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Libertad (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Libertad' is a 2021 Spanish-Belgian film directed and written by Clara Roquet which stars Mara Morera and Nicolle Garca, also featuring Nora Navas, Carol Hurtado and Vicky Pea.
Plot
A coming-of-age story portraying class struggle from the point of view of the privileged class, the fiction follows the friendship between Nora (a rich privileged girl) and Libertad (the daughter of Rosana, the family's Colombian domestic worker), as the former spends the holidays at her grandmother ngela's summerhouse in the Costa Brava.
Cast
Production
'Libertad' (Clara Roquet's debut feature film) is a joint SpainBelgium co-production and it was produced by Lastor Media and Avalon P.C. alongside Bulletproof Cupid with support from MEDIA, ICAA, ICEC, Eurimages, RTVE, TV3, Movistar+ and Catalan Films.
Filmed in Catalonia in the Summer of 2019, shooting locations included Barcelona, Blanes, Garraf, Lloret de Mar and Sant Andreu de Llavaneres.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes' 60th International Critics' Week on 8 July 2021. It also screened as the opening film of the 66th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 23 October 2021. Co-distributed by Avalon and Elastica, it was theatrically released in Spain on 19 November 2021.
Reception
Eullia Iglesias of 'Fotogramas' gave 'Libertad' 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a debut film that brings to the surface with remarkable subtlety an everyday inequality". She highlighted Mara Morera and Nicolle Garca, whereas she negatively pointed out that the choice of characters exclusively speaking Spanish felt forced.
Beatriz Martnez of 'El Peridico de Catalunya' gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, presenting it as "a perfectly woven story about class differences, inequalities, mother-son relationships, teen friendship and the youthful yearning to discover the world".
Philippe Engel of 'Cinemana' gave it 4 out of 5 stars, considering that Roquet "constructs a prodigious visual and sound montage".
Anton Merikaetxebarria of 'El Correo' gave the film 2 out of 3 stars, considering that the director resolves the underlying coming-of-age story with the required "sensitivity and good taste".
Reviewing for 'Mondo Sonoro', J. Picatoste Verdejo, gave it 8 out of 10 points; they presented Libertad as a film about oblique affections, considering however that the entanglement of unrequited affections laid out in the plot is presented in a measured balance.
Wendy Ide of 'ScreenDaily' wrote that Roquet's "filmmaking is light of touch and instinctively perceptive, honing in on the tiny details which are magnified through the lens of adolescence", likening her craft to that of Cline Sciamma and Lucrecia Martel.
Accolades
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| align ="center" rowspan ="29" | 2022 || rowspan ="4"| 9th Feroz Awards || colspan ="2" | Best Drama Film || || rowspan="4" |
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| Best Director || Clara Roquet ||
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| Best Screenplay || Clara Roquet ||
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| Best Film Poster || Jordi Trilla ||
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| rowspan = "5" | 77th CEC Medals || colspan = "2" | Best Film || || rowspan = "5" |
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| Best New Director || Clara Roquet ||
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| Best Supporting Actress || Nora Navas ||
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| Best New Actress || Nicolle Garca ||
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| Best Cinematography || Gris Jordana ||
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| rowspan ="6"| 36th Goya Awards || colspan ="2" | Best Film || || rowspan="6" |
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| Best New Director || Clara Roquet ||
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| Best Original Screenplay || Clara Roquet ||
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| Best Supporting Actress || Nora Navas ||
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| Best New Actress || Nicolle Garca ||
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| Best Cinematography || Gris Jordana ||
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| rowspan = "12" | 14th Gaud Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Non-Catalan Language Film || || rowspan = "12" |
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| Best Director || Clara Roquet ||
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| Best Screenplay || Cara Roquet ||
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| Best Actress || Maria Morera ||
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| Best Art Direction || Marta Bazaco ||
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| Best Editing || Ana Pfaff ||
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| rowspan = "2" | Best Supporting Actress || Nora Navas ||
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| Vicky Pea ||
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| Best Original Music || Paul Tyan ||
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| Best Cinematography || Gris Jordana ||
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| Best Makeup and Hairstyles || Barbara Broucke, Jess Martos ||
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| colspan = "2" | Public's Choice Special Award for Best Film ||
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| Spanish Screenwriters' Union Awards || Best Screenplay in a Drama Feature Film || Clara Roquet || ||
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| 9th Platino Awards || Best Ibero-American Debut Feature Film || Clara Roquet || ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2021
* List of films that depict class struggle
References
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