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The Summer We Lived
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Wikipedia article
'The Summer We Lived' is a 2020 romantic melodrama film directed by which stars Javier Rey, Blanca Surez, and Pablo Molinero in a love triangle.
Plot
The plot delves into a love triangle that took place in the Summer of 1958 in Jerez de la Frontera, concerning an architect who arrived to town to build a winery (Gonzalo), the one ordering the winery (Hernn) and the latter's fiancee (Luca). A different timeline set in 1998 deals with the reconstruction of the aforementioned love story upon the investigations carried out by a journalist trainee working with obituaries (Isabel) who enlists the collaboration of Carlos, the architect's son.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by , Gema R. Neira, Salvador S. Molina, Javier Chacrtegui and David Orea. The film is an Aquel Verano Movie AIE, Warner Bros Entertainment Espaa, Atresmedia Cine, Mr. Fields and Friends, La Claqueta PC, Bamb Producciones and 4 Cats Pictures production. Shooting began on 5 August 2019 in Jerez de la Frontera. Shooting locations also included Galicia.
Release
The film was presented at the 68th San Sebastin International Film Festival on 20 September 2020. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Espaa, it was theatrically released in Spain on 4 December 2020.
Reception
Elsa Fernndez-Santos of 'El Pas' wrote that the film "confuses eroticism and passion with a grandiloquent epic akin to a tourist postcard, redundant music, aerial shots, and a string of metaphors", with the film resenting from, among other issues, a screenplay "without much narrative foundation" and otherwise also turning out to be "implausible and whimsical".
Mireia Mullor of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting the landscapes of Jerez de la Frontera vis--vis the film's setting as the best thing about the film.
Andrea G. Bermejo of 'Cinemana' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, determining as a veredict that the film is "a formulaic [kind of] cinema... which, for that reason, [it] works".
Accolades
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| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2021 || rowspan = "2" | 35th Goya Awards || Best Original Score || Federico Jusid || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Best Original Song || "El verano que vivimos" by Alejandro Sanz, Alfonso Prez Arias||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2020
References
Category:Films shot in the province of Cdiz
Category:Films shot in Galicia (Spain)
Category:2020s Spanish films
Category:2020s Spanish-language films
Category:Films set in 1958
Category:Atresmedia Cine films
Category:Films set in 1998
Category:Spanish romantic drama films
Category:2020 romantic drama films
Category:Films set in Andalusia
Category:Films about wine
Category:Bamb Producciones films
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