Celia's Lives

Celia's Lives (Spanish: Las vidas de Celia) is a 2006 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed and written by Antonio Chavarrías which stars Najwa Nimri and Luis Tosar.

Celia's Lives
Film poster
SpanishLas vidas de Celia
Directed byAntonio Chavarrías
Screenplay byAntonio Chavarrías
Starring
CinematographyGuillermo Granillo
Edited byAnastasi Rinos
Music byFernando Corona
Production
companies
  • Oberon Cinematográfica
  • TAU
  • Altavista Films
Release dates
  • 26 September 2006 (2006-09-26) (Zinemaldia)
  • 19 January 2007 (2007-01-19) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Mexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

The night Celia unsuccessfully attempts suicide, a teenage girl (Melany) is raped and murdered nearby. Miguel Ángel, the police officer in charge of finding the perpetrator of the crime, digs around Celia and her closest circle, including her two sisters (Carmen and Ángela) and her husband Agustín. While the cop suspects about the girl's boyfriend (Pedro), Celia suspects about her husband.[1][2]

Cast

Production

A Spanish-Mexican co-production, the film was produced by Oberon Cinematográfica, TAU, and Altavista Films,[3] and it had the participation of TVE and TVC.[2]

Release

The film was presented at the 54th San Sebastián International Film Festival's official selection in September 2006.[4] It was also selected for the Marrakech International Film Festival's main competition.[5] Distributed by Nirvana,[2] it was theatrically released in Spain on 19 January 2007.[1]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered the "cunningly-structured noir" to be Antonio Chavarrías' "finest work to date".[2]

Nuria Vidal of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, praising "the spaces and the characters", while citing "a certain confusion of times" as a negative point.[1]

Javier Ocaña of El País considered that "with an agile, nervous production and very good performances" (especially by Tosar and Giménez Cacho) the film manages to portray a "desolate" (and perhaps a tad exaggerated) male panorama in relation to their treatment of women.[6]

See also

References
  1. Vidal, Nuria (29 May 2008). "Las vidas de Celia". Fotogramas.
  2. Holland, Jonathan (10 October 2006). "Celia's Lives". Variety.
  3. "Las vidas de Celia". Barcelona Film Commission | Catalunya Film Commission. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. "Najwa Nimri y Luis Tosar presentan 'Las vidas de Celia', un filme sobre la mentira cotidiana". El País. 27 September 2006.
  5. Tartaglione-Vialatte, Nancy (20 November 2006). "Marrakech to open with The Departed". ScreenDaily.
  6. Ocaña, Javier (19 January 2007). "Machos en celo". El País.
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