Schoolgirls (film)
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Spanish | Las niñas |
Directed by | Pilar Palomero |
Written by | Pilar Palomero |
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Starring |
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Cinematography | Daniela Cajías |
Edited by | Sofia Escudé |
Music by | Carlos Naya |
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Distributed by | BTeam Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Budget | €1.2 million |
Box office | €0.6 million |
Schoolgirls (also known as The Girls; Spanish: Las niñas) is a 2020 Spanish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Pilar Palomero, starring Andrea Fandos and Natalia de Molina.[1][2][3]
The film won the Goya Award for Best Film, along with Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay for Palomero, and Best Cinematography for Daniela Cajías, from a total of nine nominations, at the 35th Goya Awards.[4][5][6] Cajías became the first woman to win the Cinematography Goya.[7] At the 8th Feroz Awards, the film won Best Drama Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay from a total of six nominations.
Plot
[edit]Celia, an 11-year-old girl, studies at a nuns' school in Zaragoza in 1992. Celia is a good girl: a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate opens a small window through which Celia discovers a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia enters a new stage of her life: adolescence, a period of firsts. She feels the need to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that once meant comfort and security.
Cast
[edit]- Andrea Fandos as Celia
- Natalia de Molina as Adela
- Zoe Arnao as Brisa
- Julia Sierra as Cristina
- Francesca Piñón as Madre Consuelo
- Ainara Nieto as Clara
- Elisa Martínez as Leyre
- Carlota Gurpegui as Vanessa
Production
[edit]The film is an Inicia Films (Valérie Delpierre) and BTeam Prods (Alex Lafuente) production, with the participation of RTVE, TVC, Televisión de Aragón, and Movistar , and backing from ICAA and ICEC.[8][9] It boasted a €1.2 million budget.[8]
Release
[edit]The film premiered in the 'Generation K Plus' section of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020.[10] Its festival run also included screenings at the Brussels International Film Festival (winning the Jury Prize in Directors' Week),[11] and the 23rd Málaga Film Festival (winning the Golden Biznaga).[12] Distributed by BTeam Pictures,[9] Schoolgirls was released theatrically in Spain on 4 September 2020.
Reception
[edit]Schoolgirls holds a 90% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10.[13][14]
Awards
[edit]Awards | Category | Nominated | Result |
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Forqué Awards[15][16] | Best Fiction Picture | Won | |
Best Actress | Andrea Fandos | Nominated | |
Cinema and Education in Values | Nominated | ||
Feroz Awards | Best Drama Film | Won | |
Best Trailer | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Pilar Palomero | Won | |
Best Screenplay | Won | ||
Best Actress | Andrea Fandos | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Natalia de Molina | Nominated | |
Goya Awards | Best Film | Won | |
Best New Director | Pilar Palomero | Won | |
Best Original Screenplay | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Natalia de Molina | Nominated | |
Best Cinematography | Daniela Cajías | Won | |
Best Editing | Sofia Escudé | Nominated | |
Best Art Direction | Mónica Bernuy | Nominated | |
Best Costume Design | Arantxa Ezquerro | Nominated | |
Best Original Song | "Lunas de papel" by Carlos Naya | Nominated | |
Ariel Awards[17][18] | Best Ibero-American Film | Nominated | |
Platino Awards[19] | Best Ibero-American Film | Nominated | |
Best Ibero-American Debut Film | Pilar Palomero | Won | |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Daniela Cajías | Nominated | |
Best Editing | Sofia Escudé | Nominated | |
Best Art Direction | Mónica Bernuy | Nominated |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Navarro, David (3 August 2019). "Natalia de Molina: El guión de Las niñas me onllegó al corazón". heraldo.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ García, Fernando (22 August 2020). "Las niñas, retrato de una España a dos velocidades". lavanguardia.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Mayorga, Emilio (2 November 2020). "Las Ninas Director on Doubts, Restlessness, Euphoria of Adolescence". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "La boda de Rosa, Las niñas y Akelarre encabezan las nominaciones a los premios Feroz". rtve.es (in Spanish). 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott; Szalai, Georg (18 January 2021). "Netflix Drama Leads Spain's Goya Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2021: consulta aquí la lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Daniela Cajías hace historia al lograr el Goya a la mejor dirección de fotografía". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). March 6, 2021. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ a b Boquerini (23 July 2019). "Natalia de Molina, madre de una preadolescente en 'Las niñas'". El Correo.
- ^ a b "'Las niñas' – estreno en cines 4 de septiembre". Audiovisual451. 1 September 2020.
- ^ "'Las niñas', de la zaragozana Pilar Palomero, aplaudida en la Berlinale". Heraldo de Aragón. 23 February 2020.
- ^ "JURY & AWARDS". BRIFF. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "'Las niñas' gana la Biznaga de Oro del Festival de Málaga". La Vanguardia. 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Schoolgirls (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (13 March 2020). "'Schoolgirls' ('Las Niñas'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Premios Forqué: 'La boda de Rosa' y 'Las niñas', participadas por RTVE, parten como favoritas". rtve.es. 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Aller, María (16 January 2021). "Premios Forqué 2021: Este es el palmarés de la 26ª edición". Fotogramas. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "¿Dónde ver en vivo los premios Ariel 2021?". El Informador. 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Forcelledo Parada, Andrés (28 September 2021). ""El agente topo" tuvo su revancha: ganó un Premio Ariel a Mejor Película Iberoamericana". Cultura21. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Zimerman, Gaspar (3 October 2021). "La película "El olvido que seremos" fue la gran ganadora de los Premios Platino 2021". Clarín. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
External links
[edit]- 2020 films
- 2020s Spanish film stubs
- 2020s Spanish-language films
- Spanish coming-of-age drama films
- Films set in the 1990s
- Films set in 1992
- Best Film Goya Award winners
- 2020s coming-of-age drama films
- 2020 drama films
- Films about puberty
- Films set in Zaragoza
- 2020s Spanish films
- 2020 directorial debut films
- Films about the education system in Spain