico and Dani” and taking in “Truman.”
The new film turns on Eva, 50, a married woman on the quest for passion whose life takes a dramatic turn after a serendipitous encounter in Rome. She remembers what it feels like to fall in love again. This rekindling of passion propels her to rediscover love, challenging and changing her existing life.
Gay characterized the film as a comedy of serious intent. It is “filled with misunderstandings,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Few feature debuts at Malaga are more awaited than “Unicorns,” which world premieres on March 15, sold by Filmax. It is directed by multi award winning Àlex Lora best known for his work in documentary having won Gaudis, Emmys, and a nomination for a Goya with 2017’s “The Fourth Kingdom,”.
His feature debut gives us Isa played by Greta Fernandez. She is a hedonist, full of touch and feeling, lust and cool. She brings up Simone De Beavoir’s Second Sex in argument, but seems afflicted more by Sartre’s assertion of us being ‘condemned to be free.’ Skimming the surface of freedom from experience to experience fosters an inability to decide for herself what to focus on. Meanwhile, her mother is focussed on her novel writing, her boyfriend his wine shop, and her boss his marketing agency’s success.
Playing the mother is Nora Navas, whose latest accolade came with...
His feature debut gives us Isa played by Greta Fernandez. She is a hedonist, full of touch and feeling, lust and cool. She brings up Simone De Beavoir’s Second Sex in argument, but seems afflicted more by Sartre’s assertion of us being ‘condemned to be free.’ Skimming the surface of freedom from experience to experience fosters an inability to decide for herself what to focus on. Meanwhile, her mother is focussed on her novel writing, her boyfriend his wine shop, and her boss his marketing agency’s success.
Playing the mother is Nora Navas, whose latest accolade came with...
- 3/15/2023
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video’s ‘The Lake’ Producer Amaze Signs COO & Business Affairs VP
Canadian TV and film studio Amaze has forged a Chief Operating Officer role and hired a Senior Vice President of Business Affair as it clears a path to growth. Michael Souther and Teza Lawrence’s outfit, which is behind Amazon Prime Video’s debut Canadian series The Lake, has brought in Alex Lalonde in the former role and Gina Vanni in the latter, both of whom join from Stratagem Rx. Lalonde, who produced The Desperate Hour and the Canadian shoot for Marvel’s Hawkeye and Secret Invasion while at Stratagem, is tasked with managing corporate operations, as well as sourcing IP and co-production opportunities, packaging, financing, sales and acting as an Executive Producer across projects. Vanni will oversee business affairs and finance for the Amaze slate. “Alex and Gina are leaders in global treaty co-production, commercial co-production,...
Canadian TV and film studio Amaze has forged a Chief Operating Officer role and hired a Senior Vice President of Business Affair as it clears a path to growth. Michael Souther and Teza Lawrence’s outfit, which is behind Amazon Prime Video’s debut Canadian series The Lake, has brought in Alex Lalonde in the former role and Gina Vanni in the latter, both of whom join from Stratagem Rx. Lalonde, who produced The Desperate Hour and the Canadian shoot for Marvel’s Hawkeye and Secret Invasion while at Stratagem, is tasked with managing corporate operations, as well as sourcing IP and co-production opportunities, packaging, financing, sales and acting as an Executive Producer across projects. Vanni will oversee business affairs and finance for the Amaze slate. “Alex and Gina are leaders in global treaty co-production, commercial co-production,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Max Goldbart, Nancy Tartaglione and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Good Boss, Fernando León de Aranoa’s comedy-drama starring Javier Bardem, dominated Spain’s top film prizes this year, The Goyas, collecting six awards including Best Picture.
The film also nabbed Best Director and Best Screenplay for Aranoa, Best Actor for Javier Bardem, Best Original Score (Zeltia Montes) and Best Editing (Vanessa L. Marimbert). It had previously received a record-setting 20 nominations.
The ceremony saw Bardem continue his streak at the awards, collecting his sixth Goya in total, while filmmaker Aranoa is now up to seven across his career.
The Good Boss stars Bardem as a factory owner who deviously schemes his way to solving all of the problems within his business and his personal life, including his infidelities. It was produced by companies including The MediaPro Studio and MK2 Films. Cohen Media Group will handle the U.S. release.
Deadline sat down with Bardem and Aranoa at last year...
The film also nabbed Best Director and Best Screenplay for Aranoa, Best Actor for Javier Bardem, Best Original Score (Zeltia Montes) and Best Editing (Vanessa L. Marimbert). It had previously received a record-setting 20 nominations.
The ceremony saw Bardem continue his streak at the awards, collecting his sixth Goya in total, while filmmaker Aranoa is now up to seven across his career.
The Good Boss stars Bardem as a factory owner who deviously schemes his way to solving all of the problems within his business and his personal life, including his infidelities. It was produced by companies including The MediaPro Studio and MK2 Films. Cohen Media Group will handle the U.S. release.
Deadline sat down with Bardem and Aranoa at last year...
- 2/13/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ went home empty-handed.
The Good Boss, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem, scored big at the 36th edition of the Goyas, the Spanish Academy Awards held on Saturday in Valencia. With a record 20 nominations, it won six wards including best film, best director and screenplay for León de Aranoa and best actor for Javier Bardem.
Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, nominated for eight awards, left empty handed.
Produced by The Mediapro Studio and Reposado PC, The Good Boss premiered in competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival and went on to...
The Good Boss, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem, scored big at the 36th edition of the Goyas, the Spanish Academy Awards held on Saturday in Valencia. With a record 20 nominations, it won six wards including best film, best director and screenplay for León de Aranoa and best actor for Javier Bardem.
Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, nominated for eight awards, left empty handed.
Produced by The Mediapro Studio and Reposado PC, The Good Boss premiered in competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival and went on to...
- 2/13/2022
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
Shortlisted for the Academy Awards in the international feature film category, Fernando León de Aranoa’s “The Good Boss” capped a record 20 Spanish Academy Goya nominations by scoring best picture and actor for Javier Bardem at Saturday’s Goya prize ceremony.
