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Las del 2018 (II)

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The Red Squirrel (La ardilla roja) (1993) Julio Medem

February 20th 2022

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Spanish actor/director Gustavo Salmeron’s epic loft in Madrid. You gotta see what he created to look like he’s living on a sound stage.

How amazing is this? It looks like a greenhouse. 

What amazing vision. And, as much as I’d love a pink Smeg fridge, I wouldn’t think of putting that particular color in this kitchen.

Movable stairs like you’d see on a film set.

The bath is upstairs. 

Next to the bathroom is a small sleeping nook. What a fantastic loft.

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TIFF, Day four. The day was a little different, with documentary subjects in front of the camera at the Gate Lounge at the Hotel Intercontinental Downtown, alongside directors and actors. From top to bottom: Jessie Buckley, actor; Saara Chaudry, actor; Mina Shum, director; Michael Pearce, director; Kholoud Al-Faqih, sharia court judge and subject of the film The Judge; Erika Cohn, director; Gustavo Salmeron, actor and director; Julita Salmeron and her family, the subject of the film Lots of Kids, A Monkey and a Castle.

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‘Lots Of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle’ (‘Muchos Hijos,un Mono y un Castillo’): Film Review

1:51 PM PST 1/15/2018 by Jonathan Holland Having picked up fest awards on both sides of the pond, Gustavo Salmeron’s documentary homage to his extraordinary mother is now making its mark on the Spanish box office. Some Spanish directors love their mothers. Pedro Almodovar used to include cameos for his, and more recently Paco de […]

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‘Lots Of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle’ (‘Muchos Hijos,un Mono y un Castillo’): Film Review

1:51 PM PST 1/15/2018 by Jonathan Holland Having picked up fest awards on both sides of the pond, Gustavo Salmeron’s documentary homage to his extraordinary mother is now making its mark on the Spanish box office. Some Spanish directors love their mothers. Pedro Almodovar used to include cameos for his, and more recently Paco de […]

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‘Lots Of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle’ (‘Muchos Hijos,un Mono y un Castillo’): Film Review

1:51 PM PST 1/15/2018 by Jonathan Holland Having picked up fest awards on both sides of the pond, Gustavo Salmeron’s documentary homage to his extraordinary mother is now making its mark on the Spanish box office. Some Spanish directors love their mothers. Pedro Almodovar used to include cameos for his, and more recently Paco de […]

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‘Lots Of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle’ (‘Muchos Hijos,un Mono y un Castillo’): Film Review

1:51 PM PST 1/15/2018 by Jonathan Holland Having picked up fest awards on both sides of the pond, Gustavo Salmeron’s documentary homage to his extraordinary mother is now making its mark on the Spanish box office. Some Spanish directors love their mothers. Pedro Almodovar used to include cameos for his, and more recently Paco de […]

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‘Lots Of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle’ (‘Muchos Hijos,un Mono y un Castillo’): Film Review

1:51 PM PST 1/15/2018 by Jonathan Holland Having picked up fest awards on both sides of the pond, Gustavo Salmeron’s documentary homage to his extraordinary mother is now making its mark on the Spanish box office. Some Spanish directors love their mothers. Pedro Almodovar used to include cameos for his, and more recently Paco de […]

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http://ift.tt/2rfmzYD Having picked up fest awards on both sides of the pond, ‘Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle,' Gustavo Salmeron’s documentary homage to his extraordinary mother, is now making its mark on the Spanish box office.

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Hoy, especial documentales. 

Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo (Gustavo Salmeron, 2017)

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Palm Springs Film Festival: Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' to Screen on Opening Night

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Palm Springs Film Festival: Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' to Screen on Opening Night

Steven Spielberg’s The Publish, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, will display screen Jan. four because the opening-night movie on the 29th Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition. Adam Rifkin’s The Final Film Star, starring Burt Reynolds because the growing old title star of the pic, will function the closing-night movie on Jan. 14.

The pageant, which is ready to run Jan. 2-15, will display screen 180 movies from 77 international locations. The occasion will embody all of the movies which can be on the present shortlist for the most effective foreign-language movie Oscar, a particular program of films from Argentina and particular shows of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, Fatih Akin’s Within the Fade, Mark Pellington’s Nostalgia and Maya Forbes’ The Polka King.

The whole lineup of movies follows.

