Rainbow (2022 film)

Rainbow is a 2022 Spanish fantasy drama film directed by Paco León, loosely based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film stars Dora Postigo, Áyax Pedrosa, Wekaforé Jibril (Spirit Disco), Carmen Maura, Carmen Machi and Luis Bermejo.

Rainbow
Official release poster
Directed byPaco León
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMarc Miró
Edited byAna Álvarez-Ossorio
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • 18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) (SSIFF)
  • 23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) (Spain)
Running time
118 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The film premiered at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 18 September 2022. It later received a release in select theatres in Spain on 23 September 2022, and a streaming debut on Netflix on 30 September.

Premise

The film, "not a musical film" but featuring "a lot of music" according to Paco León,[1] follows the coming-of-age story of a teenager with an extraordinary musical talent (Dora) leaving home alongside her dog Toto upon a quarrel with her father Diego, embarking on a journey to 'Ciudad Capital'.[2][3][4]

Cast

Production

Rainbow is inspired on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.[10] Paco León co-wrote the screenplay alongside Javier Gullón,[11] and is also credited as producer.[12] Produced by Telecinco Cinema in collaboration with Los amigos de Dorothy AIE, and the participation of Andy Joke and Colosé Producciones,[10] filming began on 2 August 2021.[13] Shooting locations included the Madrid region and the provinces of Segovia, Guadalajara, Toledo and Alicante.[14][15] Netflix reported the wrap in October 2021.[16] Other crew duties were entrusted to Marc Miró (cinematography), and Ana Álvarez-Ossorio (editing), whereas Diego Postigo helmed the coordination of the musical production.[17]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival's 'Velodrome' section on 18 September 2022.[18][19] It was released in select theatres on 23 September 2022,[20][21] followed by a worldwide release on Netflix streaming on 30 September 2022.[20][14]

Reception

Fernando Bernal of Cinemanía rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, writing that León's "road movie never manages to pick up speed" and its sequences "falter within their own rhythm".[22]

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País wrote about a film "capable of both the best and the worst", featuring an awry catharsis somewhat amended by a beautiful epilogue, resulting into an "uneven and largely botched film", even if having the courage to look to the future".[23]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored 40 out of 100 points ("bad"), deeming it to be an "immature and pretentious" proposal, with "clumsy" metaphors, and a final party that ends up becoming "irritating".[24]

John Serba of Decider.com considered that the film "boasts enough compelling and creative pieces and parts to merit a recommendation, even if they don't quite come together as a whole".[25]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20232nd Carmen AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayPaco León, Javier GullónNominated[26][27]
Best New ActorAyax PedrosaNominated

See also

References
  1. "'Rainbow': Paco León anuncia título y reparto de su versión libre de 'El mago de Oz'". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. Cazallas, Javier (30 August 2022). "Tráiler y póster de Rainbow, la colorida versión de El Mago de Oz de Paco León para Netflix". HobbyConsolas.
  3. "Paco León se inspira en 'El mago de Oz'". El Correo. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. "Conoce uno a uno a los personajes de 'Rainbow'". Telecinco. 23 September 2022.
  5. Rodrigo, Javi (28 July 2022). "Tráiler de 'Rainbow', lo nuevo de Paco León: Un 'Mago de Oz' sobre el fracaso con Carmen Maura embarazada". Los 40.
  6. Martínez, Beatriz (18 September 2022). "Rainbow, el loco viaje lisérgico de Paco León". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  7. Sisí Sánchez, Alberto (19 September 2022). "Quién es quién en 'Rainbow', la nueva película de Paco León que se verá en Netflix". Vogue.
  8. "El falso embarazo de una famosa de 70 años que ha abierto un debate sobre la maternidad tardía". Divinity. 27 July 2022.
  9. Herruzo Martínez, Ignacio (5 August 2021). "'Rainbow': la nueva película de Paco León se verá en exclusiva en Netflix". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. Rodera, Alejandro (5 August 2021). "Netflix estrenará 'Rainbow', la película de Paco León basada en "El mago de Oz"". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  11. "Paco León rodará con Telecinco Cinema una versión libre del clásico 'El maravilloso Mago de Oz'". Panorama Audiovisual (in Spanish). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  12. Silvestre, Juan (5 August 2021). "'Rainbow': Paco León arranca el rodaje de su versión de 'El mago de Oz' para Netflix". Fotogramas. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  13. Criado, Ana Mª (9 August 2021). "Segovia, escenario de rodaje para Paco León". El Adelantado (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  14. Silvestre, Juan (1 June 2022). "'Rainbow': Primer cartel y sinopsis de la cinta de Paco León para Netflix". Fotogramas.
  15. "Primeras imágenes de 'Rainbow', lo nuevo de Paco León". Canarias7 (in Spanish). 6 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  16. "Primeras imágenes de 'Rainbow', nueva película de Paco León inspirada en 'El mago de Oz'". La Razón (in Spanish). 7 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  17. "Estreno del tráiler y póster de 'Rainbow'". Mediaset España. 30 August 2022.
  18. "'Rainbow': Primer avance del viaje de Paco León para Netflix". Cinemanía. 28 July 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  19. Hopewell, John (15 July 2022). "San Sebastian Festival's 2022 Spanish Film Lineup: Emerging Talent, Fresh Titles From a New Establishment". Variety.
  20. Silvestre, Juan (15 July 2022). "'Rainbow': primer cartel y sinopsis de la cinta de Paco León para Netflix". Fotogramas.
  21. Cazallas, Javier (1 June 2022). "Póster de Rainbow, la nueva película de Paco León para Netflix". HobbyConsolas.
  22. Bernal, Fernando (23 September 2022). "Crítica de 'Rainbow'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  23. Fernández-Santos, Elsa (19 September 2022). "Paco León se pierde por el camino de baldosas amarillas en su Mago de Oz ibérico y 'queer'". El País.
  24. Hernández Luján, Raquel (20 September 2022). "Crítica de Rainbow: Paco León fracasa en su intento de reinterpretar El mago de Oz... pero lo disfruta a tope". HobbyConsolas.
  25. Serba, John (1 October 2022). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Rainbow' on Netflix, a Fantastical 'Wizard of Oz'-Inspired Sort-Of-Musical Starring Spanish Pop Star Dora Postigo". decider.com.
  26. Martínez, Evaristo (14 December 2022). "'Controverso' opta a dos Carmen, que anuncian sus candidatos desde Almería". La Voz de Almería.
  27. "Modelo 77 triunfa en los Carmen: Así ha quedado el palmarés". Ideal. Grupo Vocento. 5 February 2023.
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