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'''''La soledad''''' ([[English language|English]]: '''''Solitary Fragments''''') is a [[2007 in film|2007]] [[Spain|Spanish]] [[film]] written and directed by [[Jaime Rosales (director)|Jaime Rosales]]. |
'''''La soledad''''' ([[English language|English]]: '''''Solitary Fragments''''') is a [[2007 in film|2007]] [[Spain|Spanish]] [[film]] written and directed by [[Jaime Rosales (director)|Jaime Rosales]]. It was Rosales's second film. he had previously made, ''The Hours of the Day''.'' Solitary Fragments'' (La soledad), follows a dual narrative, the solitary parallel lives of two women. Made with a small budget and with actors from the theater, the film was nominated for 3 [[Goya Awards]], Spain's most prestigious film awards. It won all three awards, including the Best Film and Director award. Voted by Spanish film critics as Best Film of the year for that reason, it was given the Fotogramas de Plata Award. |
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The film was nominated for 3 [[Goya Awards]], Spain's most prestigious film awards. It won all three awards, including the Best Film and Director award. Voted by Spanish film critics as Best Film of the year for that reason, it was given the Fotogramas de Plata Award. |
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Adela, a young woman recently separated from her husband and with one-year-old baby, is tired of her life in a small hometown Leon. She leaves behind the mountains and the country life to move to Madrid. She gets a job as a hostess and moves into an apartment with Carlos and Ines, a nice young couple. The three get along well then, sharing meals, doubts and leisure. Antonia, Ines's mother, has a small neighborhood supermarket. She leads a fairly quiet life with her boyfriend Manolo. Antonia has tow more daughters: Nieves and Helena, the eldest. However, little by little, Antonias's pleasant life begins to crumble. First, a doctors detects that Nieves has cancers. Later, the already tense relationship between her daughters gets more complicated when Helena asks her mother borrowed money to buy an apartment on the beach. |
Adela, a young woman recently separated from her husband and with one-year-old baby, is tired of her life in a small hometown Leon. She leaves behind the mountains and the country life to move to Madrid. She gets a job as a hostess and moves into an apartment with Carlos and Ines, a nice young couple. The three get along well then, sharing meals, doubts and leisure. Antonia, Ines's mother, has a small neighborhood supermarket. She leads a fairly quiet life with her boyfriend Manolo. Antonia has tow more daughters: Nieves and Helena, the eldest. However, little by little, Antonias's pleasant life begins to crumble. First, a doctors detects that Nieves has cancers. Later, the already tense relationship between her daughters gets more complicated when Helena asks her mother borrowed money to buy an apartment on the beach. |
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Revision as of 02:27, 1 July 2011
| La soledad | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jaime Rosales |
| Written by | Jaime Rosales Enric Rufas |
| Starring | María Bazán Petra Martínez Sonia Almarcha Miriam Correa Nuria Mencía Jesús Cracio Luis Villanueva Luis Bermejo José Luis Torrijo |
| Cinematography | Oscar Durán |
| Music by | Nino Martínez |
| Country | Spain |
| Budget | 1.800.000 € |
| Box office | 684933.13 € |
La soledad (English: Solitary Fragments) is a 2007 Spanish film written and directed by Jaime Rosales. It was Rosales's second film. he had previously made, The Hours of the Day. Solitary Fragments (La soledad), follows a dual narrative, the solitary parallel lives of two women. Made with a small budget and with actors from the theater, the film was nominated for 3 Goya Awards, Spain's most prestigious film awards. It won all three awards, including the Best Film and Director award. Voted by Spanish film critics as Best Film of the year for that reason, it was given the Fotogramas de Plata Award.
Plot
Adela, a young woman recently separated from her husband and with one-year-old baby, is tired of her life in a small hometown Leon. She leaves behind the mountains and the country life to move to Madrid. She gets a job as a hostess and moves into an apartment with Carlos and Ines, a nice young couple. The three get along well then, sharing meals, doubts and leisure. Antonia, Ines's mother, has a small neighborhood supermarket. She leads a fairly quiet life with her boyfriend Manolo. Antonia has tow more daughters: Nieves and Helena, the eldest. However, little by little, Antonias's pleasant life begins to crumble. First, a doctors detects that Nieves has cancers. Later, the already tense relationship between her daughters gets more complicated when Helena asks her mother borrowed money to buy an apartment on the beach.
Adela has no major difficulties in adapting to urban life, even though the father of her baby does not help her economically. While traveling by bus,she is one of the victims of a terrorist attack, leaving her life in tatters. From that moment she should find the strength to return to a normal life.
Awards and nominations
- To see the complete list of awards and nominations, see this link.
- Best Director (Jaime Rosales, winner)
- Best Film (winner)
- Best New Actor (José Luis Torrijo, winner)
- Best Actress (Petra Martínez, nominee)
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