PREMIERES

World premieres:

Past the Reverse Intercourse (U.S.) Administrators: Emily Abt, Bruce Hensel

Cowl Variations (U.S.) Director: Todd Berger, with Katie Cassidy, Drake Bell, Austin Swift, Jerry Trainor and Debby Ryan

Nostalgia (U.S.) Director: Mark Pellington, with John Hamm, Catherine Keener, Ellen Burstyn, Bruce Dern, Amber Tamblyn, Nick Offerman and Patton Oswalt

On Borrowed Time (United Arab Emirates) Director: Yasir Al Yasiri

North American premieres:

Past the Clouds (India) Director: Majid Majidi

Discovering Your Ft (U.Okay.) Director: Richard Loncraine

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Blissful Birthday (Greece/France/Cyprus/Germany) Director: Christos Georgiou

Holy Camp (Spain) Director: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

A Letter to the President (Afghanistan) Director: Roya Sadat

Love and Shukla (India) Director: Siddartha Jatla

Maze (Eire/U.Okay./Sweden/Germany) Director: Stephen Burke

Rey’s Training (Argentina/Spain) Director: Santiago Esteves

Silk Highway (Netherlands) Director: Mark de Cloe

Stealing Rodin (Chile/France) Director: Cristóbal Valenzuela Berríos

The Practice of Salt and Sugar (Mozambique/Brazil/Portugal) Director: Licínio Azevedo

U.S. premieres:

Attract (Canada) Administrators: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez, with Evan Rachel Wooden and Denis O’Hare

Angels Put on White (China/France) Director: Vivian Qu

Barefoot (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic/Denmark) Director: Jan Sverak

Instructions (Bulgaria/Germany/Macedonia) Director: Stephan Komandarev

Eye on Juliet (Canada/France/Morocco) Director: Kim Nguyen

The Future Forward (Argentina) Director: Constanza Novick

The Gospel In line with Andre (U.S.) Director: Kate Novack

Responsible Males (Colombia) Director: Ivan D. Gaona

The Home by the Sea (France) Director: Robert Guediguian

The Journey (Iraq/U.Okay./France/Qatar/Netherlands) Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji

Jupiter’s Moon (Hungary/Germany) Director: Kornel Mundruczo

Longing (Israel) Director: Savi Gabizon

Makala (France) Director: Emmanuel Gras

The Motive (Spain/Mexico) Director: Manuel Martin Cuenca

My Days of Mercy (U.S./U.Okay.) Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer

The Prime Minister (Belgium) Director: Erik Van Looy

The Royal Hibiscus Lodge (Nigeria) Director: Ishaya Bako

So Assist Me God (Belgium/France) Administrators: Jean Libon, Yves Hinant

The House Between (Australia/Italy) Director: Ruth Borgobello

Suleiman Mountain (Kyrgyzstan/Russia) Director: Elizaveta Stishova

The Summit (Argentina/Spain/France) Director Santiago Mitre

The Third Homicide (Japan) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Three Peaks (Germany/Italy) Director: Jan Zabeil

TALKING PICTURES

The Speaking Photos program consists of in-depth discussions with administrators and writers. The movies chosen for this yr’s program with company attending are:

BPM (Beats Per Minute) with director Robin Campillo Darkest Hour with actor Gary Oldman An Inconvenient Sequel: Fact to Energy with topic Al Gore and administrators Bonnie Cohen and John Shenk The Sq. with director Ruben Ostlund Stronger with actress Tatiana Maslany Thelma with director Joachim Trier Three Billboards Outdoors Ebbing, Missouri with actor Sam Rockwell

BOOKS TO SCREEN

Talks discussing the actual challenges of reworking the written phrase to the silver display screen embody:

Name Me by Your Identify, Company TBD The Catastrophe Artist with screenwriters Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter and creator Greg Sestero Final Flag Flying with creator Darryl Ponicsan The Misplaced Metropolis of Z with director/author James Grey

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Within the Fade with director Fatih Akin and actress Diane Kruger Nostalgia with director Mark Pellington and actor Jon Hamm Phantom Thread with director Paul Thomas Anderson The Polka King with director/co-writer Maya Forbes and actors Jack Black, Jenny Slate and Jacki Weaver

AWARDS BUZZ

The Awards Buzz part will display screen 45 of the 92 official submissions in the most effective foreign-language movie Oscar class.