The prizes marked both Leon and Bardem’s seventh Goya wins. Produced by El Reposado and The Mediapro Studio, and a workplace dramedy skewering the abuse of power practised by a seemingly benign factory owner, “The Good Boss” also won best director and original screenplay for León, as well as best score and editing.
Blanca Portillo beat out “Parallel Mothers’” Oscar-nominated Penélope Cruz, thanks to Portillo’s powerful performance as Maixabel Lasa, the real life widow of former Basque Country governor Juan Mari Jauregui who agreed in 2011 to meet one of his Eta killers. Her forgiveness, and Portillo’s portrait, has touched a large nerve in Spain.
One highlight...
The prizes marked both Leon and Bardem’s seventh Goya wins. Produced by El Reposado and The Mediapro Studio, and a workplace dramedy skewering the abuse of power practised by a seemingly benign factory owner, “The Good Boss” also won best director and original screenplay for León, as well as best score and editing.
Blanca Portillo beat out “Parallel Mothers’” Oscar-nominated Penélope Cruz, thanks to Portillo’s powerful performance as Maixabel Lasa, the real life widow of former Basque Country governor Juan Mari Jauregui who agreed in 2011 to meet one of his Eta killers. Her forgiveness, and Portillo’s portrait, has touched a large nerve in Spain.
One highlight...
- 2/13/2022
- by John Hopewell and Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
‘The Good Boss’ leads Icíar Bollaín’s ‘Maixabel’ and Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’.
The Good Boss, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem, led the Goya nominations from the Spanish Film Academy with 20 nods, an all-time record.
The satire, also Spain’s entry for the Oscars, is ahead of Icíar Bollaín’s Maixabel and Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, on 14 and eight nominations respectively.
The Good Boss is the fifth highest-grossing film in Spain this year with €2.6m. Written and directed by León de Aranoa, it follows the petty boss of an industrial scales factory, played...
The Good Boss, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem, led the Goya nominations from the Spanish Film Academy with 20 nods, an all-time record.
The satire, also Spain’s entry for the Oscars, is ahead of Icíar Bollaín’s Maixabel and Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, on 14 and eight nominations respectively.
The Good Boss is the fifth highest-grossing film in Spain this year with €2.6m. Written and directed by León de Aranoa, it follows the petty boss of an industrial scales factory, played...
- 11/29/2021
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
Claimed by both Iraq and Kurdistan, the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq was the site of an Isil massacre of the Yazidi people in 2014 that lead to a devastating situation which human rights organizations call genocide. The town gives its name to the latest film from Spanish director Anna M. Bofarull who also wrote the narrative feature.
Bofarull co-produced with Spain’s KaBoGa and U.S. company Genius at Large. Barcelona-based Filmax took international rights earlier this year, and is releasing the film in Spain. The film follows several real life stories and takes us inside the conflict from these women’s experience of rape, sexual slavery and abuse.
The film was shot partly in northern Iraq. Top-liners include Nora Navas, Halima Ilter and Eman Eido, a Yazidi woman who was held hostage by Isis for several years. Variety spoke with Anna Bofarull about the film.
Eman Eido is...
Bofarull co-produced with Spain’s KaBoGa and U.S. company Genius at Large. Barcelona-based Filmax took international rights earlier this year, and is releasing the film in Spain. The film follows several real life stories and takes us inside the conflict from these women’s experience of rape, sexual slavery and abuse.
The film was shot partly in northern Iraq. Top-liners include Nora Navas, Halima Ilter and Eman Eido, a Yazidi woman who was held hostage by Isis for several years. Variety spoke with Anna Bofarull about the film.
Eman Eido is...
- 10/20/2021
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
Admittedly, when it becomes clear Libertad is about an upper-middle class family holidaying on the Costa Brava, rather than the titular Colombian girl working in their summer home, I feared it would be a bourgeois fantasy about servants’ hearts of gold. Thankfully it isn’t. A study of two teens’ fleeting friendship during one summer on the Spanish coast, Libertad is much more interesting – and self-aware – than that.
Spanish filmmaker Clara Roquet focuses mostly on the trials and tribulations of Nora (Maria Morera), a wealthy teen whose mum Teresa (Nora Navas) drags her on another endless summer trip to all the usual haunts. Nora is told to avoid the town, avoid going out at night, avoid Libertad (Nicolle García), the elusive daughter of housekeeper Rosana (Carol Hurtado). All Nora can do is stare at Manuel (Carlos Alcaide), the handsome first mate who works on the family boat.
That all changes...
Spanish filmmaker Clara Roquet focuses mostly on the trials and tribulations of Nora (Maria Morera), a wealthy teen whose mum Teresa (Nora Navas) drags her on another endless summer trip to all the usual haunts. Nora is told to avoid the town, avoid going out at night, avoid Libertad (Nicolle García), the elusive daughter of housekeeper Rosana (Carol Hurtado). All Nora can do is stare at Manuel (Carlos Alcaide), the handsome first mate who works on the family boat.
That all changes...
- 7/9/2021
- by Adam Solomons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Spolight on the new projects from Rai Com, Latido, TrustNordisk and more.
Italy
Comedians, the new film by Gabriele Salvatores, headlines Rai Com’s market slate. The completed film is based on the play of the same name by Trevor Griffiths and is produced by Indiana with Rai Cinema. It features a cast of aspiring comedians preparing for their big night.
Intramovies is kickstarting sales on the Dutch drama Love In A Bottle, produced by Levitate Film and directed by Paula van der Oest, whose credits include Zus & Zo. It is a lockdown love story that unfolds over FaceTime. The...
Italy
Comedians, the new film by Gabriele Salvatores, headlines Rai Com’s market slate. The completed film is based on the play of the same name by Trevor Griffiths and is produced by Indiana with Rai Cinema. It features a cast of aspiring comedians preparing for their big night.
Intramovies is kickstarting sales on the Dutch drama Love In A Bottle, produced by Levitate Film and directed by Paula van der Oest, whose credits include Zus & Zo. It is a lockdown love story that unfolds over FaceTime. The...
- 6/18/2021
- by Gabriele Niola¬Elisabet Cabeza¬Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The film is based on real-life stories of women living under Isis.
