Un amor explained

Director:Isabel Coixet
Cinematography:Bet Rourich
Editing:Jordi Azategui
Distributor:BTeam Pictures
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish

Un amor is a 2023 Spanish drama film directed by Isabel Coixet from a screenplay by Coixet and Laura Ferrero based on the novel of the same name by Sara Mesa. It stars Laia Costa and Hovik Keuchkerian.

Plot

Freelance translator Nat settles in the countryside village of La Escapa, finding a hostile environment and a cruel landlord keen on sexist microagressions. Neighbor Andreas, locally dubbed as "the German", awkwardly offers Nat free home repairs in exchange for sexual penetration. Nat, despite early reluctance, ends up accepting, paving the way for a self-consuming passion.[1] [2] [3]

Production

Penned by Isabel Coixet and, the screenplay is an adaptation of the 2020 novel Un amor by Sara Mesa.[4] [5] The film was produced by Buena Pinta Media, Perdición Films and Monte Glauco AIE with the participation of RTVE, TV3, Movistar Plus+, ICAA, and Gobierno de La Rioja.[6] Shooting locations in La Rioja included Nalda, Ribafrecha, and Villalobar.

Release

Un amor was presented in the official selection of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival on 26 September 2023,[7] in competition for the Golden Shell. Distributed by BTeam Pictures, the film released theatrically in Spain on 10 November 2023.[8]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily wrote that the film is sometimes "redolent of Coixet's very best work, rippling outwards to touch upon some fundamental, and eternally gripping, human questions about what love is".[9]

Guy Lodge of Variety considered the film to be a return to form for Coixet while pointing out that it is not an "obvious crowdpleasing fare", because of its "commendably complex" gender politics and its "both frank and occasionally disturbing" study of sex as social currency.[10]

Top ten lists

The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2023:

Accolades

AwardDateCategoryRecipientResult
San Sebastián International Film Festival30 September 2023Golden ShellUn amor[13]
Silver Shell for Best Supporting PerformanceHovik Keuchkerian
Feroz Zinemaldia AwardUn amor[14]
Forqué Awards16 December 2023Best Actor in a Film Hovik Keuchkerian
Best Actress in a FilmLaia Costa
Feroz Awards26 January 2024Best Drama FilmUn amor
Best DirectorIsabel Coixet
Best ScreenplayIsabel Coixet & Laura Ferrero
Best Actress in a FilmLaia Costa
Best Actor in a FilmHovik Keuchkerian
Best Supporting Actor in a FilmLuis Bermejo
Hugo Silva
Carmen AwardsBest Non-Andalusian Produced Film Un amor
Gaudí Awards4 February 2024Best Non-Catalan Language Film
Best Director Isabel Coixet
Best Adapted Screenplay Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero
Best Actress Laia Costa
Best Supporting Actor Hugo Silva
Best Cinematography Bet Rourich
Best Production Supervision Eva Taboada
Best Sound Albert Gay, Enrique G. Bermejo, Carlos Jiménez
Goya Awards10 February 2024Best FilmUn amor
Best DirectorIsabel Coixet
Best Adapted ScreenplayIsabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero
Best CinematographyBet Rourich
Best ActressLaia Costa
Best ActorHovik Keuchkerian
Best Supporting ActorHugo Silva
Actors and Actresses Union Awards11 March 2024Best Film Actress in a Leading Role Laia Costa
Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role Hugo Silva
Best Film Actor in a Minor Role Luis Bermejo
Best Film Actress in a Minor Role Ingrid García-Jonsson
Platino Awards20 April 2024Isabel Coixet
Laia Costa
Luis Bermejo

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Isabel Coixet, Los Javis y el documental de C. Tangana, entre lo que podrá verse en el Festival de San Sebastián 2023. El Confidencial. 14 July 2023. Marta. Medina.
  2. Web site: San Sebastián Reveals Spanish Titles: Isabel Coixet, Fernando Trueba & Isabel Herguera To Debut New Works. Deadline Hollywood. Zac. Ntim. 14 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Isabel Coixet remueve San Sebastián con "Un amor": "Si hay un terreno que conozco es la intimidad". eldiario.es. 26 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Isabel Coixet prepara el rodaje de 'Un amor', con la participación de RTVE. rtve.es. 16 February 2023.
  5. Web site: 'Un amor': Así ha rodado Isabel Coixet la adaptación de la novela de Sara Mesa. Fotogramas. 30 March 2023. María. Aller.
  6. Web site: "Un amor", la nova pel·lícula d'Isabel Coixet amb la participació de TV3, s'estrenarà al Festival de Sant Sebastià. 14 July 2023. Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  7. Web site: Isabel Coixet: "Las microagresiones cotidianas son las que nos minan como humanos". El Confidencial. 26 September 2023. Marta. Medina.
  8. Web site: Fotogramas. Las 111 películas españolas que más esperamos en 2023. 14 June 2023 . 14 July 2023.
  9. Web site: ’Un Amor’: San Sebastian Review. ScreenDaily. 25 September 2023. Jonathan. Holland.
  10. Web site: Variety. 27 September 2023. Guy. Lodge. ‘Un Amor’ Review: An Excellent Laia Costa Brightens Isabel Coixet’s Dark Return to Form.
  11. Web site: Series & Más. El Español. Las 10 mejores películas españolas de 2023. 24 December 2023. Belén. Prieto. Valentina. Morillo.
  12. Web site: Mondosonoro. Las mejores películas nacionales de 2023. 26 December 2023.
  13. Web site: Histórica Concha de Oro para Jaione Camborda, primera española en ganar el Festival de San Sebastián por 'O Corno'. rtve.es. Esteban. Ramón. 30 September 2023.
  14. Web site: San Sebastian Film Festival Winners: Jaione Camborda’s ‘The Rye Horn’ Takes Golden Shell For Best Film. Deadline. Armando. Tinoco. 30 September 2023. 2 October 2023.

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