Love & Revolution
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| Spanish | Te estoy amando locamente |
| Directed by | Alejandro Marín |
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| Cinematography | Andreu Ortoll |
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| Distributed by | Filmax |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | €2.75 million[1] |
| Box office | €0.55 million[2] |
Love & Revolution (Spanish: Te estoy amando locamente, lit. 'I'm Loving You Madly')[3] is a 2023 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Marín (in his directorial debut feature) starring Ana Wagener and Omar Banana alongside Alba Flores.
Plot
[edit]Set in 1977 Seville, at a time homosexuality was a crime in Spain, against the backdrop of the struggle against the repressive Law on social dangerousness and rehabilitation, the plot follows Reme and her son Miguel (a wannabe singer and performer) who become acquainted with the budding Andalusian LGBTI movement.[4][5][6]
Cast
[edit]- Ana Wagener as Reme[4]
- Omar Banana as Miguel[4]
- Alba Flores as Lole[4]
- Jesús Carroza as padre Manolo[7]
- La Dani as Dani[4]
- Alex de la Croix as Mili[4]
- Carmen Orellana as Maca[7]
- Lola Buzón as Paquito[7]
- Manuel Morón as don Ignacio[7]
- Mari Paz Sayago[8]
- Pepa Gracia as Raquel[7]
Production
[edit]The plot is inspired by the genesis of the Movimiento Homosexual de Acción Revolucionaria ("Homosexual Movement for Revolutionary Action") led by trans activist Mar Cambrollé.[4] Love & Revolution had British social comedy films such as Billy Elliot (2000) and Pride (2014) as references.[9]
The film is an Escándalo Films, Escac Estudio, Zeta Cinema, Zeta Audiovisual, La Pepa Films and Te estoy amando AIE production. It was participated by RTVE, Movistar Plus+, Netflix, Canal Sur Radio y Televisión and Crea SGR. It also had backing and funding from ICAA, ICEC, ICO, Mogambo, and Triodos Bank.[10] Shooting locations included Barcelona and Seville.[11]
Rigoberta Bandini composed the song "Yo solo quiero amor" for the film score.[12]
Release
[edit]Distributed by Filmax,[6] the film was released theatrically on 6 July 2023 in 109 Spanish screens following a rather muted promotional campaign.[13] The film underperformed at the box office in the first two days, grossing €67,000.[14] After three weeks, it had grossed €274,415.[13]
Reception
[edit]Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 75 points ("good") highlighting the "luminous" character of the film, "featuring an encouraging message".[15]
Ricardo Rosado of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Banana's arrival to big screen as the best thing about the film.[16]
Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be the Spanish version of Pride, making the LGTBI collective's struggle visible.[17]
Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the "thrilling melodrama" to be an "inspirational film, very well produced and even better acted, in which there is hardly a blur", otherwise noting a potentially surprising feature of the film being the "total absence of sex".[18]
Top ten lists
[edit]The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2023:
- 6th — Mondosonoro (consensus)[19]
- 10th — El Español (Series & Más consensus)[20]
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2023 |
29th Forqué Awards | Cinema and Education in Values | Nominated | [21] | |
2024 |
11th Feroz Awards | Best Comedy Film | Nominated | [22] | |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Film | La Dani | Won | |||
| Best Original Soundtrack | Nico Casal | Nominated | |||
| Best Trailer | Mikel Garmilla | Nominated | |||
| 3rd Carmen Awards | Best Film | Nominated | [23][24] | ||
| Best New Director | Alejandro Marín | Won | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Alejandro Marín, Carmen Garrido | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Jesús Carroza | Won | |||
| Best New Actor | Omar Banana | Nominated | |||
| La Dani | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Actress | Álex de la Croix | Nominated | |||
| Carmen Orellana | Nominated | ||||
| Best Production Supervision | Carmen Garrido | Won | |||
| Best Sound | Antuán Mejías, Fonsi Gil | Nominated | |||
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Carmela Martín | Won | |||
| 16th Gaudí Awards | Best New Director | Alejandro Marín | Nominated | [25] | |
| Best New Performance | La Dani | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design | Isis Velasco | Nominated | |||
| 38th Goya Awards | Best New Actor | La Dani | Nominated | [26] | |
| Omar Banana | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Director | Alejandro Marín | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Alejandro Marín, Carmen Garrido | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Song | "Yo solo quiero amor" by Rigoberta Bandini | Won | |||
| 11th Platino Awards | Best Ibero-American Comedy Film | Nominated | [27] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Propuesta de resolución provisional de la Subdirección General de Fomento de la Industria Cinematográfica y Audiovisual, por la que se conceden, para el año 2021, ayudas generales para la producción de largometrajes sobre proyecto" (PDF) (in European Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Acumulado cine español 2023" (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Te estoy amando locamente". Spainted. New Spanish Films.2023. Summer/Fall (PDF). ICAA. p. 143. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sisí Sánchez, Alberto (6 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente' o cuando apelar a la memoria se demuestra luminoso, encantador y necesario". Vogue.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (21 October 2022). "Te estoy amando locamente: así se titula el debut de Alejandro Marín". Cineuropa.
