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Wikipedia article
'Full of Grace' is a 2022 Spanish film directed by Roberto Bueso. The cast features Carmen Machi, Paula Usero and Pablo Chiapella, among others.
Plot
Set in 1994, with the backdrop of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the plot tracks a nun who arrives to an orphanage about to close down (El Parral) and helps to create a football team among the kids.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Roberto Bueso and scar Daz Cruz. The film is a Misent Producciones, Mod Producciones and The Nun Producciones AIE production, with the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+ and , funding from ICAA and Arcano Financiacin Audiovisual and support from Institut Valenci de Cultura. It was shot in the Valencia Region, including Carcaixent, Burjassot, San Antonio de Benagber, Quesa, Paterna, L'Eliana and Gandia.
Release
'Full of Grace' was selected to screen out of competition as the closing film of the 25th Mlaga Film Festival on 27 March 2022. Distributed by Paramount, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 24 June 2022.
It also screened at the 52nd Giffoni Film Festival in July 2022. ViX+ picked up rights for a streaming release in August 2022.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of 'ScreenDaily' considered the story to be "the very definition of good, old-fashioned fun", also featuring the central performance delivered by Machi which is "a joy to behold", underscoring that "despite some plot absurdities, the script is careful to keep things emotionally true".
Carlos Maran of 'Cinemana' scored 3 out of 5 stars, considering that the film ("as kind as it is funny") is supported by a "portentous" casting of youngsters making their debut in front of the camera.
Beatriz Martnez of 'El Peridico de Catalunya' scored 3 out of 5 stars, considering that the film (featuring a good director and cast behind as well as a nostalgic element) manages to have "the right doses of spirit of improvement, good intentions and a little hope in human beings, which given the circumstances, we need".
Accolades
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2022
References
Category:2022 comedy-drama films
Category:Spanish comedy-drama films
Category:Films about Catholic nuns
Category:Films set in 1994
Category:Spanish association football films
Category:Films set in orphanages
Category:Films shot in the province of Valencia
Category:2020s Spanish-language films
Category:2020s Spanish films
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