Spanish sales, distribution and production company Filmax has picked up international rights to the completed drama Sinjar, based on real-life stories about the Islamic State and its horrific consequences, focusing on the lives of three women. Filmax will also distribute the title in Spain.
Sinjar is the third feature from writer-director Anna M. Bofarull, who is also co-producing with Spain’s KaBoGa and US outfit Genius at Large. Filmax will market premiere the finished film during the Cannes Pre-Screenings week, and also has a promo for buyers.
The...
Spanish sales, distribution and production company Filmax has picked up international rights to the completed drama Sinjar, based on real-life stories about the Islamic State and its horrific consequences, focusing on the lives of three women. Filmax will also distribute the title in Spain.
Sinjar is the third feature from writer-director Anna M. Bofarull, who is also co-producing with Spain’s KaBoGa and US outfit Genius at Large. Filmax will market premiere the finished film during the Cannes Pre-Screenings week, and also has a promo for buyers.
The...
- 6/17/2021
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
Libertad
Another title we thought would appear in 2020 was the debut of screenwriter Clara Roquet, who co-wrote Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000km (2014), Jaime Rosales’ Petra (a Cannes 2018 in Directors’ Fortnight selection) and upcoming films such as Antonio Méndez Esparza’s horror flick Que nadie duerma and Mounia Akl’s debut Costa Brava Lebanon. The highest ranked directorial debut on our list, Roquet’s film stars Nora Navas, Vicky Pena, Nicolle Garcia, Maria Rodriguez Soto and David Selvas. Libertad, was produced by Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Stefan Schmitz and Maria Zamora through Barcelona’s Lastor Media, Madrid’s Avalon and Snowglobe. The film (which landed a prize at the San Sebastian’s 7th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum) is lensed by Gris Jordana.…...
Another title we thought would appear in 2020 was the debut of screenwriter Clara Roquet, who co-wrote Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000km (2014), Jaime Rosales’ Petra (a Cannes 2018 in Directors’ Fortnight selection) and upcoming films such as Antonio Méndez Esparza’s horror flick Que nadie duerma and Mounia Akl’s debut Costa Brava Lebanon. The highest ranked directorial debut on our list, Roquet’s film stars Nora Navas, Vicky Pena, Nicolle Garcia, Maria Rodriguez Soto and David Selvas. Libertad, was produced by Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Stefan Schmitz and Maria Zamora through Barcelona’s Lastor Media, Madrid’s Avalon and Snowglobe. The film (which landed a prize at the San Sebastian’s 7th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum) is lensed by Gris Jordana.…...
- 1/3/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Spanish company also boards sales on The Barcelona Vampiress.
After a buyer’s-only market screening premiere at the Efm, Barcelona-based company Filmax has already closed several sales on the thriller Cross The Line, including France (Wild Bunch), Cis (Russian Report), Taiwan (Cai Chang) and Former Yugoslavia (Dexin).
The film is a Filmax production directed by David Victori (The Pact) and starring Mario Casas, one of Spain’s top stars, playing an all-round good guy who buys a round-the world-ticket to start a new chapter in his life after his father’s death and ends up in a hellish journey.
After a buyer’s-only market screening premiere at the Efm, Barcelona-based company Filmax has already closed several sales on the thriller Cross The Line, including France (Wild Bunch), Cis (Russian Report), Taiwan (Cai Chang) and Former Yugoslavia (Dexin).
The film is a Filmax production directed by David Victori (The Pact) and starring Mario Casas, one of Spain’s top stars, playing an all-round good guy who buys a round-the world-ticket to start a new chapter in his life after his father’s death and ends up in a hellish journey.
- 2/24/2020
- by 1101324¦Elisabet Cabeza¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The actress stars in the feature-length fiction debut by Lluís Danés, which recently wrapped shooting: the gothic thriller is based on real-life events that took place in Barcelona in the early 1900s. Not only is Nora Navas the deputy vice-president of the Spanish Film Academy, but her face is also gracing the screens – those of the movie theatres and those in our homes, mainly thanks to Netflix – of virtually the whole world, as she plays the personal assistant of the crisis-riddled filmmaker played by Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar’s most recent hit, Pain & Glory, which is in the running for two Oscars (the ceremony for which will take place this coming Sunday 9 February in Los Angeles). But a short time ago, the Catalan actress was engrossed in another, completely different, drama: the period film La vampira de Barcelona (lit. “The Vampire of Barcelona”), the first fiction...
Libertad
Screenwriter Clara Roquet, who co-wrote Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000km (2014) and Jaime Rosales’ Petra (notably premiered in Cannes 2018 in Directors’ Fortnight) makes her directorial debut with Libertad, produced by Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Stefan Schmitz and Maria Zamora through Barcelona’s Lastor Media, Madrid’s Avalon and Snowglobe. Roquet’s title stars Nora Navas, Vicky Pena, Nicolle Garcia, Maria Rodriguez Soto and David Selvas. The film (which landed a prize at the San Sebastian’s 7th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum) is lensed by Gris Jordana. Roquet’s Libertad is the highest-ranking directorial debut on our list.
Gist: Roquet’s debut is described as “a story of feminine friendship and loss of innocence” when a young girl is forced to come of age thanks to her relationship with the family maid’s wild teen daughter.…...
Screenwriter Clara Roquet, who co-wrote Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000km (2014) and Jaime Rosales’ Petra (notably premiered in Cannes 2018 in Directors’ Fortnight) makes her directorial debut with Libertad, produced by Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Stefan Schmitz and Maria Zamora through Barcelona’s Lastor Media, Madrid’s Avalon and Snowglobe. Roquet’s title stars Nora Navas, Vicky Pena, Nicolle Garcia, Maria Rodriguez Soto and David Selvas. The film (which landed a prize at the San Sebastian’s 7th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum) is lensed by Gris Jordana. Roquet’s Libertad is the highest-ranking directorial debut on our list.
Gist: Roquet’s debut is described as “a story of feminine friendship and loss of innocence” when a young girl is forced to come of age thanks to her relationship with the family maid’s wild teen daughter.…...
