Pedro Almodóvar, Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Los Javis stands at the forefront of a great moment of Spanish cinema in the international panorama with a presence in official Cannes section your new movies, Love Christmas, El ser querido y She was black. They will meditate on the Ashgar Farhadi High School principals you graduate with Parallel historyLászló Nemes (Moulin) or Andrei Zvyagintsev (Minotaur).
It is the first time that three Spanish films will fight for it Palm de Oro certainly the most important in the world of cinematography. The new hit of our cinematography, which was recorded as the Golden Bear of the Berlinale in recent years Alcarràsde Carla Simonor the Jurado Prize he won on La Croisette Oliver Lax with An orphan last year.
Still resisting the Palme d’Or, Almodóvar finished seventh at Cannes Amarga Navidad. Although the film was released in Spain (March 20), festival rules allow the presence of films that have only been released in the domestic market in the official section.
Amarga Navidad is a masterpiece of autofiction in which the director was disappointed by my advice and could have created a diptych with Pain and glory (2019). The protagonist is also the former director of Almodóvar’s own, now interpreted Leonardo Sbarraglia (followed by Antonio Banderas). Raúl Durán, also known as a filmmaker with very different opinions, intends to revive the story of his own cult director (Bárbara Lennie).
Various fears arise along the way: they repeat themselves, they fall into complacency, they become a bit obsessed with filmography at a price that is… Director Manchego finds a point of calm sadness in a metafictional film that explores struggle, guilt and artistic creation.
An adventure game that boasts an unforgettable and unexpected final plot. “A film that grows and grows during and after viewing,” says critic Carlos Reviriego in El Cultural.
Rodrigo Sorogoyen returned to the festival to present Like Beast in 2022 at the premiere in Cannes, in the official section but out of competition, where the film was received with enthusiasm. Now do it with your hope El ser queridowhere he first collaborated with Javier Bardem.
The actor plays an acclaimed film director in the film, which will hit theaters on August 28. It’s a film at the end of its hija, an actress with no success, years of separation and a difficult past that no one ever wanted to talk about. Sorogoyen came to write the guide Isabel Penaregular collaborator and Victoria Luengo also appears in the department in the film.
With this film, which aims to be an emotional thriller in which the dynamics of power, masculinity and structural violence are filtered into both domestic and institutional violence, Sorogoyen aims to cement his name as one of the biggest propositions in the international panorama of cinema. Tras arrasar en los Goya con Like a beasthe is among the great authors of our cinematography.
finally Los Javisthe creative duo responded Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvoresponsible for television production as Paquita Salas y The Messiah (a series that had a great impact both in the festival market and in its country), linked to La Croisette with La bola negra, also co-produced by El Dese, Almodóvar’s producer.
Origin She was black It is in the surreal work of Federico García Lorca and in the theatrical phenomenon of Fr Alberto Conejero The Dark Stone tells the story of the intertwined lives of three men in three distinct periods, united by sexuality and desire, pain and grief. In the department, they are standing Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos Gonzálezan international star from Como Glenn Close and two actresses associated with the maestro: Lola Dueñasin which you were The Messiahand also a myth Penelope Cruz.
Sensibly combining elements of drama, satire and musical, Los Javis fills the stage with pop iconography, millimeter choreography and a deeply empathetic gaze for the outsiders who appear in the cinema.
Historically, the name “Spanish Army” has had a constant but notable presence in Cannes with moments of great visibility. – from Buñuel to Saura, from Erica to Almodóvar – and long periods when Spanish films are linked with subtitles in the official section.
Palm de Oro Viridianthe repeated presence of Carlos Saura in the 1970s or the departure of Pedro Almodóvar from the finale of the 1990s cemented a tradition that has expanded in recent decades with the arrival of new voices such as Albert Serra (this new film was not linked to time), Oliver Lax or Carla Simon.
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