Holy Mother (film)

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Holy Mother
Film poster
SpanishLa abadesa
Directed byAntonio Chavarrías
Screenplay byAntonio Chavarrías
Produced by
  • Antonio Chavarrías
  • José María Morales
  • Miguel Morales
  • Mónica Lozano
  • Hubert Toint
Starring
CinematographyJulián Elizalde
Edited byClara Martínez Malagelada
Music byIvan Georgiev
Production
companies
  • Oberon Media
  • Wanda Visión
  • Icono 2020 AIE
  • Saga Film
Distributed byWanda Visión
Release dates
  • 7 March 2024 (2024-03-07) (Málaga)
  • 22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Belgium
LanguageSpanish

Holy Mother[1] or The Abbess[2] (Spanish: La abadesa) is a 2024 Spanish-Belgian historical drama film written and directed by Antonio Chavarrías inspired by the life of Emma of Barcelona [es] starring Daniela Brown as the title character alongside Blanca Romero and Carlos Cuevas.

Plot[edit]

In the 9th century, 17-year-old Emma is tasked with leading an abbey and Christianizing and repopulating borderland territories upon the death of her father.[2][3]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film is an Oberon Media (Mónica Lozano and Antonio Chavarrías), Wanda Visión (Miguel Morales and José María Morales), and Icono 2020 AIE production in co-production with Belgium's Saga Film (Hubert Toint [fr]), with the participation of RTVE, TV3 and Aragón TV.[5][6] Shooting locations included Loarre and La Seu Vella.[7]

Release[edit]

The film made it to the main competition of the 27th Málaga Film Festival,[8] with a debut date set for 7 March 2024.[9] Distributed by Wanda Visión, it was released theatrically in Spain on 22 March 2024.[10]

Reception[edit]

Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the "austere" film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out the "the beautiful simplicity chosen for the mise-en-scène" as the best thing about the film, while negatively citing the sometimes excessively long-winded writing.[11]

Javier Ocaña [es] of El País deemed the film, "overlong and without sufficient plot and emotional handholds", to be "a product that is hardly reprehensible, but which is unlikely to find its audience".[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ McLennan, Callum; Meza, Ed (6 March 2024). "Power, Religion and the Place of Women Dominate Antonio Chavarrías' High-Profile Malaga Competition Contender 'Holy Mother'". Variety.
  2. ^ a b "The Abbess [La Abadesa]". Spanish Kaleidoscope. Ministerio de Cultura. Gobierno de España. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ "» Cultura RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'La abadesa', la religiosa que se enfrentó a las estructuras de poder del siglo IX". rtve.es. 14 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "La abadesa". Wanda Visión. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. ^ García Macías, Isabel (15 February 2023). "Antonio Chavarrías ultima el rodaje de 'La abadesa' en el castillo de Loarre". Heraldo de Aragón.
  6. ^ Sánchez-Sequera, Marco (15 February 2023). "Comienza el rodaje de 'La abadesa', la nueva película de Antonio Chavarrías". Audiovisual451.
  7. ^ "'La abadesa', de Antonio Chavarrías participa en la sección oficial de largometrajes". CARTV. 16 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Festival de Málaga 2024: fechas, películas a concurso y homenajeados del cine español". Cinemanía. 14 February 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
  9. ^ "La abadesa". festival de Málaga. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  10. ^ García Macías, Isabel (15 February 2024). "La película 'La abadesa', rodada en el castillo de Loarre, llega a los cines el 22 de marzo". Heraldo de Aragón.
  11. ^ Pando, Juan (22 March 2024). "Crítica de 'La abadesa', austero viaje a lo más oscuro de la Edad Media". Fotogramas.
  12. ^ Ocaña, Javier (22 March 2024). "'La abadesa': o cómo unas monjas del siglo IX sirven como símbolos de la sororidad actual". El País.
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