- 1/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
During a year in which the world finds itself increasingly in the throes of totalitarianism and corruption, when institutions, traditions and good old common sense seems to be crumbling before our very eyes, when the world itself appears to be catching fire, a spirit of thanksgiving may be one that is hard to come by. But there are reasons to give thanks even in light of those realities, ones even directly to those realities, and I encourage you to seek out those reasons, be as grateful as is warranted, and find ways to express that gratitude. In other words, don’t let the bastards get you down.
In the world of the movies, there was the usual degree of lousy movies, some franchise-related, of course, but some that were pretty shitty of their own accord. And at the same time, there were lots of reasons to justify gratitude. Here are...
In the world of the movies, there was the usual degree of lousy movies, some franchise-related, of course, but some that were pretty shitty of their own accord. And at the same time, there were lots of reasons to justify gratitude. Here are...
- 11/25/2019
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Libertad
A burgeoning screenwriter on such films as 10,000 Km (2014) and Jaime Rosales’ excellent Petra (2018), Clara Roquet workshopped this project at the 2019 January Screenwriters Lab. Filming took place this summer in Barcelona with players Nora Navas, Maria Rodríguez Soto and Vicky Peña onboard. Set on Catalonia’s gorgeous Costa Brava, the feature turns on the Vidal family which is spending a summer with their Alzheimer-affected grandmother Ángela. Overprotected and shy, 14 year-old Nora goes through a difficult time after her parents’ separation, but what looked like another tedious, sad summer for Nora, turns into a dangerous coming of age experience with the arrival of Libertad, the wild 15-year daughter of Ángela’s Colombian caretaker.…...
A burgeoning screenwriter on such films as 10,000 Km (2014) and Jaime Rosales’ excellent Petra (2018), Clara Roquet workshopped this project at the 2019 January Screenwriters Lab. Filming took place this summer in Barcelona with players Nora Navas, Maria Rodríguez Soto and Vicky Peña onboard. Set on Catalonia’s gorgeous Costa Brava, the feature turns on the Vidal family which is spending a summer with their Alzheimer-affected grandmother Ángela. Overprotected and shy, 14 year-old Nora goes through a difficult time after her parents’ separation, but what looked like another tedious, sad summer for Nora, turns into a dangerous coming of age experience with the arrival of Libertad, the wild 15-year daughter of Ángela’s Colombian caretaker.…...
- 11/13/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Center: Antonio Banderas as Salvador
© El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Making a film about a movie maker is a tricky thing but thankfully, Pedro Almodovar gets it right in the Spanish-language drama Pain And Glory. Get it wrong and you have a self-absorbed mess right but get it right and you have something luminous like 8 1/2. In Pain And Glory, an aging Spanish film director, with a long, storied career, reflects on his past life, particularly a childhood in poverty, as he copes with the pain and physical ailments that keep him from continuing to do what he loves – make movies.
The Oscar-winning Spanish director/writer/producer Pedro Almodovar has had his own storied career, with films ranging across genres with dramas like Oscar winner All About My Mother, thrillers like The Skin I Live In, and comedies like his breakout Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown.
© El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Making a film about a movie maker is a tricky thing but thankfully, Pedro Almodovar gets it right in the Spanish-language drama Pain And Glory. Get it wrong and you have a self-absorbed mess right but get it right and you have something luminous like 8 1/2. In Pain And Glory, an aging Spanish film director, with a long, storied career, reflects on his past life, particularly a childhood in poverty, as he copes with the pain and physical ailments that keep him from continuing to do what he loves – make movies.
The Oscar-winning Spanish director/writer/producer Pedro Almodovar has had his own storied career, with films ranging across genres with dramas like Oscar winner All About My Mother, thrillers like The Skin I Live In, and comedies like his breakout Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown.
- 10/25/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Throughout his career, filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has explored a number of ideas over and over again. His cinematic obsession has defined him, arguably fueling what makes him one of the greats. This week, the legend not only reunites his his longtime male muse Antonio Banderas, but turns his lens on himself in a way with Pain and Glory, the closest thing to an autobiography you’re likely to see from the man. While not at the pinnacle of his filmic output, this is still very fine work, with a tremendous lead performance at its core. In some ways, it’s the film he’s been building up towards making for years. The movie is a drama, one that takes a number of cues from the filmmaker’s life. Here, we follow Salvador Mallo (Banderas), a film director in failing health, as he thinks back on a number of encounters/moments from his past.
- 10/3/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Pain And Glory (Dolor y Gloria) Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Pedro Almodóvar Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, César Vicente, Asier Flores, Penélope Cruz, Cecilia Roth, Susi Sánchez, Raúl Arévalo, Pedro Casablanc, Julián López, Rosalía […]
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- 9/29/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
San Sebastian — On Monday afternoon, leading figures from the Chinese and Spanish industries gathered to discuss future plans, sitting for a panel called “China/Spain: The Belt and Road Initiatives: The New Era for Co-Production.”
Moderated by producer Ying Liu, the panel brought together executives Marta Ezpeleta (The Mediapro Studio), Lu Wei (Beijing East Purple Cloud Film Company) and Mercedes Gamero (Atresmedia Cine), producers Miao Xiaotian (former director of the China Film Co-production Commission) and Joan Antoni Gonzalez Serret (founder of the Catalan Film Institute), actress Nora Navas (“Pain and Glory”), director Sonthar Gyal (“Lhamo and Skalbe”), and the Icaa’s Jaime Alejandre, who handles international relations and partnerships for Spain’s publicly funded film agency.
The panelists began by reflecting on the recent Middle Kingdom success of Oriol Paulo’s thriller “Mirage,” a Spanish production that earned more than $16 million at the Chinese box when it opened earlier this year.
Moderated by producer Ying Liu, the panel brought together executives Marta Ezpeleta (The Mediapro Studio), Lu Wei (Beijing East Purple Cloud Film Company) and Mercedes Gamero (Atresmedia Cine), producers Miao Xiaotian (former director of the China Film Co-production Commission) and Joan Antoni Gonzalez Serret (founder of the Catalan Film Institute), actress Nora Navas (“Pain and Glory”), director Sonthar Gyal (“Lhamo and Skalbe”), and the Icaa’s Jaime Alejandre, who handles international relations and partnerships for Spain’s publicly funded film agency.
