Kiki, Love to Love

Kiki, Love to Love (Spanish: Kiki, el amor se hace) is a 2016 Spanish sex comedy film directed by Paco León. It is a remake of the Australian film The Little Death.

Kiki, Love to Love
Film poster
SpanishKiki, el amor se hace
Directed byPaco León
Screenplay by
  • Paco León
  • Fernando Pérez
Based onThe Little Death
by Josh Lawson
Produced by
  • Ghislain Barrois
  • Álvaro Augustin
  • Andrés Martín
Starring
CinematographyKiko de la Rica
Edited byAlberto de Toro
Production
companies
Distributed byVértigo Films
Release date
  • 1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)
Running time
1h 42min
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Cast

Production

Penned by Paco León and Fernando Pérez,[2] the screenplay is a remake of the 2014 Australian film The Little Death by Josh Lawson.[3] The film is a Telecinco Cinema and Vértigo Films production,[4] and it had the participation of Mediaset España and Movistar+.[5] Shooting started on 10 August 2015 in Madrid.[6]

Release

Distributed by Vértigo Films,[5] the film was theatrically released on 1 April 2016.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter summed up the film as "feel-good fun, interestingly twisted".[7]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, finding (positively) surprising "the elegance with which Paco León tells his stories, the warm photography, the comedy, and the careful aesthetics of the film".[8]

Accolades
Co-writers Fernando Pérez and Paco León attending the 31st Goya Awards.
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2017 4th Feroz AwardsBest Comedy FilmWon[9][10]
Best Supporting ActressCandela PeñaNominated
Best TrailerRafael MartínezWon
Best Film PosterÁlvaro León Acosta, Luis León Acosta, Virginia Velasco RamírezNominated
31st Goya AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayFernando Pérez, Paco LeónNominated[11]
Best Supporting ActressCandela PeñaNominated
Best New ActressBelén CuestaNominated
Best Original Song"KIKI" - Mr.K! feat Nita; composed by Alejandro Acosta, Cristina Manjón, David Borràs Paronella, Marc Peña Rius, Paco LeónNominated
26th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actress in a Secondary RoleCandela PeñaWon[12]

See also

References
  1. "Tráiler de "Kiki, el amor se hace" con Natalia de Molina". Diario Jaén. 3 December 2015.
  2. Batlle Caminal, Jordi (1 April 2016). "'Kiki, el amor se hace': Comedia para el oído". La Vanguardia.
  3. Gómez-Escalonilla, Gloria; Riesgo Gadea, Sofía (2017). "Estudio de los remakes estrenados en España en el siglo XXI" (PDF). Fonseca, Journal of Communication. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. 14 (14): 18. doi:10.14201/fjc2017141123. ISSN 2172-9077.
  4. "Paco León comienza a rodar su nueva película". El Correo de Andalucía. 6 August 2015.
  5. "'Kiki, el amor se hace' – estreno en cines 1 de abril". Audiovisual451. 28 March 2016.
  6. "Paco León convierte a su hija en actriz". Diez Minutos. 13 September 2015.
  7. Holland, Jonathan (2016-04-07). "'Kiki, Love to Love' ('Kiki, El Amor Se Hace'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  8. Bermejo, Andrea G. (28 March 2016). "Kiki, el amor se hace". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  9. ""El hombre de las mil caras» lidera las nominaciones de unos Premios Feroz que ignoran a «La Reina de España"". abc.es. 1 December 2016.
  10. "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017". HuffPost. 23 January 2017.
  11. "Kiki, el amor se hace". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  12. "'Tarde para la ira' arrasa en unos Premios Unión de Actores con fuerte reivindicación femenina". rtve.es. 14 March 2017.
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