Carmina and Amen

Carmina and Amen (Spanish: Carmina y amén) is a 2014 Spanish comedy film directed by Paco León, starring Carmina Barrios as the title character alongside María León, Paco Casaus, Yolanda Ramos, Teresa Casanova and Mari Paz Sayago. It is a sequel to the 2012 film Carmina or Blow Up.

Carmina and Amen
SpanishCarmina y amén
Directed byPaco León
Screenplay byPaco León
Produced by
  • Paco León
  • Álvaro Augustin
  • Ghislain Barrois
Starring
CinematographyJuan González
Edited byAna Álvarez Ossorio
Production
companies
Distributed byA Contracorriente Films
Release dates
  • 22 March 2014 (2014-03-22) (Málaga)
  • 30 April 2014 (2014-04-30) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

The plot takes place in Seville. Following the sudden death of her husband, Carmina decides not to report the death so she could clinch an extra pay.[1]

Cast

Production

The film is an Andy Joke and Telecinco Cinema production, with the participation of Mediaset España and Canal+.[3] It was shot in Seville in 2013.[4] Shooting locations included the Hotel Alfonso XIII and an apartment in Los Remedios.[4]

Release

The film was presented at the 17th Málaga Film Festival on 22 March 2014.[5] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[6] it was theatrically released in Spain on 30 April 2014. It grossed around €2 million at the Spanish box office.[7]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter considered that, compared to the first installment, the film "still feels fresh, but it's also more polished, sharper, and funnier", featuring a thin plot, essentially a device "to allow the larger-than-life Carmina to be herself".[8]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, praising the Paco León's leap forward as a filmmaker, noting that the film preserves a "sharp sociological look", and a "costumbrista and deeply Andalusian humor, but with universal repercussions and echoes", featuring an "extraordinarily effective" supporting cast, chief among them Yolanda Ramos.[1]

Carlos Marañón of Cinemanía also gave 4 stars, assessing that the film picks up the autochthonous folk humor and takes it to a place somewhere close to post-humor, also pointing out at the "incommensurable" performance by Yolanda Ramos, determining the sequel to be "the perfect culmination".[9]

Jordi Batlle Caminal of La Vanguardia wrote that the film is "a sequel that is on par, perhaps even a notch above, the original".[10]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201417th Málaga Film FestivalSilver Biznaga for Best ScreenplayPaco LeónWon[11]
Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting ActressYolanda RamosWon
20152nd Feroz AwardsBest Comedy FilmWon[12][13]
Best DirectorPaco LeónNominated
Best ActressCarmina BarriosNominated
Best Supporting ActressMaría LeónNominated
Yolanda RamosNominated
Best Film PosterNominated
Best TrailerNominated
70th CEC MedalsBest Supporting ActressMaría LeónNominated[14]
Best New ActressYolanda RamosNominated
29th Goya AwardsBest New ActressYolanda RamosNominated[15]
27th European Film AwardsBest ComedyNominated[16][17]

See also

References
  1. Torreiro, Mirito (8 November 2013). "Carmina y amén. Para amantes de la comedia inteligente". Fotogramas.
  2. "Fiche artistique" (PDF). Bodega Films. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. "'Carmina y amén' – estreno en cines 30 de abril". Audiovisual451. 28 April 2014.
  4. Camero, Francisco (11 November 2013). "Carmina se ríe del luto". Málaga Hoy.
  5. Álvarez, Guillermo (22 March 2014). "Carmina Barrios presenta con Paco y María León 'Carmina y Amén' en el Festival de Málaga 2014". Bekia.
  6. "Teaser de 'Carmina y amén'". Fotogramas. 12 February 2014.
  7. García, Rocío (10 December 2014). "El cine español firma su mejor año". El País.
  8. Holland, Jonathan (24 March 2014). "Carmina and Amen (Carmina y Amen): Malaga Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  9. Marañón, Carlos (21 July 2014). "Carmina y amén". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  10. Batlle Caminal, Jordi (30 April 2014). ""Carmina y amén": Comedia con cicuta".
  11. Márquez, Jesús (29 March 2014). "Palmarés del Festival de Málaga 2014: '10.000 Km' arrasa con su visión del amor a distancia". ecartelera.
  12. García, Yago (16 December 2014). "Nominaciones a los Premios Feroz 2015". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  13. "Premios Feroz 2015: Lista de ganadores". Cinemanía. 26 January 2015 – via 20minutos.es.
  14. Lavado, Adrián (3 February 2015). "'La isla mínima' arrasa en las medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos 2014". ecartelera.
  15. "Los ganadores de los Goya 2015". La Vanguardia. 7 February 2015.
  16. Clark, Donald (17 November 2014). "Ed Guiney to receive gong from European Film Awards". The Irish Times.
  17. Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (14 December 2014). "Agnès Varda hits out at European cinema's failure to recognise women". The Guardian.
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