Who's Stopping Us

Who's Stopping Us (Spanish: Quién lo impide) is a 2021 Spanish film directed by Jonás Trueba. Featuring a running time over three and a half hours long, the film is a generational portrait of youth blending documentary and fiction pieces.

Who's Stopping Us
Theatrical release poster
SpanishQuién lo impide
Directed byJonás Trueba
Written byJonás Trueba
Starring
  • Candela Recio
  • Pablo Hoyos
  • Silvio Aguilar
  • Rony-Michelle Pinzaru
  • Pablo Gavira
  • Claudia Navarro
  • Marta Casado
  • Sancho Javiérez
CinematographyJonás Trueba
Edited byMarta Velasco
Music by
  • Rafael Berrio
  • Pablo Gavira
  • Andrei Mazga
  • Alberto González
Production
company
Los Ilusos Films
Distributed byAtalante Cinema
Release dates
  • 22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) (Zinemaldia)
  • 22 October 2021 (2021-10-22) (Spain)
Running time
220 min
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

The film tracks a group high schoolers in Madrid, following them from mid-teens to their early 20s.[1]

Cast
  • Candela Recio[2]
  • Pablo Hoyos[2]
  • Silvio Aguilar[2]
  • Rony-Michelle Pinzaru[2]
  • Pablo Gavira[2]
  • Claudia Navarro[2]
  • Marta Casado[2]
  • Sancho Javiérez[2]

Production

A Los Ilusos Films production,[2] Who's Stopping Us was shot from 2016 to 2021.[1]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival (SSIFF), screened on 22 September 2021 (6th day) as pàrt of the festival's official competition.[3] Distributed by Atalante Cinema,[2] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 22 October 2021.[4]

Reception

Pablo Vázquez of Fotogramas scored 5 out of 5 stars, extolling the absence of any sort of imposture, while noting that its extended runtime perhaps will dissuade cowards, assessing the film to be "a cum laude thesis with which its director embraces his maturity as a filmmaker".[5]

Carmen L. Lobo of La Razón gave it 4 out of 5 stars, considering "its splendid, immersive direction, and the optimism and nostalgia enveloping the film" to be the best thing about Who's Stopping Us.[6]

Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that the vast amount of material "has taken an exciting form, in different blocks perfectly articulated with each other."[7]

Jonathan Romney of ScreenDaily wrote that the film is "not as revelatory as it intends, this is an only intermittently fascinating watch, an over-extended experiment that doesn't quite hold its own against 21st-century cinema's more incisive portraits of youth".[1]

Who's Stopping Us closed Cahiers du Cinéma's top 10 films of 2022 list.[8]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
202169th San Sebastián International Film FestivalSilver Shell for Best Supporting PerformanceThe whole castWon[9][10]
Feroz Zinemaldia AwardWon
FIPRESCI AwardWon
20229th Feroz AwardsArrebato Award (Non-Fiction Film)Nominated[11]
77th CEC MedalsBest Documentary FilmWon[12]
36th Goya AwardsBest Documentary FilmWon[13]
9th Platino AwardsBest Documentary FilmNominated[14]

See also

References
  1. Romney, Jonathan (24 September 2021). "'Who's Stopping Us': San Sebastian Review". ScreenDaily.
  2. García, Alejandra (20 October 2021). "'Quién lo impide' – estreno en cines 22 de octubre". Audiovisual451.
  3. Zamora, Andrea (23 September 2021). "San Sebastián 2021 Día 6: El terror de lo cotidiano de 'La abuela' de Paco Plaza invade el festival". Sensacine.
  4. Partearroyo, Manuela (3 November 2021). "'Quién lo impide': más que una película, un salto al vacío que retrata el miedo y la honestidad adolescente". Vogue.
  5. Vázquez, Pablo (21 October 2021). "Crítica de 'Quién lo impide'". Fotogramas.
  6. Lobo, Carmen L. (21 October 2021). "Crítica de "Quién lo impide": y Jonás se comió a la ballena ★★★★☆". La Razón.
  7. Casas, Quim (21 October 2021). "Crítica de 'Quién lo impide': retrato de una generación". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  8. Zilko, Christian (1 December 2022). "'Pacifiction' Tops Cahiers du Cinema's Best Films of 2022 List". IndieWire.
  9. "[Festival de San Sebastián 2021] Palmarés completo". Cinemanía. 25 September 2021 – via 20minutos.es.
  10. Belinchón, Gregorio (25 September 2021). "Concha de Oro de San Sebastián para la discutida película rumana 'Blue Moon'". El País.
  11. "Palmarés de los Premios Feroz 2022: todos los ganadores en la noche del cine español". Vanitatis. 30 January 2022 – via El Confidencial.
  12. "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
  13. Gajewski, Ryan (12 February 2022). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ""El buen patrón" y la serie argentina "El reino", los más nominados a los Premios Platino". Telam. 31 March 2022.
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