The panelists began by reflecting on the recent Middle Kingdom success of Oriol Paulo’s thriller “Mirage,” a Spanish production that earned more than $16 million at the Chinese box when it opened earlier this year.
- 9/23/2019
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Pedro Almodóvar ventures inward for Pain and Glory, a diversely palleted observation of an ailing filmmaker’s self-reflections. Sprinkled with a mane of salt and pepper hair, Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas in a Best Actor-winning role out of Cannes) hasn’t worked for a long time. A growing list of physical defects and mental illnesses hasn’t made the art undesirable in his eyes, just unobtainable by his standards. When asked early on what he does when he’s in between creative periods, he solemnly replies: “live, I guess.”
But what we quickly learn is that his method of “living” doesn’t entail a whole lot. Quasi-meditating, quasi-sulking in his painting-drenched apartment, Salvador moves through his days incredibly slowly. Part of that reason may be his age; a back surgery has left the man half-crippled with a raw, bulging scar along the vertebrae. But another may be the relentless dread he holds of the future.
But what we quickly learn is that his method of “living” doesn’t entail a whole lot. Quasi-meditating, quasi-sulking in his painting-drenched apartment, Salvador moves through his days incredibly slowly. Part of that reason may be his age; a back surgery has left the man half-crippled with a raw, bulging scar along the vertebrae. But another may be the relentless dread he holds of the future.
- 9/7/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Pathe UK has launched a new trailer for acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar’s brilliant ‘Pain and Glory’ starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.
Related: Premiere Interviews: Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz on Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory
The film talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.
Alongside Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz appear Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano. The film is written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, with an original score composed by Alberto Iglesias (Volver, The Skin I Live In, Julieta).
Also in trailers – A haunted house attraction takes a turn for the sinister in trailer for ‘Haunt’
The film will be...
Related: Premiere Interviews: Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz on Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory
The film talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.
Alongside Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz appear Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano. The film is written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, with an original score composed by Alberto Iglesias (Volver, The Skin I Live In, Julieta).
Also in trailers – A haunted house attraction takes a turn for the sinister in trailer for ‘Haunt’
The film will be...
- 8/9/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The holy trinity of modern Spanish filmmaking came to the capital this evening as Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz joined director Pedro Almodóvar for the UK premiere of Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria).
The film talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.
Appearing longside Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano. The film was written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, with an original score composed by Alberto Iglesias.
The cast and director came to the capital today for the UK premiere of the film and Alastair Hall and Scott Davis were on the red carpet and conducted these interviews.
The film talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.
Appearing longside Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano. The film was written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, with an original score composed by Alberto Iglesias.
The cast and director came to the capital today for the UK premiere of the film and Alastair Hall and Scott Davis were on the red carpet and conducted these interviews.
- 8/9/2019
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Everything here is strange." Sony Classics has released one more official Us trailer for Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, titled Pain & Glory, or also Dolor y gloria originally in Spanish. This initially premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, where it won Best Actor. Antonio Banderas stars as Salvador Mallo, a Spanish filmmaker, in what is essentially an autobiographical film about Pedro Almodóvar and his experiences throughout life. This has multiple storylines at different times in his life, including his first love, and reconnecting with an old actor later in life. Almodóvar's "Pain & Glory talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one's own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador [Mallo] finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation." Also starring Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Asier Etxeandia, Cecilia Roth,...
- 8/8/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Pathe UK has launched a new trailer for acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Pain and Glory’ starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.
The film talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.
Alongside Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz appear Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano. The film is written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, with an original score composed by Alberto Iglesias (Volver, The Skin I Live In, Julieta).
Also in trailers – Maxine Peake stars in atmospheric new trailer for ‘Gwen’
The film will be released on 23 August 2019 in cinemas across the UK following its premiere as the opening film of Film4’s Summer Screen at Somerset House on 8 August.
The film talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.
Alongside Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz appear Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano. The film is written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, with an original score composed by Alberto Iglesias (Volver, The Skin I Live In, Julieta).
Also in trailers – Maxine Peake stars in atmospheric new trailer for ‘Gwen’
The film will be released on 23 August 2019 in cinemas across the UK following its premiere as the opening film of Film4’s Summer Screen at Somerset House on 8 August.
- 6/20/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In today’s film news roundup, Sony Pictures Classics announces the release date for “Pain & Glory” and Jonathan Levine enters a first-look deal with Lionsgate.
Release Date
Sony Pictures Classics announced it will release Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film “Pain & Glory” in the U.S. on Oct. 4, 2019. The feature will also be screened at the Cannes International Film Festival and was released in Spain on March 22.
Antonio Banderas stars in the feature as Salvador Mallo, a film director in physical decline attempting to recover and recount his past. Penelope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Raúl Arévalo, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano round out the cast of the Spanish drama, written and directed by Almodóvar.
Deals
Lionsgate has inked a first-look deal with filmmaker Jonathan Levine ahead of the release of his comedy “Long Shot” starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron on May 3. His new production company, Megamix, will...
Release Date
Sony Pictures Classics announced it will release Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film “Pain & Glory” in the U.S. on Oct. 4, 2019. The feature will also be screened at the Cannes International Film Festival and was released in Spain on March 22.
Antonio Banderas stars in the feature as Salvador Mallo, a film director in physical decline attempting to recover and recount his past. Penelope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Raúl Arévalo, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano round out the cast of the Spanish drama, written and directed by Almodóvar.
Deals
Lionsgate has inked a first-look deal with filmmaker Jonathan Levine ahead of the release of his comedy “Long Shot” starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron on May 3. His new production company, Megamix, will...
- 5/1/2019
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Just in time for awards season, Sony Pictures Classics has set October 4 as the release date for Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar’s newest film, Pain & Glory. Sony International opened the film in Spain March 22 and it makes its big debut in competition at Cannes. The film reunites Almodovar with Antonio Banderas, his collaborator on films including the actor’s breakout, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down and Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Raúl Arévalo, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, and Penélope Cruz are all involved.
