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The Grandmother (2021 film)
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Paco Plaza
| producer = Enrique Lpez Lavigne
| writer = Carlos Vermut
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| music = Fatima Al Qadiri
| cinematography = Daniel Fernndez Abell
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| distributor = {{Ubl|Sony Pictures |Wild Bunch }}
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| runtime = 99 minutes
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'The Grandmother' is a 2021 Spanish-French horror film directed by Paco Plaza and written by Carlos Vermut which stars Almudena Amor and Vera Valdez.
Premise
A young model working in Paris leaves her job and travels to Madrid to take care of her grandmother, who has just suffered a stroke.
Cast
Production
The film was produced by Apache Films in association with Atresmedia Cine and Sony Pictures International Productions and in co-production with Les Films du Worso, with participation from Atresmedia and Amazon Prime Video and funding from Eurimages and ICAA. Enrique Lpez Lavigne is credited as producer. Paco Plaza directed the film whereas Carlos Vermut took over writing duties. Daniel Fernndez Abell was responsible for the cinematography whereas Fatima Al Qadiri composed the score.
Shooting lasted for seven weeks and wrapped by August 2020. It took place in between Paris and Madrid.
Release
The film participated in the official selection of the 69th San Sebastin International Film Festival (SSIFF). It premiered on 22 September 2021 (6th day). It also screened at the 54th Sitges Film Festival. Its theatrical release in Spain was tentatively slated for 22 October 2021, but it was delayed to 5 January 2022, and then postponed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It eventually opened in theatres on 28 January 2022, grossing half a million in its opening weekend (the best box office debut in the aforementioned week), becoming the highest-grossing Spanish film of 2022 in the domestic market over the course of its initial 8-week run with 1.8 million . It became available on Amazon Prime Video on 25 March 2022. Distributed by Wild Bunch, the film opened in French theatres on 6 April 2022.
Reception
Andrea G. Bermejo of 'Cinemana' rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, assessing that it brings together the best distinctive elements from Plaza and Vermut.
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' scored the film with 67 out of 100 points ("acceptable"), deeming it to be, flaws nothwithstanding, a film worthy of your time, praising the setting, the performances, the score and the production design, while negatively assesing that the film self-sabotages by opening so much in its beginning.
Jordi Batlle Caminal of 'Fotogramas' gave it 4 out of 5 stars, extolling the mise-en-scne and the exemplary handling of space while negatively assessing the disputable and unnecessarily gimmicky conclusion.
Accolades
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| align = "center" rowspan = "5" | 2022 || rowspan = "2" | 9th Feroz Awards || Best Trailer || Miguel ngel Trudu || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Best Poster || Octavio Terol, Jorge Alvario ||
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| 29th Grardmer International Fantasy Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Jury Prize || ||
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| rowspan = "2" | 36th Goya Awards || Best Original Score || Fatima Al Qadiri || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Best Special Effects || Ral Romanillos, Ferran Piquer ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2022
References
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