Love Gets a Room

Love Gets a Room (Spanish: El amor en su lugar) is a 2021 musical drama film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. Set in the Warsaw ghetto, it stars Clara Rugaard and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo.

Love Gets a Room
Directed byRodrigo Cortés
Written by
Produced by
  • Adrián Guerra
  • Núria Valls
Starring
Edited byRodrigo Cortés
Music byVictor Reyes
Production
companies
  • Nostromo Pictures
  • Love Gets a Room AIE
Distributed byA Contracorriente Films (es)
Release dates
  • November 2021 (2021-11) (SEFF)
  • 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Set in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, the fiction focuses on a group of Jewish thespians performing a musical stage play.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by David Safier and Rodrigo Cortés.[9] Nostromo Pictures' Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls were credited as producers.[8] The film was produced by Nostromo Pictures alongside Love Gets a Room AIE with the collaboration of the Departament of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the participation of TVC and Crea SGR.[10][11]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the 18th Seville European Film Festival (SEFF) in November 2021.[12][8] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[8] Love Gets a Room was theatrically released in Spain on 3 December 2021. Lionsgate handles the international sales.

Reception

Reviewing for Fotogramas, Blai Morell gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting the "virtuosity" of its mise-en-scène and the musical compositions by Víctor Reyes, while noting that there was some performer who was not up to the task.[13]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 80 out of 100 points, deeming it to be a cinema masterclass by Cortés, "thrilling and captivating" in terms of both the mise-en-scène and its honesty, praising the production design and the actors' direction, while noting that there were some repetitive moments and some over-abuse of the musical score.[14]

Oti Rodríguez Marchante of ABC gave it a positive review with a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.[3]

Reviewing for El Periódico de Catalunya, Beatriz Martínez rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that, in this film, Cortés' virtuosity was put at the service of something more than a mere stylistic exercise.[15]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily considered the result of the juxtaposition of a musical comedy stage performance and the desperate offstage lives of the fictional cast to be "a fine technical achievement, a moving enquiry into what young love can mean under such conditions, and Cortés' strongest film since 2010's Buried", also deeming it to be, from a technical point of view, "a tour-de-force in several ways".[16]

Awards and nominations
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20229th Feroz AwardsBest DirectorRodrigo CortésWon[17]
Best ScreenplayDavid Safier, Rodrigo CortésNominated
Best Original ScoreVíctor ReyesNominated
77th CEC MedalsBest FilmWon[18]
Best DirectorRodrigo CortésWon
Best ActressClara RugaardNominated
Best Original ScreenplayRodrigo Cortés, David SafierWon
Best CinematographyRafael GarcíaWon
Best EditingRodrigo CortésWon
Best ScoreVíctor ReyesWon
36th Goya AwardsBest Costume DesignAlberto ValcárcelNominated[19]
Best Production SupervisionÓscar VigiolaNominated
14th Gaudí AwardsBest Art DirectionLaia ColetNominated[20][21]
Best Costume DesignAlberto ValcárcelNominated
66th Sant Jordi AwardsBest Spanish FilmWon[22]

See also

References
  1. "Amar, y teatro, en tiempos muy revueltos. Tráiler de 'El amor en su lugar' de Rodrigo Cortés". Cinemanía. 10 November 2021 – via 20minutos.es.
  2. Hopewell, John (17 September 2021). "Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Star in Rodrigo Cortes' 'Love Gets a Room,' From Nostromo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  3. "Crítica de 'El amor en su lugar': El mundo se desmorona y nosotros nos enamoramos". abcplay. ABC. 3 December 2021.
  4. Holland, Jonathan. "Love Gets A Room Review". Screen Daily. Screen Daily. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "Love Gets a Room: 19 Festival de Sevilla". Festival de Sevilla. Festival de Sevilla. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. Catalogue, Spanish Film. "The Spanish Film Catalogue: Love Gets a Room". icaa. icaa. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. "El amor en su lugar" (PDF). Madrid: Cines Verdi. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  8. "'El amor en su lugar' – estreno en cines 3 de diciembre". Audiovisual451. 2 December 2021.
  9. Hopewell, Jonathan (17 September 2021). "Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Star in Rodrigo Cortes' 'Love Gets a Room,' From Nostromo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  10. "'El amor en su lugar', estreno en cines 3 de diciembre". Audiovisual451. 19 November 2021.
  11. Rivera, Alfonso (12 October 2021). "Rodrigo Cortés se pasa al drama histórico con El amor en su lugar". Cineuropa.
  12. Rivera, Alfonso (15 November 2021). "Rodrigo Cortés • Director of Love Gets a Room". Cineuropa.
  13. Morell, Blai (1 December 2021). "Crítica de 'El amor en su lugar'". Fotogramas.
  14. Hernández Luján, Raquel (December 2021). "Crítica de El amor en su lugar: una lección de cine de Rodrigo Cortés que te deja clavado en la butaca". HobbyConsolas.
  15. Martínez, Beatriz (2 December 2021). "Crítica de 'El amor en su lugar': virtuosismo con emoción". El Periódico.
  16. Holland, Jonathan (27 December 2021). "'Love Gets A Room': Review". ScreenDaily.
  17. "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía. 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  18. "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
  19. "Palmarés completo de los Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón', mejor película". Cinemanía. 12 February 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  20. ""Las leyes de la frontera", la més nominada en uns Premis Gaudí molt disputats". 3/24. Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 25 January 2022.
  21. Aller, María (7 March 2022). "Premios Gaudí 2022: 'Seis días corrientes' y 'Libertad', las triunfadoras de la 14ª edición". Fotogramas.
  22. "'El amor en su lugar' de Rodrigo Cortés, mejor película española del año en los Premios RNE Sant Jordi". Audiovisual451. 8 February 2022.
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