Like every Friday, we review the main billboard newswhere on this occasion we find one of the great proposals of Spanish cinema this year. We are talking about Framethe film based on true events which was among the three candidates to represent the country at the next Oscars 2025. Finally, the one chosen was Second prizebut whatever the choice of academics, the film directed by Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño is one of the main candidates for the Goya Awards. Above all, given the interpretation of a Edward Fernández which points to his fourth interpretative “big head”. These are the most notable firsts that They are available today:
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‘Frame’
Frame This is the main request from the public who came to enjoy the last promotional evening of the film festival. Its directors are no strangers to national cinema, since both Arregi and Garaño are at the origin of great recent works of Spanish audiovisual production, such as Loreak, Handia either The infinite trench. On this occasion, they undertake a true story that has been presented in the past Venice Film Festivalreceiving excellent reviews after its screening.
History is the portrait of Enric Marco BatlleSpanish trade unionist who became general secretary of the CNT (National Confederation of Labor) and President of the Mauthausen Association from Spain. Enric gave numerous lectures about his experience in the Nazi extermination camps. Some time later it was discovered that there was falsified his biographical data appearing as a survivor of the Flossenburg concentration camp.
“Dawn in Samaná”
Of course, Frame It is not the only Spanish premiere that is preparing the poster. Adapt the work of Jordi GalceranRafa Cortes has created a comedy with actors that we are not very used to seeing in these records, like Luis Tosar and Luis Zahera.
Two couples of friends celebrate their 20th anniversary of twinning in the idyllic location of Samaná. There they meet up and party until they start revealing the secrets of your past. An anecdote which begins with the innocent confession of one of them, explaining that initially when they met, the romantic intentions of the group were different.
“Harold and the Magic Pencil”
Version of the famous children’s book created by Crokett JohnsonZachary Levy and Zooey Deschanel star in this story full of creativity and love for the visual arts. Harold, the protagonist, can make anything he draws.your magic notebook. But when you step outside the pages of the book, you will quickly realize that the power of imagination in the wrong hands can be very dangerous for the real world.
‘Anathema’
Jimina Sabadú directs this horror thriller produced by Pokeepsie Filmes, the production company of Alex de la Iglesia. Featuring by Leonor WatlingAnathema tells the story of a young nun tasked with visiting the catacombs of one of the oldest churches in Madrid. With the help of a young priest, a novice and an exorcist, the protagonist will descend into the basements of the city confronting one’s own past, in a completely supernatural setting.
“The Knox Method”
John Knox is a hitman who is diagnosed with advanced dementia. He then decides to spend his last days trying to redeem himself by helping his adult son from whom he has been separated for a long time. But soon John finds himself in a race against the authorities and against your own mindwhich deteriorates rapidly. Directed and starring Michael Keaton, the film stars Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden and James Marsden in the cast.
“Summer in December”
Summer in December completes the series of Spanish premieres presented this weekend Frame. Carolina África (Almost 40 years old), writes and directs this family comedy, surrounding herself with leading performers like Carmen Machi, Barbara Lennie and Victoria Luengo. The plot focuses on Teresa’s house, a maternal home where the three girls come together in a family reunion that also includes a nonagenarian mother-in-law suffering from senile dementia. The different personalities of these sisters will be the trigger for most conflicts in which the characters will have to face their own frustrations.
