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La manzana de oro

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La manzana de oro
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJaime Chávarri
Screenplay by
  • José Ángel Esteban
  • Jaime Chávarri
Based onÁvidas pretensiones
by Fernando Aramburu
Produced by
  • Mario Real
  • Pia Christian Burnell
Starring
CinematographyKiko de la Rica
Edited byTeresa Font
Music byRui Massena
Production
companies
  • Lapiruletaylamanzana AIE
  • La Piruleta Films
  • Boavista Filmes
Distributed byA Contracorriente Films
Release dates
  • 30 September 2022 (2022-09-30) (OUFF)
  • 1 September 2023 (2023-09-01) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Portugal
LanguageSpanish

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.

Plot

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The 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

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Production

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An 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 [es].[9] It was shot in the pazo of Bentraces and other locations of the province of Ourense.[10]

Release

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The 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 [es] (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

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Toni 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Puyó, Carmen (1 September 2023). "'La manzana de oro': Chávarri y los poetas de Aramburu". Heraldo de Aragón.
  3. ^ a b c Doallo, María (1 October 2022). "Ser actor es conseguir que la gente se crea lo increíble". La Voz de Galicia.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Doallo, María (1 September 2023). "La nueva película de Jaime Chávarri, rodada íntegramente en Ourense, llega a las salas". La Voz de Galicia.
  6. ^ de la Fuente, Anna Marie (17 May 2022). "Jaime Chavarri's 'La Manzana de Oro' Swooped On by FilmSharks, RTVE (Exclusive)". Variety.
  7. ^ Blanes, Pepa (29 August 2023). "Jaime Chávarri: "Yo no soy un revolucionario, soy un burgués inquieto"". Cadena SER.
  8. ^ "La manzana de oro". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "El festival SEMINCI retira "La manzana de oro" por haber sido estrenada en Ourense". La Región. 30 September 2022.
  13. ^ Conde, Sergio (30 September 2022). "Una despedida "de oro" para el OUFF en Ourense". La Región.
  14. ^ "'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.
  15. ^ Vall, Toni (28 August 2023). "'La manzana de oro': un bello y poético despropósito". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  16. ^ Ocaña, Javier (1 September 2023). "La manzana de oro': retrato burlesco del patetismo, los egos y las envidias en los círculos poéticos". El País.