The Academy of Muses

The Academy of Muses (Spanish: La academia de las musas) is a 2015 Spanish film directed, written, edited, and lensed by José Luis Guerín blending documentary and comedy elements.

The Academy of Muses
SpanishLa academia de las musas
Directed byJosé Luis Guerín
Written byJosé Luis Guerín
Starring
  • Raffaele Pinto
  • Emanuela Forgetta
  • Rosa Delor Muns
  • Mireia Iniesta
  • Patricia Gil
  • Carolina Llacher
CinematographyJosé Luis Guerín
Edited byJosé Luis Guerín
Production
companies
  • Guerín PC
  • Los Films de Orfeo
Release dates
  • August 2015 (2015-08) (Locarno)
  • 1 January 2016 (2016-01-01) (Spain)
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Sardinian

Plot

The plot follows an ethically dubious Italian professor of literature at the University of Barcelona and the interactions with his female students.[1][2][3]

Cast
  • Raffaele Pinto[4]
  • Emanuela Forgetta[4]
  • Rosa Delor Muns[4]
  • Mireia Iniesta[4]
  • Patricia Gil[4]
  • Carolina Llacher[4]

Production

The film is a Guerín PC and Los Films de Orfeo production.[5] It was shot with a non-professional cast of actors, featuring dialogue in Catalan, Italian, Spanish, and Sard.[4][5]

Release

The film made its world premiere in August 2015 at the 68th Locarno Film Festival.[3] It also screened at the Seville European Film Festival in November 2015.[6] It was theatrically released in Spain on 1 January 2006.

Reception

Eric Kohn of IndieWire gave the film an 'A' grade, deeming it to be "a fascinating look at the antics of an ethically dubious professor that defies easy categorization".[3]

Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, praising "the (sheer) amount of things it tells us in its apparent simplicity".[7]

Javier Ocaña of El País considered it to be a "fascinating cinematographic experiment".[2]

Gaspar Zimerman of Clarín rated it as "good" while warning that "patience is required for the film".[1]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201512th Seville European Film FestivalGolden GiraldilloWon[8]
20162nd Fénix AwardsBest ScreenplayJosé Luis GuerínNominated[9][10]
Best EditingJosé Luis GuerínNominated
201866th Silver Condor AwardsBest Ibero-American FilmNominated[11][12]

See also

Accolades
  1. Zimerman, Gaspar (22 March 2017). "Crítica: Buena "La academia de las musas": La clase del seductor". Clarín.
  2. Ocaña, Javier (30 December 2015). "Teoría (y práctica) del amor". El País.
  3. Kohn, Eric (9 August 2015). "Locarno Review: Romantic Comedy or Philosophical Debate? Jose Luis Guerin's 'The Academy of Muses' is Both". indiewire.com.
  4. Lombardo, Manuel J. (10 January 2016). "Elogio de la duda".
  5. "'La academia de las musas' – estreno en cines 1 de enero". Audiovisual451. 28 December 2015.
  6. Bulnes, Amalia (12 November 2015). "José Luis Guerín hace del cine poesía con 'La academia de las musas'". eldiario.es.
  7. Vall, Pere (22 December 2015). "La academia de las musas. Para viajeros de la ficción y la realidad". Fotogramas.
  8. "'La academia de las musas', de Guerín, gana el Giraldillo de Oro". Europa Press. 14 November 2015.
  9. Valero, Carla (25 November 2016). "Conoce a los nominados a los Premios Fénix 2016 (+ Video)". eonline.
  10. "Lista de ganadores de los Premios Fénix 2016". Milenio. 7 December 2016.
  11. "Premios al cine argentino. Cóndor de Plata: todos los nominados". Clarín. 12 March 2018.
  12. "Cóndor de Plata 2018: todos los ganadores". La Nación. 14 August 2018.
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