The film tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered. First loves, second loves, his mother, mortality, an actor with whom the director worked, the sixties, the eighties, the present and the emptiness, the immeasurable emptiness at the impossibility of continuing to film.
The film tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered. First loves, second loves, his mother, mortality, an actor with whom the director worked, the sixties, the eighties, the present and the emptiness, the immeasurable emptiness at the impossibility of continuing to film.
- 5/1/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Releasing International distributed film in Spain in March.
Sony Pictures Classics will release Pedro Almodóvar’s Cannes Competition selection Pain & Glory in the Us on October 4.
Pain & Glory tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in physical decline. Some of the experiences are in the flesh, others remembered: first loves, second loves, his mother, an actor, the 60s, the 80s, the present, and bleak thoughts on the future.
Antonio Banderas stars alongside Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Raúl Arévalo, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, and Penélope Cruz.
Agustín Almodóvar produced the film through the Almodóvars’ El Deseo,...
Sony Pictures Classics will release Pedro Almodóvar’s Cannes Competition selection Pain & Glory in the Us on October 4.
Pain & Glory tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in physical decline. Some of the experiences are in the flesh, others remembered: first loves, second loves, his mother, an actor, the 60s, the 80s, the present, and bleak thoughts on the future.
Antonio Banderas stars alongside Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Raúl Arévalo, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, and Penélope Cruz.
Agustín Almodóvar produced the film through the Almodóvars’ El Deseo,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In a break from his Spanish distributor of past years, Warner Bros., Pedro Almodovar has opted to release his latest film “Pain & Glory” in Spain via Sony Pictures Releasing International on March 22, 2019.
“We are delighted and excited that we are releasing “Pain & Glory” in Spain with a whole new team: Sony Pictures in Spain,” said his producing partner and brother Agustin Almodovar of El Deseo.
“After more than 25 years working together in the U.S. under Sony Pictures Classics, both Pedro and myself consider Sony as part of our family; this decision reinforces the bonds we have been developing with Sony for a long time and this can’t be better news for all of us,” he added.
“Pedro Almodóvar is one of the seminal filmmakers of all time,” said Laine Kline, head of Sony Pictures International Productions. “We couldn’t be more delighted that we are releasing his latest work in Spain.
“We are delighted and excited that we are releasing “Pain & Glory” in Spain with a whole new team: Sony Pictures in Spain,” said his producing partner and brother Agustin Almodovar of El Deseo.
“After more than 25 years working together in the U.S. under Sony Pictures Classics, both Pedro and myself consider Sony as part of our family; this decision reinforces the bonds we have been developing with Sony for a long time and this can’t be better news for all of us,” he added.
“Pedro Almodóvar is one of the seminal filmmakers of all time,” said Laine Kline, head of Sony Pictures International Productions. “We couldn’t be more delighted that we are releasing his latest work in Spain.
- 12/12/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Title: El Ciudadano Ilustre (The Distinguished Citizen) Director: Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn Starring: Oscar Martínez, Dady Brieva, Andrea Frigerio, Nora Navas, Manuel Vicente, Belén Chavanne, Gustavo Garzón, Julián Larquier, Emma Rivera. In recent years Argentinian cinema has proved to have a sophisticated take on dark comedies. ‘Relatos Salvajes’ (Wild Tales) was an anthology of cathartic politically incorrect stories. Now, is the turn of director duo Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn. The directors expose various contemporary debates through the gallows humour of ‘El Ciudadano Ilustre’ (The Distinguished Citizen). Daniel Mantovani is an Argentine writer who has lived in Europe for almost forty years, and is worldwide renowned for having been [ Read More ]
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- 9/4/2016
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Miami — Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf at the Door topped the Miami Film Fest at the awards night ceremony held Saturday at the Olympia Theater, in the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. The Brazilian film, a dark thriller that premiered in Toronto last year, was the big winner of the fest’s Knight Competition, with Grand Jury prizes for Best Film and Best Director for Coimbra. The film is being distributed by Paul Hudson's Outsider Pictures, which is aiming for a July release date in the U.S. Spanish actress Nora Navas picked the Grand Jury Best Performance for her work
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- 3/16/2014
- by Agustin Mango
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Wolf At The Door, licensed internationally by Mundial, has taken the Knight Grand Jury Prize at the 31st Miami International Film Festival (16).
In the documentary competition there was a tie for the Knight Grand Jury Prize between Finding Vivian Maier and The Overnighters.
Fading Gigolo and The Mountain prevailed in the Lexus Audience Awards for feature narrative and dovumentary.
“We are humbled by the community’s overwhelming response to this year’s film festival,” said Mdc president Dr Eduardo J. Padrón. “It serves to strengthen the college’s commitment to providing quality cultural arts programming for all to enjoy.”
“We hoped that this year’s Festival would provide memories to treasure and it has absolutely delivered,” said Miff executive director Jaie Laplante. “From the magic of Hollywood glamor on opening night to the many superb films and engaging filmmakers that we enjoyed in the nine days that followed, Miff 2014 has inspired and enraptured.”
The festival...
In the documentary competition there was a tie for the Knight Grand Jury Prize between Finding Vivian Maier and The Overnighters.
Fading Gigolo and The Mountain prevailed in the Lexus Audience Awards for feature narrative and dovumentary.
“We are humbled by the community’s overwhelming response to this year’s film festival,” said Mdc president Dr Eduardo J. Padrón. “It serves to strengthen the college’s commitment to providing quality cultural arts programming for all to enjoy.”
“We hoped that this year’s Festival would provide memories to treasure and it has absolutely delivered,” said Miff executive director Jaie Laplante. “From the magic of Hollywood glamor on opening night to the many superb films and engaging filmmakers that we enjoyed in the nine days that followed, Miff 2014 has inspired and enraptured.”
The festival...
