Lonely afternoons, the documentary on bullfighting by Albert Serra centered on the Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Reywon the Golden Shell for best film at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival on Saturday. The jury recognized “the artistic power it gives to the spectator to judge”as well as “the power of art to generate movement” and that it is a work that allows “a reflection on the limits of artistic creation, fear, brutality, tradition and masculinity”. Thus, the San Sebastian prize promotes bullfighting: Albert Serra wins with the art of Andrés Roca Rey with a film, which depicts the rutina of the Peruvian bullfighter a day of bullfighting: from the moment he puts on the luminous suit until he takes it off, after having toured with it for three years.
When awarding the prize, Serra thanked the bullfighter and his crew for allowing them to get closer to his intimacy: “Thanks to them, the film exists and has this authentic side that we do not find in other films,” declared the director upon receiving the prize, which he claimed “Slightly daring auteur cinema” For “Dare to get to the bottom of any problem”.
He jury chaired by director Jaoine Camborda awarded his PSpecial award to the entire cast of The last showgirlhe Film by Gia Coppola with Pamela Anderson alongside Jaime Lee Curtisabout a Las Vegas dancer who finds herself out of work at age 50 after the show she worked for ends.
THE Silver shell because the best direction was tied for the Spanish Pedro Martín-Calero for him horror movie The tears and the Portuguese Laura Carreira for While fallinga first feature film produced by Ken Loach which depicts the precariousness and alienation that many young workers suffer today. While falling was a critics’ favorite with The sparksby Pilar Palomero, who ultimately won the Silver Shell for Best Leading Role for Patricia López Arnaiz, who embodies the emotional journey of accompanying a loved one in their final hours.
The best supporting actor was the Frenchman Pierre Lottin for When autumn blows by François Ozon, who also won the award for best screenplay, a family thriller about two retirees who reclaim their wrinkles. The official section honors were rounded out by the Best Photography prize awarded to Songri Piao for Bound to Heavena romantic drama from China’s Xin Huo that addresses issues such as gender-based violence and the challenges of terminal illness.
In Horizontes Latinos, dedicated to Latin American cinema, the winner was The Jockeya story with surrealist overtones about the search for identity and artistic freedom. And Paco Plaza won in the Culinary Zinema section with his documentary on Andoni Luis Aduriz’s Mugaritz restaurant. Additionally, musician Antón Álvarez, known as C. Tangana, was awarded for his debut as a filmmaker, receiving a special mention in the New Directors section for documentary The flamenco guitar of Yerai Cortés.
