Jump to content

Wednesdays Don't Exist

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wednesdays Don't Exist
SpanishLos miércoles no existen
Directed byPeris Romano
Written byPeris Romano
Produced by
  • José Frade
  • Constantino Frade
Starring
CinematographyJon D. Domínguez
Edited byRaúl de Torres
Music by
  • Esther Rodríguez
  • Alberto Matesanz
Production
companies
  • José Frade PC
  • Garra Producciones
Distributed byeOne Films Spain
Release date
  • 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Venezuela
LanguageSpanish

Wednesdays Don't Exist (Spanish: Los miércoles no existen)[1] is a 2015 Spanish-Venezuelan romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Peris Romano which stars Eduardo Noriega, Inma Cuesta, Gorka Otxoa, Alexandra Jiménez, Andrea Duro, and William Miller alongside María León.

Plot

[edit]

Set in Madrid from 2010 to 2014, the plot follows the romantic tribulations and pursuits of a group of thirty-somethings.[2][3][4]

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

Originally conceived as a film screenplay, the script first took instead the form of a stage play after it did not find a producer.[3] Upon the play's success, the script became a feature film, featuring returning actors William Miller and Gorka Otxoa.[6] The film is a Spanish-Venezuelan co-production by José Frade PC and Garra Producciones,[7] and it had the participation of TVE and Movistar+.[8] It was shot in Madrid in late 2014.[3]

Release

[edit]

Distributed by eOne Films Spain,[8] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 October 2015.

Reception

[edit]

Javier Ocaña of El País assessed that Romano's "elegant mise-en-scène" and his proven ability to compose sentimental dilemmas "full of humor", lead the film to a "general sympathy", unevenness of the situations notwithstanding.[4]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated Wednesdays Don't Exist—"a film about relations following the likes of Closer, In the City and The Other Side of the Bed"—3 out of 5 stars, pointing out that it is not a comedy even if the trailer pretends to convince viewers otherwise.[9]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Mira, Alberto (2020). Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema (2nd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 303.
  2. ^ "'Lo de Évole' recupera su rutina con Sandro Rosell, y Ana Pastor entrevista a la vicepresidenta Teresa Ribera". vertele!. 3 May 2020 – via eldiario.es.
  3. ^ a b c Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (13 October 2015). "Los estrenos del 16 de octubre. 'Los miércoles no existen'. El deseo y el amor". Aisge.
  4. ^ a b Ocaña, Javier (16 October 2015). "La música del (des)amor". El País.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "¿Los miércoles existen?". El Mundo. 6 October 2015.
  6. ^ "'Los miércoles no existen': del teatro a la pantalla". Fotogramas. 13 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Los miércoles no existen" (PDF). Academia (210). Madrid: Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 63. December 2004. ISSN 2174-0097.
  8. ^ a b "'Los miércoles no existen' con Eduardo Noriega e Inma Cuesta". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 14 July 2015.
  9. ^ Bermejo, Andrea G. (16 October 2015). "Los miércoles no existen". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.