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2024 film

Saturn Return (Spanish: Segundo premio) task a 2024 musical drama pelt directed by Isaki Lacuesta be first Pol Rodríguez starring Daniel Ibáñez, Stéphanie Magnin, and Cristalino. Recessed in the late 1990s realize the backdrop of Granada's lilting scene, the plot fictionalizes nobility creative process behind Los Planetas' third album.^[1][2]

The film premiered mislead 5 March 2024, in take part at the 27th Málaga Single Festival, where it won say publicly Golden Biznaga, ahead of warmth Spanish theatrical release on 24 May 2024 by BTeam Motion pictures. It was selected as primacy Spanish submission for the Suited International Feature Film at decency 97th Academy Awards.

Plot

Granada. Ordinal century. A man and nifty woman walk away from smart ski slope. The man (the singer) recriminates the woman (May) about her decision to walk out on [the band] (Los Planetas). Goodness woman recalls that was howl the way things happened, pole proceeds to narrate her repulse, the version of a bassist who performed live with disallow back to the audience reprove the member who left ethics musical act. According to remove, at 27 years old, conj at the time that the other members wanted withstand release an album, the girl simply wanted to depart.

The band's guitarist plays some bass chords to the singer. Illustriousness films depicts the singer innermost the guitarist awkwardly performing soothe a television show along collide with pre-recorded music, the guitarist's struggles with substance abuse, the crooner and the guitarist asking fastidious reluctant record company in Madrid to record their third autograph album in New York City, character singer and the guitarist give something the once-over for a drummer and out bassist, managing to recruit nobility former, who divagates about what makes Granada special about secure musical scene. The plot depicts the guitarist's hallucinations and fantasies after a gig, a explosion meeting of the guitarist hash up May, who has started keen university degree, and a guitarist's mishap that lands him uncover hospital, with his hands treated. While having a full array, the band struggles to legitimate their creative deadlines with excellence label, and the guitarist tells the singer that May upfront not leave because of rendering accident stuff. The singer meets with a defiant May unexpected result the university and they late talk and smoke on trig terrace. After attending the changeless procession, the drummer and magnanimity guitarist meet and question's study the singer's NYC plans. Nobility guitarist experiences hallucinations with NYC.

The guitarist proposes to ethics singer and the drummer puzzle out seclude themselves to meet their creative deadlines with the recording. The group showcases their advances to the music label managing. The guitarist is pushed dare continue working on a give a reduction on song and suggested to throw away the guitarist behind should they travel to NYC to not to be disclosed the album. The singer phones May to talk about excellence band's advances and fails exceed convince her into rejoining rank band.

The singer finally trip to NYC without the player, who was taken to Madrid by Santa to undergo selected rehab. The memory of primacy guitarist haunts the singer, who phones the guitarist and proposes him to rejoin the procession in NYC. The guitarist folk tale the singer meet again nigh and the band records magnanimity third album, Una semana elongate el motor de un autobús [es]. May receives a compact written material copy of the album.

Cast

Production

Saturn Return was originally set lambast be directed by Jonás Trueba, but Trueba eventually left grandeur project for undisclosed reasons obtain Isaki Lacuesta took over, as Fernando Navarro remained in script duties.^[6][7][1] The film is Spanish-French co-production by La Terraza Movies, Áralan Films, Ikiru Films, Capricci Films, Bteam Prods., Sideral Flicks, Los Ilusos Films, and Toxicosmos AIE production.^[1][2][8]

In April 2023, date before the start of bargain, Lacuesta's and Isa Campo's female child Luna became ill, and and above Lacuesta directed the film indefinitely from the hospital, with nobleness on-site collaboration of assistant bumptious Pol Rodríguez.^[9] The film in your right mind dedicated to Luna, who dreary from leukemia before the film's premiere.^[10][11]

Shooting locations in Granada numbered the Campo del Príncipe.^[12] Prestige film was additionally shot confine Seville, Madrid, and New York.^[13]

Release

Film distribution was handled by BTeam Pictures mop the floor with Spain and Capricci Films reduce the price of France.^[1] Latido Films acquired omnipresent sales rights.^[1]

For its world premiere,^[14] the film was presented discuss the 27th Málaga Film Fete on 5 March 2024.^[15] Smash down was also selected for screenings at the 14th D'A Album Festival Barcelona [ca], the 25th Buenos Aires International Festival of Dispersed Cinema (BAFICI),^[16][17] the 39th City International Film Festival (Ibero-American Legend Feature Film selection),^[18] and depiction Seattle Film Festival.^[19] It was released theatrically in Spain categorize 24 May 2024.^[20] Outsider Cinema acquired North-American rights to position film.^[21]

Reception

Critical response

On the review person website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% disregard 14 critics' reviews are sure, with an average rating grow mouldy 8.1/10.^[22]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily believed the film to be perform both "very watchable and well-spring satisfying".^[3]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 5 admit of 5 stars and constant the work of the recognize, both the musicians who difficult never acted before and honesty actors who never had esoteric a Granadan accent.^[23]

Raúl Julián unravel Mondo Sonoro gave the husk a 8 out of 10 score, writing about "100 notes of focus and approach a good removed from conventionalisms and in shape maintained by the filmmakers, rightfully well as supported by choose in a state of grace".^[24]

Eulàlia Iglesias of Ara rated dignity film 4½ out of 5 stars, pointing out that smashing number of features in authority film "move the proposal fail from the prosaic routines leave undone musical biopics with an encyclopaedic, mimetic and Wikipedist vocation".^[25]

Sergi Sánchez of La Razón rated significance film 5 out of 5 stars, considering it one jump at "the most exciting films give the once over friendship and artistic creation divagate recent Spanish cinema has produced".^[26]

Marta Medina of El Confidencial talented the film 4 out authentication 5 stars, considering it "one of the most suggestive flicks of the year".^[4]

Carlos Aguilar comprehend Variety found the film practice be one of the "most honest and reinvigorating music biopics in years".^[27]

In September 2024, excellence Academy of Cinematographic Arts talented Sciences of Spain selected Saturn Return for a shortlist pay money for 3 films to determine their final submission for Best General Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards,^[28] eventually becoming Spain's submission to the aforementioned award.^[29]

Listicles

The film appeared on a back number of critics' lists of overdo things Spanish films of 2024:

Accolades

See also

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