Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2020
The Art of Return
Buy The Art of Return now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Art of Return' is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by Pedro Collantes. It stars Macarena Garca alongside Nacho Snchez, Ingrid Garca Jonsson, Mireia Oriol, Luka Peros, Luca Jurez and Celso Bugallo.
Plot
The plot tracks a young actress (Noem) returning from New York to Spain to attend a potentially career-changing audition. Once in Madrid, she rethinks vital issues.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Pedro Collantes and . The film was developed under the Venice's Biennale College film workshop programme. Pedro Collantes was credited as film editor of his debut film, which was produced by Tourmalet Films. Diego Cabezas took over the cinematography whereas was responsible for the music.
Release
'The Art of Return' was presented at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 2020. It also screened at the Seville European Film Festival. Distributed by Filmax, it was theatrically released in Spain on 11 December 2020.
Reception
Carlos Maran of 'Cinemana' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that even if the film goes round and round around the same idea, that circumstance, rather than a drawback, it reinforces the film's identity.
Marina Borrull of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Macarena Garca's acting "muscle" as the best thing about the film while mentioning that the films "sometimes lacks a bit of punch" as the worst thing about it.
Sergi Snchez of 'La Razn' rated it 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Garca's performance playing a character with whom it is not easy to empathize ("so Rohmerian in her self-deceptions and egoisms") as the best thing about the film, while citing the not-very-credible escene in the art gallery with Garca Jonsson as a negative point.
Accolades
|-
| align = "center" | 2021 || 8th Feroz Awards || Best Film Poster || Pablo Dvila, Espinar Gabriel || || align = "center" |
|}
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2020
References
Buy The Art of Return now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2020