A Letter to the President (Afghanistan) Director: Roya Sadat

Zama (Argentina) Director: Lucrecia Martel

Yeva (Armenia) Director: Anahid Abad

The House Between (Australia) Director: Ruth Borgobello

Blissful Finish (Austria) Director: Michael Haneke

Racer and the Jailbird (Belgium) Director: Michaël R. Roskam

Males Don’t Cry (Bosnia) Director: Alen Drljevic

First They Killed My Father (Cambodia) Director: Angelina Jolie

Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Canada) Director: François Girard

A Incredible Lady (Chile) Director: Sebastián Lelio

Responsible Males (Colombia) Director: Ivan D. Gaona

Ice Mom (Czech Republic) Director: Bohdan Slama

You Disappear (Denmark) Director: Peter Schonau Fog

Woodpeckers (Dominican Republic) Director: Jose Maria Cabral

Tom of Finland (Finland) Director: Dome Karukoski

BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France) Director: Robin Campillo

Within the Fade (Germany) Director: Fatih Akin

Amerika Sq. (Greece) Director: Yannis Sakaridis

On Physique and Soul (Hungary) Director: Ildikó Enyedi

Below the Tree (Iceland) Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson

Newton (India) Director: Amit V. Masurkar

Foxtrot (Israel) Director: Samuel Maoz

A Ciambra (Italy) Director: Jonas Carpignano

Her Love Boils Bathwater (Japan) Director: Ryota Nakano

The Insult (Lebanon) Director: Ziad Doueiri

Barrage (Luxembourg) Director: Laura Schroeder

Tempestad (Mexico) Director: Tatiana Huezo

The Practice of Salt and Sugar (Mozambique) Director: Licínio Azevedo

One Thousand Ropes (New Zealand) Director: Tusi Tamasese

Thelma (Norway) Director: Joachim Trier

Wajib (Palestine) Director: Annemarie Jacir

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori

Birdshot (Philippines) Director: Mikhail Pink

Spoor (Poland) Director: Agnieszka Holland

Loveless (Russia) Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Felicite (Senegal) Director: Alain Gomis

Pop Aye (Singapore) Director: Kirsten Tan

The Line (Slovak Republic) Director: Peter Bebjak

The Miner (Slovenia) Director: Hanna Slak

The Wound (South Africa) Director: John Trengove

A Taxi Driver (South Korea) Director: Jang Hoon

Summer season 1993 (Spain) Director: Carla Simón

The Sq. (Sweden) Director: Ruben Ostlund

The Divine Order (Switzerland) Director: Petra Volpe

Ayla – The Daughter of Warfare (Turkey) Director: Can Ulkay

CINE LATINO

The pageant will showcase a few of this yr’s greatest Ibero-American movies eligible for the Cine Latino Award. The pageant’s nation focus this yr is on Argentina.

April’s Daughter (Mexico) Director: Michel Franco

Establishing Albert (Spain/Estonia) Administrators: Laura Collado, Jim Loomis (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

The Desert Bride (Argentina/Chile) Administrators: Cecilia Atan, Valeria Pivato

A Incredible Lady (Chile, Germany, Spain, U.S.) Director: Sebastian Lelio

The Future Forward (Argentina) Director: Constanza Novick

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Good Manners (Brazil/France) Administrators: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra

Responsible Males (Columbia) Director: Ivan D. Gaona

Holy Camp (Spain) Administrators: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Looking Season (Argentina/U.S./Germany/France/Qatar) Director: Natalia Garagiola

Killing Jesus (Colombia/Argentina) Director: Laura Mora

Numerous Children, a Monkey and a Fort (Spain) Director: Gustavo Salmeron

The Motive (Spain/Mexico) Director: Manuel Martin Cuenca

Rey’s Training (Argentina/Spain) Director: Santiago Esteves

A Form of Household (Argentina/Brazil/France/Poland) Director: Diego Lerman

Stealing Rodin (Chile/France) Director: Cristobal Valenzuela Berrios

Summer season 1993 (Spain) Director: Carla Simon

The Summit (Argentina/Spain/France) Director: Santiago Mitre

Tempestad (Mexico) Director: Tatiana Huezo

Two Irenes (Brazil) Director: Fabio Meira

Vazante (Brazil/Portugal) Director: Daniela Thomas

Veronica (Spain) Director: Paco Plaza

Woodpeckers (Dominican Republic) Director: Jose María Cabral

Zama (Argentina/Spain/France) Director: Lucrecia Martel

MODERN MASTERS

The Fashionable Masters part options seven movies from worldwide administrators who set the requirements for modern cinema.

