La manzana de oro (lit. 'The golden apple') is a 2022 Spanish-Portuguese comedy film directed by Jaime Chávarri from a screenplay by José Ángel Esteban and Chávarri based on the novel Ávidas pretensiones by Fernando Aramburu. Its cast is led by Adrián Lastra, Marta Nieto, and Sergi López.
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| Directed by | Jaime Chávarri |
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| Based on | Ávidas pretensiones by Fernando Aramburu |
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| Cinematography | Kiko de la Rica |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
| Music by | Rui Massena |
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| Distributed by | A Contracorriente Films |
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| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe plot is set against the backdrop the 'Golden Apple' literary prize, with a heterogeneous group of poets vying for the prize attending to a manor house in northwestern Iberia. Sex, crushes and hidden secrets coming to light unfold among the attendees.[1][2]
Cast
edit- Adrián Lastra as Eugenio Alpuente[3]
- Marta Nieto as La Nívea[3]
- Sergi López as Juanjo Changa[3]
- Roberto Enríquez as Mateo[1]
- Vicky Peña as Manolita[1]
- Ginés García Millán as Carlos Luis[1]
- Paca Gabaldón as Amelia[1]
- Joaquín Climent as Carmelo[1]
- Elena Seijo as Sagrario[1]
- Carla Campra as Vanessa[1]
- Isabel Garrido as Susana[1]
- Loreto Fajardo as Conchita[1]
- Álvaro Subiés as Dámaso[1]
- Pilar Bautista as Poetisa[1]
- Rodrigo Soares as Gonçalito[1]
- Celso Bugallo[1]
- Kenia Mestre[4]
- Abelo Valis[1]
- Mela Casal[5]
Production
editAn adaptation of Fernando Aramburu's novel Ávidas pretensiones,[6] the screenplay was penned by José Ángel Esteban and Jaime Chávarri.[7] The film is a Lapiruletaylamanzana AIE, La Piruleta Films and Boavista Filmes production,[8] and it had the participation of RTVE and backing from Deputación de Ourense.[9] It was shot in the pazo of Bentraces and other locations of the province of Ourense.[10]
Release
editThe film was selected for the main competition of the 67th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci).[11] However, the film was announced as part of the slate of 27th Ourense International Film Festival (OUFF). Upon this reveal, the film was thus removed from the Seminci slate as it was against the festival regulations preventing the screenings of films with a previous public screening in Spanish territory.[12] La manzana de oro was thus presented in the OUFF closing gala on 30 September 2022,[13] whereas Vasil took its place in the Seminci official selection.[14]
Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[9] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 1 September 2023.
Reception
editToni Vall of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming the film —"a beautiful and poetic nonsense"—to be "mind-boggling, incomprehensible, absurd, no just simply old-fashioned but outdated to the seventieth power".[15]
Javier Ocaña of El País wrote that the film "starts off poorly and struggles to find its tone", considering it not to be found precisely among Chávarri's good films.[16]
Carmen Puyó of Heraldo de Aragón rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, assessing that it "does not quite work".[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (30 August 2023). "Los estrenos del 1 de septiembre. 'La manzana de oro' La pasión de los poetas". Aisge.
- ^ a b Puyó, Carmen (1 September 2023). "'La manzana de oro': Chávarri y los poetas de Aramburu". Heraldo de Aragón.
- ^ a b c Doallo, María (1 October 2022). "Ser actor es conseguir que la gente se crea lo increíble". La Voz de Galicia.
- ^ "Jaime Chávarri will compete for the Golden Spike with "La Manzana de Oro", his first feature-length film in 17 years". seminci.com. 20 September 2022.
- ^ Doallo, María (1 September 2023). "La nueva película de Jaime Chávarri, rodada íntegramente en Ourense, llega a las salas". La Voz de Galicia.
- ^ de la Fuente, Anna Marie (17 May 2022). "Jaime Chavarri's 'La Manzana de Oro' Swooped On by FilmSharks, RTVE (Exclusive)". Variety.
- ^ Blanes, Pepa (29 August 2023). "Jaime Chávarri: "Yo no soy un revolucionario, soy un burgués inquieto"". Cadena SER.
- ^ "La manzana de oro". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ a b "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'La manzana de oro', una comedia de Chávarri basada en la novela de Aramburu". rtve.es. 8 August 2023.
- ^ González, Amelia (12 September 2022). "La película "La manzana de Oro", rodada en Ourense, optará a la Espiga de Oro de la Seminci". Cadena COPE.
- ^ "La película «La manzana de oro», que se rodó en Ourense, competirá por la espiga de oro en la Seminci". La Voz de Galicia. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "El festival SEMINCI retira "La manzana de oro" por haber sido estrenada en Ourense". La Región. 30 September 2022.
- ^ Conde, Sergio (30 September 2022). "Una despedida "de oro" para el OUFF en Ourense". La Región.
- ^ "'Vasil', ópera prima de Avelina Prat, sustituye a 'La manzana de Oro', de Chávarri, en la Sección Oficial de la Seminci". ABC. 3 October 2022.
- ^ Vall, Toni (28 August 2023). "'La manzana de oro': un bello y poético despropósito". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Ocaña, Javier (1 September 2023). "La manzana de oro': retrato burlesco del patetismo, los egos y las envidias en los círculos poéticos". El País.