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Who's Stopping Us
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Wikipedia article
'Who's Stopping Us' is a 2021 Spanish film directed by Jons Trueba. Featuring a running time over three and a half hours long, the film is a generational portrait of youth blending documentary and fiction pieces.
Plot
The film tracks a group high schoolers in Madrid, following them from mid-teens to their early 20s.
Cast
Production
A Los Ilusos Films production, 'Who's Stopping Us' was shot from 2016 to 2021.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the 69th San Sebastin International Film Festival (SSIFF), screened on 22 September 2021 (6th day) as prt of the festival's official competition. Distributed by Atalante Cinema, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 22 October 2021.
Reception
Pablo Vzquez of 'Fotogramas' scored 5 out of 5 stars, extolling the absence of any sort of imposture, while noting that its extended runtime perhaps will dissuade cowards, assessing the film to be "a cum laude thesis with which its director embraces his maturity as a filmmaker".
Carmen L. Lobo of 'La Razn' gave it 4 out of 5 stars, considering "its splendid, immersive direction, and the optimism and nostalgia enveloping the film" to be the best thing about 'Who's Stopping Us'.
Quim Casas of 'El Peridico de Catalunya' rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that the vast amount of material "has taken an exciting form, in different blocks perfectly articulated with each other."
Jonathan Romney of 'ScreenDaily' wrote that the film is "not as revelatory as it intends, this is an only intermittently fascinating watch, an over-extended experiment that doesn't quite hold its own against 21st-century cinema's more incisive portraits of youth".
Accolades
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| align = "center" rowspan = "3" | 2021 || rowspan = "3" | 69th San Sebastin International Film Festival || Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance || 'The whole cast' || || rowspan = "3" |
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| colspan = "2" | Feroz Zinemaldia Award ||
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| colspan = "2" | FIPRESCI Award ||
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| align = "center" rowspan = "4" | 2022 || 9th Feroz Awards || colspan = "2" | Arrebato Award (Non-Fiction Film) || ||
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| 77th CEC Medals || colspan = "2" | Best Documentary Film || ||
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| 36th Goya Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Documentary Film || ||
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| 9th Platino Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Documentary Film || ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2021
References
Category:2020s Spanish-language films
Category:Spanish documentary films
Category:2021 documentary films
Category:2020s Spanish films
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