Quién te cantará

Quién te cantará (Spanish for 'Who will sing to you') is a 2018 Spanish-French drama film written and directed by Carlos Vermut, starring Najwa Nimri and Eva Llorach.[1][2]

Quién te cantará
Film poster
Directed byCarlos Vermut
Written byCarlos Vermut
Produced byEnrique López Lavigne
Starring
CinematographyEduard Grau
Edited byMarta Velasco
Music byAlberto Iglesias
Production
companies
  • Apache Films
  • Áralan Films
  • Les Films du Worso
Release dates
  • 8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) (Spain)
Running time
125 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

The film was nominated for seven Goya Awards with Llorach winning the award for Best New Actress.[3]

Plot

When Lila, a celebrity singer with amnesia forgets how to act, a superfan named Violeta steps in to teach Lila how to be Lila once again.

Cast

Production

A Spain-France co-production by Apache Films, Áralan Films and Les Films du Worso, the film also had the participation of TVE, Canal Sur and Vodafone, and support from ICAA, ICO and Junta de Andalucía.[4] Shooting locations included the provinces of Cádiz and Málaga.[4]

Release

The film was presented at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It was also showcased at the 66th San Sebastián International Film Festival later in the month.[6] It was released theatrically in Spain on 26 October 2018.[7]

Reception

Quién te cantará received positive reviews from film critics. It holds an 85% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews with an average rating of 7.4/10.[8]

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter underscored the film to be "a smart, moving homage to fandom".[9]

Shelagh Rowan-Legg of ScreenAnarchy deemed the film to be "a mesmerizing story of the burden of fame, the bonds between strangers, the price of love, and the reflections we see and do not see in each other and ourselves".[10]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2019 24th Forqué AwardsBest Actress in a FilmEva LlorachWon[11]
6th Feroz Awards Best Drama Film Nominated [12]
Best Director Carlos Vermut Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Actress in a Film Eva Llorach Won
Best Supporting Actress Natalia de Molina Nominated
Best Original Soundtrack Alberto Iglesias Won
Best Trailer Won
Best Film Poster Won
11th Gaudí AwardsBest ActressCarme ElíasNominated[13][14]
Best CinematographyEduard GrauNominated
Best Art DirectionLaia AtecaNominated
33rd Goya Awards Best Actress Najwa Nimri Nominated [15]
Best Supporting Actress Natalia de Molina Nominated
Best New Actress Eva Llorach Won
Best Cinematography Eduard Grau Nominated
Best Sound Daniel de Zayas, Eduardo Castro, Mario González Nominated
Best Costume Design Ana López Cobos Nominated
Best Makeup and Hairstyles Rafael Mora, Anabel Beato Nominated
28th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest New ActressEva LlorachWon[16]

See also

References
  1. Rivera, Alfonso (31 January 2017). "Carlos Vermut's new film to be called Quién te cantará". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "'Quién te cantará' – estreno en cines 26 de octubre". Audiovisual451. 23 October 2018.
  3. Green, Jennifer (2 February 2019). "Goya Awards: The Realm, Champions Among Night's Big Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. Soriano Bautista, Mariela (29 April 2017). ""Quién te cantará", nuevo trabajo de Natalia de Molina". Diario Jaén.
  5. Zamora, Andrea (16 October 2018). "'Quién te cantará': Najwa Nimri se convierte en Lila en este 'featurette' EXCLUSIVO". Sensacine.
  6. Rodríguez, Inés (26 September 2018). "'Quién te cantará', un drama de identidades cruzadas". Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento.
  7. Palao, Alberto (27 October 2018). "Najwa Nimri y Amaral nos emocionan con su versión de 'Procuro Olvidarte'". Los 40.
  8. "Quién te cantará (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  9. Holland, Jonathan (8 September 2018). "Quien Te Cantara: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  10. Rowan-Legg, Shelagh (5 November 2018). "Morbido 2018 Review: Quién te cantará, Music, Mirrors, and Memory". ScreenAnarchy.
  11. Guerra, Andrés (13 January 2019). "Antonio de la Torre y Eva Llorach, entre los 'Campeones' de los XXIV Premios Forqué". La Vanguardia.
  12. Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
  13. "Miki Esparbé, nominat a millor actor secundari per «Les distàncies» als premis Gaudí". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica. 11 December 2018.
  14. "'Entre dos aguas', de Isaki Lacuesta, triunfa en los Premios Gaudí con siete premios". rtve.es. 27 January 2019.
  15. "Listado completo de ganadores de los Premios Goya 2019". Diario de Sevilla. Grupo Joly. 3 February 2019.
  16. Silvestre, Juan (12 March 2019). "'Arde Madrid' arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". Fotogramas.
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