- 3/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Well, I said in my review that the high-tension Brazilian kidnap thriller "A Wolf at the Door" was highly impressive stuff, and it seems the jury at the Miami Film Festival agreed. Not only did Fernando Coimbras' debut feature take the top prize at last night's festival awards ceremony, beating nine other films in the Knight Competition for Spanish and Latin American narrative cinema, but Coimbras was further rewarded with the Best Director award. That the jury -- led by Spanish producer Enrique Lopez Lavigne, whose credits include "The Impossible" -- chose to doubly honor Coimbras in this fashion marks a serious show of faith in a filmmaker whose snappy arthouse-genre chops have serious crossover potential. ("A Wolf at the Door" also won the Latin Horizons section last year at the San Sebastian fest, where it premiered; Brazil has a formidable candidate for Oscar submission here.) It's not as if...
- 3/16/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Filmax, the company that brought us the (Rec) series is now making anew Spanish horror movie with creepy kids entitled Childish Games aka Dictation and Dictado. The film is set to be released in theaters in Spain on March 9, 2012 and will premiere at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival in February. In the film the young girls knows everything about even your darkest secrets you have never told anyone. Let's face it little kids in horror movies are creepy, maybe it's their perceived innocence that provide the dark and evil undertones in their characters. Childish Games is written and directed by Antonio Chavarrías and stars Bárbara Lennie, Juan Diego Botto and Nora Navas.
- 12/27/2011
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
The Spanish film festival Recent Spanish Cinema kicks off its series of outstanding Spanish films at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles this week on October 13. The 2011 film series opens with the premiere of the official Spanish Entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards 2012, Black Bread (Pa Negre) directed by Agustí Villaronga and starring Nora Navas and Francesc Colomer.
The Recent Spanish Cinema series is sponsored by the Spanish Institute for Film and Audiovisual Arts (Icaa) a part of the Ministry of Culture, together with the American Cinematheque and Egeda (Audio-visual Producers Rights Management Association). The 17th edition of the series will run from October 13 16, 2011. Actors Nora Navas and Alvaro Cervantes and director Achero Mañas will be in attendance as honorees.
This year’s selection of recent Spanish cinema highlights everything from the most exuberant genre pieces to dramas notable for their restrained subtlety. Selections
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The Recent Spanish Cinema series is sponsored by the Spanish Institute for Film and Audiovisual Arts (Icaa) a part of the Ministry of Culture, together with the American Cinematheque and Egeda (Audio-visual Producers Rights Management Association). The 17th edition of the series will run from October 13 16, 2011. Actors Nora Navas and Alvaro Cervantes and director Achero Mañas will be in attendance as honorees.
This year’s selection of recent Spanish cinema highlights everything from the most exuberant genre pieces to dramas notable for their restrained subtlety. Selections
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- 10/10/2011
- CineMovie
“Black Bread” starts of with a scene of such stunning violence—without giving too much away, it involves a sledgehammer and a horse, among a slew of other very nasty things—that it casts a shadow over the rest of the movie. Set in post-Spanish Civil War Catalonia, the film creates an atmosphere where the potential for death and hostility to erupt exists around every corner, in every situation. From the outset you learn that no place is safe; not the family hearth, government offices, and certainly not the multitude of caves, woods, and fields where the 11-year-old Andreu (Francesc Colomer) grows up. Andreu witnesses the final moments of his best friend, and the dying child gurgles the name Pitorliua, the name of a ghost said to haunt their village. His father, Farriol (Roger Casamajor), is accused of the murder, and must go into hiding. Since the boy’s mother,...
- 6/1/2011
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
Sunday February 13th was quite the awards jam. Nicole Kidman was jamming to Katy Perry at the Grammys, Helena Bonham Carter was being crowned at BAFTA, and Javier Bardem was in Madrid winning The Goya to add to his huge statue haul.
Does Penélope Cruz know where his lips have been? He loves to kiss his trophies.
Javiin 2011 with his Goya; Javi in 2008 with his Oscar
'Oh to be a slab of stone / gold plating!' shriek millions of fans in unison.
Javier has won plentiful awards over the years for his in arguable screen presence and acting gift: one Oscar, one BAFTA, one Golden Globe, one Spirit Award, one "actor" from SAG, one Nbr, two Volpi cups from Venice, two European Film Awards, two Gothams, two ADIRCAEs (no, I don't know what that is either) and numerous critics prizes. But it's at the Goyas, the Spanish Oscars, where he reigns supreme.
Does Penélope Cruz know where his lips have been? He loves to kiss his trophies.
Javiin 2011 with his Goya; Javi in 2008 with his Oscar
'Oh to be a slab of stone / gold plating!' shriek millions of fans in unison.
Javier has won plentiful awards over the years for his in arguable screen presence and acting gift: one Oscar, one BAFTA, one Golden Globe, one Spirit Award, one "actor" from SAG, one Nbr, two Volpi cups from Venice, two European Film Awards, two Gothams, two ADIRCAEs (no, I don't know what that is either) and numerous critics prizes. But it's at the Goyas, the Spanish Oscars, where he reigns supreme.
- 2/15/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Francesc Colomer in Agustí Villaronga's Black Bread Álex de la Iglesia Speech: Goyas 2011 Whereas Álex de la Iglesia's A Sad Trumpet Ballad won only two — Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup and Hair — of its fifteen Goya 2011 nominations, Agustí Villaronga's Pa negre / Black Bread won nine of its fourteen nods, among them Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (also Villaronga), and Best Actress (Nora Navas). Based on a novel by Emili Teixidor, the Catalan-spoken family drama is set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. Most Promising Actor Francesc Colomer plays an 11-year-old whose family life has been deeply scarred by the war. Black Bread also earned Laia Marull the Best Supporting Actress Goya. Javier Bardem picked up his fifth Goya — fourth in the Best Actor category — this time for his Oscar-nominated performance as a dying con man in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful. [...]...
- 2/14/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Black Bread, Buitful, and the other winners of the 2011 Goya Awards (Premios Goyas) have been announced. The 25th Annual Goya Awards “known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain’s main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards.” The full listing of the 2011 Goya Awards (Premios Goyas) winners is below.