The Brawler (India) Director: Anurag Kashyap

Blissful Finish (Austria/France/Germany) Director: Michael Haneke

Let the Sunshine In (France) Director: Claire Denis

Spoor (Poland/Germany/Czech Republic/Sweden/Slovak Republic) Director: Agnieszka Holland

The Third Homicide (Japan) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Workshop (France) Director: Laurent Cantet

Youth (China) Director: Feng Xiaogang

NEW VOICES NEW VISIONS

The New Voices New Visions competitors showcases 10 movies from rising worldwide administrators bringing their first or second narrative options to the pageant.

Angels Put on White (China/France) Director: Vivian Qu

Ava (France) Director: Lea Mysius

The Charmer (Denmark) Director: Milad Alami

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Killing Jesus (Colombia/Argentina) Director: Laura Mora

Cell Houses (Canada/France) Director: Vladimir de Fontenay

No Date, No Signature (Iran) Director: Vahid Jalilvand

On Borrowed Time (United Arab Emirates) Director: Yasir Al Yasiri

One Thousand Ropes (New Zealand) Director: Tusi Tamasese

Suleiman Mountain (Kyrgyzstan/Russia) Director: Elizaveta Stishova

Thoroughbreds (U.S.) Director: Cory Finley

Three Peaks (Germany/Italy) Director: Jan Zabeil

TRUE STORIES

True Tales options documentaries on a broad vary of subjects together with music, sports activities, style and Hollywood.

Past the Reverse Intercourse (U.S.) Administrators: Emily Abt, Bruce Hensel

Brimstone & Glory (U.S./Mexico) Director: Viktor Jakovleski (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

The Cage Fighter (U.S.) Director: Jeff Unay (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

The China Hustle (U.S.) Director: Jed Rothstein

Itzhak (U.S./Israel) Director: Alison Chernick

Jane (U.S.) Director: Brett Morgen

Liyana (Swaziland/U.S./Qatar) Administrators: Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Numerous Children, a Monkey and a Fort (Spain) Director: Gustavo Salmeron (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Love, Cecil (U.S.) Administrators: Lisa Immordino Vreeland (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Love Means Zero (U.S.) Director: Jason Kohn (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Makala (France) Director: Emmanuel Gras

Mankiller (U.S.) Director: Valerie Pink-Horse Mohl (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From the Deep Finish (U.S.) Director: Pablo Bryant

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (Canada) Administrators: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me (U.S.) Director: Sam Pollard

Skid Row Marathon (U.S.) Director: Mark Hayes

So Assist Me God (Belgium/France) Administrators: Jean Libon, Yves Hinant (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Stealing Rodin (Chile/France) Director: Cristóbal Valenzuela Berríos

Stumped (U.S.) Director Robin Berghaus

This Is Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo/US/Canada/Qatar) Director Daniel McCabe

The Employees Cup (U.Okay.) Director: Adam Sobel (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Further programming

The pageant will display screen three of the movies chosen as a part of Selection’s 10 Administrators to Watch, which embody:

Bodied (U.S.) Director: Joseph Kahn

Custody (France) Director: Xavier Legrand

Foxtrot (Israel/Germany/France/Switzerland) Director: Samuel Maoz

The pageant’s first Homosexual!La His screening would be the U.S. premiere of:

The Gospel In line with Andre (U.S.) Director: Kate Novack That includes Andre Leon Talley

Scotty and The Secret Historical past of Hollywood (U.S.) Director: Matt Trynauer

The Homosexual!La Hers screening would be the U.S. premiere of:

My Days of Mercy (U.S./U.Okay.) Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer Starring Ellen Web page and Kate Mara

The world premiere of Cowl Variations can be a part of the Native Highlight program highlighting movies from the Coachella Valley.

The Dinner & A Film part features a dinner adopted by the movie’s screening. The 2 movies in this system are:

Establishing Albert (Spain/Estonia) Administrators: Laura Collado and Jim Loomis

The Cakemaker (Israel/Germany) Director: Ofir Raul Grazier.

