Uncertain Glory (2017 film)

Uncertain Glory (Catalan: Incerta glòria) is a 2017 Spanish drama film directed by Agustí Villaronga based on the eponymous novel by Joan Sales. Shot in Catalan, its cast is led by Marcel Borràs, Núria Prims, Oriol Pla and Bruna Cusí.

Uncertain Glory
Catalan film poster
CatalanIncerta glòria
Directed byAgustí Villaronga
Screenplay by
  • Agustí Villaronga
  • Coral Cruz
Based onUncertain Glory
by Joan Sales
Produced byIsona Passola
Starring
Production
companies
Distributed byAlfa Pictures
Release date
  • 17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageCatalan

Plot

Set in 1937, with the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, a young Republican officer becomes infatuated with a mysterious widow.

Cast

Production

Based on the eponymous novel by Joan Sales, Uncertain Glory was written by the director Agustí Villaronga alongside Coral Cruz.[2] Isona Passola took over production duties. It was produced by Massa D'or Produccions and Televisió de Catalunya (TVC) with the participation of RTVE, Movistar+ and Aragón TV and support from ICEC and ICAA.[2] It was shot in 2016. Filming primarily took place in Aragon, as well as La Garriga and Barcelona.[3]

Release

Distributed by Alfa Pictures,[4] the film was theatrically released on 17 March 2017.[5]

Reception

Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that Villaronga "splendidly directs" the cast, Núria Prims in particular.[6] He deemed the war setting to have a secondary role in the plot, just as a device to switch everything else on: "a trail of conflicting feelings, affective hostilities, devastating sexual impulses, delusions, hatreds and quarrels, the seed of evil in its purest form".[6]

Reviewing for Fotogramas, Pere Vall gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming Oriol Pla's emotional performance to be the best about the film while noting as a negative point that the plot featured some trip to Barcelona that could have dealt with as an ellipsis.[7]

Toni Vall of Cinemanía scored 4 out of 5 stars, considering that the story tracking the five main characters "manages to transcend the purely historical sketch, taking possession of their souls, dissecting them and injecting cinema into them".[8]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed Uncertain Glory to be an "unquestionable" heir to Pa negre, a "fantastic production set in the rearguard of the Civil War", praising, in addition of Villaronga's craft, the cinematography, the production design, the "very risky" score and the cast.[9]

Awards and nominations
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20185th Feroz AwardsBest Actress (film)Núria PrimsNominated[10]
Best Supporting Actor (film)Oriol PlaNominated
10th Gaudí AwardsBest FilmNominated[11][12]
Best DirectionAgustí VillarongaNominated
Best Leading ActressNúria PrimsWon
Best Leading ActorMarcel BorràsNominated
Best Supporting ActressBruna CusíNominated
Best Supporting ActorOriol PlaWon
Best ScreenplayNominated
Best Production SupervisionAleix CastellónWon
Best Art DirectionNominated
Best EditingNominated
Best Original ScoreNominated
Best CinematographyJosep M. CivitWon
Best Costume DesignMercè PalomaWon
Best SoundXavier Mas, Fernando Novillo & Ricard GalceranWon
Best Visual EffectsManuel López Egea & Bernat AragonésWon
Best Makeup and HairstylesAlma CasalWon
32nd Goya AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayAgustí Villaronga & Coral CruzNominated[13]
27th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actor in a Minor RoleJorge UsónWon[14]

See also

References
  1. ""Incerta glòria": passions amoroses i amistats traïdes durant la Guerra Civil" (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. "'Incierta gloria' – estreno en cines 17 de marzo". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. Alós, Ernest (21 June 2016). "Villaronga hace de 'Incerta glòria' un western emocional". El Periódico.
  4. "'Incierta gloria' – estreno en cines 17 de marzo". Audiovisual451. 15 March 2017.
  5. "La primera película rodada en catalán aterriza en Netflix". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. "'Incerta glòria': la estrategia de la araña". El Periódico. 15 March 2017.
  7. Vall, Pere (9 February 2017). "Incierta Gloria". Fotogramas.
  8. "Incierta Gloria". Cinemanía. 4 March 2017 – via 20minutos.es.
  9. Ocaña, Javier (17 March 2017). "La batalla interior de la Guerra Civil". El País.
  10. Lázaro, Margarita (22 January 2018). "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018". HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  11. Pulido, Adrián (29 December 2017). "Lista completa de nominados a los premios Gaudí 2018". ecartelera (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  12. "'Estiu 1993' triomfa en uns premis Gaudí marcats per l'excepcionalitat política". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  13. "Los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018". El País (in Spanish). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  14. "XXVII Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices". Fotogramas. 13 March 2018.
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