- ^ a b "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Te estoy amando locamente', sobre el moviento LGTBI andaluz de 1977". rtve.es. 30 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (3 July 2023). "Los estrenos del 6 de julio. 'Te estoy amando locamente'. La lucha por el cambio". Aisge.
- ^ "El director de 'Maricón perdido' cuenta cómo nació el movimiento LGTBI andaluz en los 70 dentro de la Iglesia: tráiler de 'Te estoy amando locamente', su debut en el cine". Espinof. 31 May 2023.
- ^ Zurro, Javier (6 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente' reivindica a los pioneros activistas LGTBI para "no repetir errores del pasado"". eldiario.es.
- ^ "'Te estoy amando locamente', en cines el 7 de julio". Audiovisual451. 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Tráiler de 'Te estoy amando locamente': una madre en el movimiento LGTBI andaluz de los 70". Cineconñ. 31 May 2023.
- ^ ""Te estoy amando locamente", una película "necesaria" sobre el inicio del movimiento LGTBI". La Vanguardia. 22 June 2023.
- ^ a b García, Yago (27 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente', la película que resiste en taquilla pese a los ataques de la ultraderecha". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Ondarra, Marcos (14 July 2023). "La película LGTB de Alba Flores recauda solo 67.000 euros tras recibir un millón en ayudas". The Objective (in European Spanish). The Objective. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (6 July 2023). "Crítica de Te estoy amando locamente: orgullosos de la diversidad, pero conscientes de los retos pendientes". HobbyConsolas.
- ^ Rosado, Ricardo (6 July 2023). "Crítica de 'Te estoy amando locamente', Ana Wagener y Omar Banana en busca de la libertad LGTBI". Fotogramas.
- ^ Romero, Miguel Ángel (6 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente': la lucha del colectivo LGTBI andaluz en una emotiva versión patria de 'Pride'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Ocaña, Javier (7 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente': emocionante melodrama sobre los inicios del movimiento LGTBI en Andalucía". El País.
- ^ "Las mejores películas nacionales de 2023". Mondosonoro. 26 December 2023.
- ^ Prieto, Belén; Morillo, Valentina (24 December 2023). "Las 10 mejores películas españolas de 2023". Series & Más – via El Español.
- ^ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2023: '20.000 especies de abejas' y 'La Mesías' lideran la apertura de la temporada". Cinemanía. 17 December 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Álvarez Patilla, Diego (27 January 2024). "» Cultura Premios Feroz 2024: '20.000 especies de abejas', 'Robot Dreams' y 'La Mesías' dominan la lista de ganadores". rtve.es.
- ^ "Los Premios Carmen dan a conocer desde Huelva todos los nominados de su tercera edición". Huelva24. Grupo Vocento. 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Palmarés completo de la III edición de los Premios Carmen del Cine andaluz". Infobae. 4 February 2024.
- ^ Martín Amorós, Ismael (12 December 2023). ""Creatura" i "Saben aquell", màximes favorites als Premis Gaudí: totes les nominacions". 3/24 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2024 | Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la gran noche de 'La sociedad de la nieve'". Cinemanía. 11 February 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "'La sociedad de la nieve' lidera las nominaciones de los Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2024". Cinemanía. 14 March 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
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