The World Cinema Now part consists of titles akin to:

Borg vs. McEnroe (Sweden/Denmark/Finland) Director: Janus Metz Starring Shia LaBeouf and Stellan Skarsgard

Discovering Your Ft (U.Okay.) Director: Richard Loncraine Starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall and David Hayman

I Am Not a Witch (U.Okay./France) Director: Rungano Nyoni Starring Juliette Grandmont and Emily Morgan

I, Tonya (U.S.) Director: Craig Gillespie Starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney

Lean on Pete (U.S./U.Okay.) Director: Andrew Haigh Starring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny and Travis Fimmel

Candy Nation (Australia) Director: Warwick Thornton Starring Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey

The Leisure Seeker (Italy/France) Director: Paolo Virzì Starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.

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San Sebastian Unveils First Competition Titles, Will Screen Pablo Escobar Film With Javier Bardem

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San Sebastian Unveils First Competition Titles, Will Screen Pablo Escobar Film With Javier Bardem

3:23 AM PDT 7/28/2017 by Georg Szalai

The first two episodes of ‘La Peste’ (‘The Plague’) will screen, marking the first time the festival’s official selection will include a TV series.

The San Sebastian Film Festival on Friday unveiled the first competition titles for its 65th edition.

The festival, which runs Sept. 22-Sept. 30, will in its competition program premiere Life and Nothing More, the second film by Antonio Mendez Esparza, Handia, the latest film from Jon Garano and Aitor Arregi, as well as El Autor, by Manuel Martin Cuenca. The competition winner is honored with the Golden Shell award.

Loving Pablo, by Fernando Leon de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, will be the closing-night film of the Pearls section and screen out-of-competition. The film tells “the true story of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who killed thousands, made billions and struck up an unlikely love affair with his polar opposite, a glamorous television host named Virginia Vallejo.”

The the out-of-competition screenings unveiled Friday are Marrowbone, the directorial debut of screenwriter Sergio Sanchez, and the first two episodes of Spanish TV series La Peste (The Plague), directed by Alberto Rodriguez. This marks the first time the San Sebastian festival’s official selection will include a TV series.

Special screenings announced include Morir (Dying), the second film by Fernando Franco, and La Cordillera (The Summit) from Santiago Mitre.

Below is a look at all the San Sebastian titles announced Friday.

COMPETITION

El autor, Manuel Martin Cuenca

Handia, Aitor Arregi, Jon Garano

Life and Nothing More, Antonio Mendez Esparza  

OUT OF COMPETITION

Marrowbone, Sergio G. Sanchez

La Peste, Alberto Rodriguez

  SPECIAL SCREENING

Morir, Fernando Franco

SPECIAL SCREENING, DONOSTIA AWARD

The Summit, Santiago Mitre

TVE SPECIAL SCREENING

Holy Camp!, Javier Calvo  

PEARLS

Loving Pablo, Fernando Leon de Aranoa NEW DIRECTORS

  Alberto Garcia-Alix, La linea de la sombra, Nicolas Combarro

Princesita, Marialy Rivas  

HORIZONTES LATINOS

A Fantastic Woman, Sebastian Lelio

Rey’s Education, Santiago Esteves  

ZABALTEGI-TABAKLAERA SCREENINGS

A Lot of Kids, and a Monkey and a Castle, Gustavo Salmeron

Shame, Juan Cavestany, Alvaro Fernandez Armero

Saura(s), Felix Viscarret

  VELODROME SCREENINGS

Fe de Etarras, Borja Cobeaga

Operacion Concha, Antoni Cuadri

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LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE (2018)

Featuring Julita Salmerón, Gustavo Salmerón, Antonio García Cabanes, Ramón García Salmerón, Paloma García Salmerón, David García Salmerón, Ignacio García Salmerón, Julia García Salmerón and archival footage of Juan Carlos de Borbón.

Written by Gustavo Salmerón, Raúl de Torres and Beatriz Montañez.

Directed by Gustavo Salmerón.

Distributed by Dogwoof. 91 minutes. Not Rated.

There is a huge difference between a home movie and a documentary. Lots of people film their families – however it is rare that anyone outside of that family would really care to see that film.

That knowledge is certainly not lost on Julita Salmerón, the subject of this film. Early on and often here she advises her son – Spanish actor Gustavo Salmerón, who has created this film from hundreds of hours of footage shot over about a decade – that no one who doesn’t know her will be interested in seeing a film about her.