Film
Pa negre (Black Bread)
Director
Agustí Villaronga, Pa negre (Black Bread)
New Director
David Pinillos, Bon Apetit
Production Supervision
Cristina Zumárraga, También la lluvia (Even the Rain)
Photography
Antonio Riestra, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Original Screenplay
Chris Sparling, Buried
Adapted Screenplay
Agustí Villaronga, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Art Direction
Ana Alvargonzález, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Leading Actress
Nora Navas, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Leading Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Supporting Actress
Laia Marull, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Supporting Actor
Karra Elejalde, También la lluvia (Even the Rain)
New Actress
Marina Comas,...
Film
Pa negre (Black Bread)
Director
Agustí Villaronga, Pa negre (Black Bread)
New Director
David Pinillos, Bon Apetit
Production Supervision
Cristina Zumárraga, También la lluvia (Even the Rain)
Photography
Antonio Riestra, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Original Screenplay
Chris Sparling, Buried
Adapted Screenplay
Agustí Villaronga, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Art Direction
Ana Alvargonzález, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Leading Actress
Nora Navas, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Leading Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Supporting Actress
Laia Marull, Pa negre (Black Bread)
Supporting Actor
Karra Elejalde, También la lluvia (Even the Rain)
New Actress
Marina Comas,...
- 2/14/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Alex de la Iglesia's A Sad Trumpet Ballad Best Film Balada triste de trompeta / A Sad Trumpet Ballad Buried * Pan negro / Black Bread También la lluvia / Even the Rain Best Spanish-Language Foreign Film Contracorriente / Undertow (Peru) El hombre de al lado (Argentina) El infierno (México) * La vida de los peces (Chile) Best European Film * The King's Speech (UK) The Ghost Writer (France) The White Ribbon (Germany) A Prophet (France) Best Director Alex de la Iglesia for A Sad Trumpet Ballad Rodrigo Cortés for Buried * Agustí Villaronga for Black Bread Iciar Bollaín for Even the Rain Best Actress Elena Anaya for Room in Rome Emma Suárez for La mosquitera Belén Rueda for Los ojos de Julia / Julia's Eyes * Nora Navas for Black Bread Best Actor Antonio de la Torre for A Sad Trumpet Ballad * Javier Bardem for Biutiful Ryan Reynolds for Buried [...]...
- 2/13/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
2010 was the weakest year at the Spanish box office in a decade – proof that the films with the most box office potential fell flat. Actually, very few have performed decently. Ironically the biggest flops and the most coldly received by critics films are the ones top lining the nominations for this year's Spanish Academy Awards, the Goyas. Alex de la Iglesia's “Balada Triste de Trompeta” gathered 15 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Antonio De La Torre), Best Supporting Actress (Terele Pávez) and Best Newcomer Actress (Carolina Bang). “Pan Nere” follows with 14 nominations, the surprise hit by Agustí Villaronga will compete for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Sergi López), Best Actress (Nora Navas), Best Newcomer Actor (Francesc Colomer) and Best Supporting Actress (Laia Marull). Following Agustí Villaronga's film we find “También la Lluvia” by Icíar Bollaín with 13 nominations fighting for Best Film,...
- 1/18/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Jose here. The nominations for the 25th Annual Goya Awards have been announced and leading the pack is none other than The Last Circus, Alex De La Iglesia's killer clown allegory which not only earned him a Best Director award at last year's Venice Film Festival but also picked up some of the worst reviews of any movie in any festival during 2010.
Best Film
Buried (yes, the Ryan Reynolds coffin thriller)
Even The Rain (Spain's Oscar Submission) The Last Circus Pa Negre
The bad reviews didn't seem to deter the Spanish Film Academy which showered the film with nods (a whopping 15! More than any other movie this year) including Breakthrough Actress for the appropriately named Carolin Bang and of course Best Picture and Best Director. Interestingly enough, de la Iglesia is also the Academy's president. But before we scream nepotism we have to take into consideration that Spain makes...
Best Film
Buried (yes, the Ryan Reynolds coffin thriller)
Even The Rain (Spain's Oscar Submission) The Last Circus Pa Negre
The bad reviews didn't seem to deter the Spanish Film Academy which showered the film with nods (a whopping 15! More than any other movie this year) including Breakthrough Actress for the appropriately named Carolin Bang and of course Best Picture and Best Director. Interestingly enough, de la Iglesia is also the Academy's president. But before we scream nepotism we have to take into consideration that Spain makes...
- 1/12/2011
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
Best Actor winner Connor McCarron (top); Best Actress winner Nora Navas (bottom) Peter Mullan's Neds Wins Top Prize at San Sebastian Film Festival Special Mention to “A JAMA” by Daoud Aoulad-syad (Morocco-France) For the complexity achieved by a simple story. Jury Prize For Best Screenplay to Bent Hamer for “Home For Christmas“ (Norway-Sweden-Germany) Jury Prize For Best Cinematography to Jimmy Gimferrer for “Aita” (Spain) Silver Shell For Best Actor to Connor McCarron for “Neds” (UK-France-Italy) Silver Shell For Best Actress to Nora Navas for “Pa Negre” (Spain) Silver Shell For Best Director to Raoul Ruiz for “MISTÉRIOS De Lisboa” (Spain) Special Jury Prize to “Elisa K” by Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena (Spain) For the way it portrays the violence to which innocent people are exposed to in everyday life. Golden Shell For Best Film to “Neds” by Peter Mullan (UK-France-Italy) Jury: * Mr. Goran Paskaljevic (Serbia) (President) * Ms. Jo Allen...
- 9/29/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Peter Mullan triumphed this past Saturday at the 58th edition of the San Sebastian Int. Film Festival when his third film, Neds won the Golden Shell for Best Picture. “Neds” is the story of John McGill, who is just about to start high school, where he fully expects to continue his so-far glittering academic career. But there are dark clouds on the horizon. His friendship with middle-class Julian shines a light on the abusive and dysfunctional status of his home life, where his father is a drunk, violent and ineffective, his mother is troubled and repressed and his elder brother is always in trouble with the law. At school, there are a pair of good teachers, but most are uninterested and unhelpful in the face of the brutal and territorial gang culture which has spread from local housing estates to the schoolyard. The film, a social commentary on education and violence in 70´s Glasgow,...
- 9/27/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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