Small Lives
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| Spanish | Vidas pequeñas |
| Directed by | Enrique Gabriel |
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| Produced by | Francisco Ramos |
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| Cinematography | David Carretero |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Small Lives (Spanish: Vidas pequeñas) is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Enrique Gabriel and co-written by Lucie Lipschutz. Its ensemble cast features Ana Fernández, Roberto Enríquez, Alicia Borrachero, Francisco Boira, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, and Ángela Molina.
Plot
[edit]Bankrupt fashion designer Bárbara Helguera ends up living in a trailer park in the outskirts of Madrid called 'Vista Hermosa', coming across a wide array of characters.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Ana Fernández as Bárbara Helguera[3]
- Roberto Enríquez as Andrés[3]
- Alicia Borrachero as Mari Ángeles[1]
- Francisco Boira as Fede[3]
- Laura Domínguez as Cristina[3]
- Yohana Cobo as Loredana[1]
- Ángela Molina as Celeste[4]
- Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Pradal[1]
- Asunción Balaguer[3]
- Pyotr Zaychenko as Piotr[1]
Production
[edit]The screenplay was written by Gabriel in tandem with his mother.[5] The film was produced by Alquimia Cinema and El Baile production and it had the participation of TVE.[1]
Release
[edit]Small Lives was presented as the closing screening of the main competition slate of the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 29 October 2010.[6][7] Distributed by Emon,[1] it was released theatrically in Spain on 18 March 2011.
Reception
[edit]Jonathan Holland of Variety described the film as a "rangy, intimate drama about an array of society's victims living in a trailer park".[1]
Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars writing that the good thing "about 'telling nothing' about so many lives, [is] that some of them make it to the end safe and sound".[8]
Lluís Bonet Mojica of La Vanguardia deemed Small Lives to be "a choral and well-structured film" about "a microcosm with a wide range of situations, without falling into weeping melodrama".[9]
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2011
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20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Emilio Gutiérrez Caba | Nominated | [10][11] |
| Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Alicia Borrachero | Nominated |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Holland, Jonathan (28 March 2011). "Small Lives". Variety.
- ^ "Versión Española estrena 'Vidas pequeñas', de Enrique Gabriel". rtve.es. 29 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Caviaro, Juan Luis (18 March 2011). "Estrenos de cine | 18 de marzo | Romances variados, enigmáticas relaciones, marginación y un exorcismo". Espinof.
- ^ "«Vidas pequeñas» lleva la crisis económica de España al Festival de Chicago". ABC. 4 April 2011.
- ^ "'Vidas pequeñas'". Fotogramas. 25 February 2011.
- ^ "'Vidas pequeñas' pone fin a la Seminci". Heraldo de Aragón. 29 October 2010.
- ^ Estrada, G. (30 October 2010). "'Vidas pequeñas se rodó cuando la crisis estaba maquillada'". El Mundo.
- ^ Crespo, Irene (18 March 2011). "Vidas pequeñas". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Bonet Mojica, Lluís (18 March 2011). "'Vidas pequeñas' : Todo es provisional". La Vanguardia.
- ^ "La Unión de Actores entregará sus premios el 31 de octubre". ABC. 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Bardem y Sonsoles Benedicto, premiados por la Unión de Autores". Faro de Vigo. 1 November 2011.