Thankfully, Gustavo recognized that his mother was wrong. Julita is a true character; smart, funny, eccentric, more than a little strange, an avid hoarder, but also a vibrant life force and a natural film presence. When she is on the screen, you can’t look at anyone else.

The slightly oddball title is a listing of Julita’s fondest wishes as a little girl. She wanted to have lots of kids, a pet monkey, and to live in a castle. Of course, everyone has big dreams as a kid, but Julita (her given first name was Julia, but she changed it as a young woman because she wanted to stand out) actually achieved all of her goals.

All of them are present and accounted for in this film: Julita’s large extended family, the cluttered castle that she and her husband worked so hard to buy from a relatively modest background, and even the monkey – though the monkey, who presumably died years ago, is relegated to a few short appearances in old photos, or archival home footage.

The spine of the story – literally – is the somewhat odd look through the thousands of boxes in Julita’s castle to find a couple of pieces of vertebrae from the skeleton of her long-dead grandmother. The relative was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s and the corpse was left on the shore to rot as a warning.

For some reason that even she can’t quite explain, Julita decided to keep the bones as a memorial to her murdered ancestor, but somewhere along the line the body parts got swallowed up by all of the clutter in the home. Julita’s children, particularly Gustavo, become a little bit obsessive about finding the bones and giving them a proper burial.

This – and a financial setback that forces Julita and her husband to sell the castle – leads to the entire family plunging into all the mess of boxes and drawers to look and prune through decades worth of old things. The family tries to get rid of lots of things, each of which Julita generally fights or frets over.

However, there is a lot more to this than just an extended Spanish episode of Hoarders.

No, Lots of Kids, A Monkey and a Castle is more intrigued in exploring the family dynamic, and particularly the life and intriguing worldview of this offbeat woman. We see her life played out in pictures and home movies, hear her passions and trivialities shared with equal conviction. Then as she ages and becomes infirm, it causes her to look inside and try to share her philosophy of life, even though she knows it is as unique as she is.

It makes a personal connection. Julita reminded me a lot of my similarly larger-than-life late grandmother, and I have no doubt that most people have someone similarly dramatic who has been important in their lives.

Julita was an imperfect woman, but she tried her best. In the end, her son Gustavo disproved her own presumption. Even though we don’t personally know her, this film about her life is endlessly fascinating.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2018 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 14, 2018.

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Empate técnico entre “La Librería” y “El autor” en la 23ª edición de los Premios Forqué

Ambos films se llevaron el premio a mejor película en la gala que se celebró ayer por la noche en el Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza

Foto de Família de los Ganadores de los Premios Forqué 2018 / Adriana Díaz

  El Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza acogió anoche la edición número 23 de los Premios José María Forqué de cine. Una edición que ha contado con una gran presencia femenina, pues han sido 6 las nominadas a mejor actriz, frente a los 5 hombre nominados en la misma categoría.

La gala contó con las actuaciones de Sergio Dalma, Pastora Soler, Edu Soto y los ex-concursantes de la última edición de Operación Triunfo, en una noche dirigida por Boris Izaguirre y Elena Sánchez.

En cuanto a los premios, el mejor largometraje documental se lo llevó Muchos Hijos, un mono y un castillo, de Gustavo Salmerón, mientras que el de mejor corto fue para Madre, de Rodrigo Sorogoyen.

En las categorías interpretativas, Javier Gutiérrez recogió el premio como mejor actor por El Autor y en la categoría femenina, el galardón fue para Nathalie Poza  por No sé decir adiós.

Una mujer fantástica consiguió el Forqué a mejor película latinoamericana y Lo que de verdad importa se llevó el reconocimiento al cine y la educación en valores.

Un hecho destacado de la última edición de estos premios ha estado el empate técnico en la categoría de Mejor Largometraje. La Librería, dirigida por Isabel Coixet, y El Autor, de Manuel Martín comparten galardón al obtener el mismo número de votos. El empate técnico es la primera vez que sucede en la historia de los Premios Forqué, y desde luego fue la gran sorpresa de la noche.

Finalmente, la gala también tuvo momento de homenaje para Carlos Saura, que ha recogido la Medalla de Oro de EGEDA por toda su trayectoria.

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