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Celia's Lives
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Wikipedia article
'Celia's Lives' is a 2006 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed and written by Antonio Chavarras which stars Najwa Nimri and Luis Tosar.
Plot
The night Celia unsuccessfully attempts suicide, a teenage girl (Melany) is raped and murdered nearby. Miguel ngel, the police officer in charge of finding the perpetrator of the crime, digs around Celia and her closest circle, including her two sisters (Carmen and ngela) and her husband Agustn. While the cop suspects about the girl's boyfriend (Pedro), Celia suspects about her husband.
Cast
Production
A Spanish-Mexican co-production, the film was produced by Oberon Cinematogrfica, TAU, and Altavista Films, and it had the participation of TVE and TVC.
Release
The film was presented at the 54th San Sebastin International Film Festival's official selection in September 2006. It was also selected for the Marrakech International Film Festival's main competition. Distributed by Nirvana, it was theatrically released in Spain on 19 January 2007.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of 'Variety' considered the "cunningly-structured noir" to be Antonio Chavarras' "finest work to date".
Nuria Vidal of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, praising "the spaces and the characters", while citing "a certain confusion of times" as a negative point.
Javier Ocaa of 'El Pas' considered that "with an agile, nervous production and very good performances" (especially by Tosar and Gimnez Cacho) the film manages to portray a "desolate" (and perhaps a tad exaggerated) male panorama in relation to their treatment of women.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2007
References
Category:Spanish crime drama films
Category:Mexican crime drama films
Category:2006 crime drama films
Category:2000s Spanish-language films
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