FAVORITE Review of 'The girls', by Pilar Palomero
The 35th edition of the
Goya Awards
will take place on
March 6
.
It will be at the Soho CaixaBank Theater in Málaga, with Antonio Banderas and María Casado as directors and presenters.
Which film will triumph at the Goya Awards?
There is time to find out, but we review the
feature films that have the best chance
of succeeding that night.
THE GIRLS
After having won the Forqué Award for Best Film and the Golden Biznaga at the Malaga Festival,
Pilar Palomero's film starts as one of the great favorites
to win the Goya in the same category.
This drama is set in 1992, in a school of nuns.
There, a
group of 11-year-old girls discover the world
(or, in other words, enter adulthood) in their free time while receiving teachings anchored in the past by the religious.
A
shock that causes disappointments, surprises and adventures
in teenagers who, in most cases, feel disoriented.
'Sentimental', by Cesc Gay.
SENTIMENTAL
Cesc Gay repeats in this comedy with Javier Cámara, with whom he had already worked in
Ficción
,
A pistol in each hand
and
Truman
.
In
Sentimental
, Cámara joins Belén Cuesta, Alberto San Juan and Griselda Siciliani in a story that revolves around
two couples who live in the same building.
One of them (played by Cámara and the Argentine Siciliani) invites the other (Cuesta and San Juan) to her home to tell them with the greatest care in the world to
stop screaming every time they make love.
The matter, as you would expect in a dramatic comedy, gets out of hand and gives rise to some
poignant, funny and, in some moments, very hard dialogues
when they touch on the subject of heartbreak.
THE YEAR OF DISCOVERY
In 1992
, when everyone looked at our country and saw that it was capable of launching an Olympic Games in Barcelona and a Universal Exhibition in Seville, Spain was not going well.
Despite the official image, enthusiastic, optimistic and euphoric, there were people who suffered.
Luis López Carrasco directs, produces and writes
(together with Raúl Liarte) a
200-minute documentary in
which anonymous characters parade.
López Carrasco's camera remembers the incidents that turned
Cartagena into the epicenter of disenchantment over the closure of factories
.
Its good reception in numerous festivals (Rotterdam, Mar del Plata) place it directly as a favorite in the Best Documentary category.
'The year of discovery', by Luis López Carrasco.
Sorry stories
The
new comedy by Javier Fesser,
the director of
Champions
did not be released in theaters.
He did it on Amazon Prime Video.
On the streaming platform, the director of
El milagro de P. Tinto
,
Camino
y
La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón
has triumphed with
four stories in which black humor, surprising twists and a very cañí touch prevail.
The characters that appear (and are played by great secondary actors of Spanish movies and series) suffer greatly in 'regrettable stories' such as those of a fan of the photos who wants to go to the beach, a tribute that goes wrong, a hateful woman along with a friendly gardener and an unscrupulous businessman.
THE SUMMER WE LIVE
Blanca Suárez and Javier Rey
, two stars of current Spanish cinema and series, star in a romantic melodrama set in Jerez.
It is the 50s and, between wineries and vineyards, love arises between Lucía (Suárez) and Gonzalo (Rey).
Something that would not be an anecdote if it weren't for Lucía is about to marry Hernán (
Pablo Molinero
), who has commissioned his friend
Gonzalo to design and build a winery
to build his future empire.
A
great photograph, a successful reconstruction of the Jerez city
from the middle of the last century and the inclusion of another plot set in the present are the great successes of this production.
THE EUROPEANS
Sometimes a trip can change your life.
This is what happens in this feature film to the character played by
Raúl Arévalo
.
It is the
1950s and Spain did not enjoy the freedoms
that existed in the rest of Europe.
Hence, Miguel (Arévalo) and Antonio (
Juan Diego Botto
) live in Ibiza a very different summer than they would have in their Madrid, with love affairs, beaches and parties.
And a French girl named Odette (Stéphane Caillard).
Directed by Víctor García León
(Go away from me
), which adapts a novel written by Rafael Azcona
SNOW IN BENIDORM
At the end of 2020,
Isabel Coixet
premiered
Nieva in Benidorm
, a film in which the Catalan filmmaker describes the encounter between two lonely souls.
They are those of Peter Riordan (
Timothy Spall
) and Alex (
Sarita Choudhury
), a man and a woman of different origins, personalities and characters that coincide in the Alicante town, famous for its beaches, its skyscrapers and its hectic nightlife.
All this remains as a backdrop in a plot in which
an atypical love story
is
intertwined with a thriller full of mysterious characters
in which Carmen Machi, Pedro Casablanc and Ana Torrent take part as luxurious secondary characters.
'Nieva en Benidorm', by Isabel Coixet.
ADU
The protagonist of this
hard and emotional melodrama directed by Salvador Calvo
is Adú, he is a six-year-old boy who lives with his mother and sister in Cameroon.
One day, after
witnessing a robbery by illegal hunters
, Adú's life turns upside down and he
is forced to emigrate to Europe
.
In parallel, the story is told of a father and his daughter (Luis Tosar and Anna Castillo) who live together for a few weeks in different countries in Africa;
and another one, with Álvaro Cervantes as a young civil guard who works in Melilla.
THE INCONVENIENT
It is difficult to find a viewer or critic who does not praise the
work of Kiti Mánver in this dramatic comedy
.
Sara (Acosta) is a woman who decides, at 40, to buy a house.
What he did not count on in that purchase of an apartment in Seville is that, at the time of signing the contract, a clause would include that
its owner (Mánver) can live there until she dies
.
An emotional story that adapts a successful play about two women who share confidences, laugh, cry and discover that
life can give you second chances.
'Rosa's wedding', by Icíar Bollaín.
ROSA'S WEDDING
Candela Peña
, one of the
actresses that has had the most presence
last year in cinema (
Salir del closetro
,
Black Beach
and
Rosa's wedding
) and television (
Hierro
series
and its priceless appearances in
La Resistencia),
could take her fourth Goya with a comedy with touches of drama directed by Icíar Bollaín.
Her unique story reflects
Rosa's (Peña) determination to be free
and not adjust to what others think.
An adventure that will result in a different wedding.
To highlight the good role as secondary of
Nathalie Poza and Sergi López.
Patricia López Arnaiz in 'Ane'.
ANE
Patricia López Arnáiz
, an actress seen in films such as
While the War lasts
and
Legacy in the Bones
and series such as
The Other Look
and
The Plague
, caused a sensation with this drama
shot in Basque
at the San Sebastián Film Festival and with which the interpreter has just won the Forqué Award for Best Actress.
Her character here is that of Lide, a
mother who believes that her daughter has run away from home
because of her after a heated argument.
Although, after hours, this strong-willed woman who works on the high-speed train works discovers that she did not know her daughter, now a teenager, well.
For years, Lide has ignored that
Ane has hung out with activists and has a parallel life
that borders on illegality.
And all, in a scene as turbulent as Vitoria in 2009, with young proetarras starring in street riots.
Directed by David Pérez Sañudo from Bilbao.
AKELARRE
Girls awaiting trial for witchcraft.
Basque Country, 17th century.
These are the keys to a drama in which
Amaia Aberasturi and Àlex Brendemühl participate,
which stands out for its dark tone and dramatic intensity.
Directed by Pablo Agüero, who received
excellent reviews
for a film that could be seen at the San Sebastian Festival.
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