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Motherhood (2022 Spanish film)
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Motherhood (Spanish: La Maternal)[1] is a 2022 teen drama film written and directed by Pilar Palomero starring Carla Quílez and Ángela Cervantes.
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Plot
The plot tracks Carla, a 14-year old pregnant girl placed in a centre for teenage mothers where she hangs out with other teen classmates (Raki, Estel, Claudia, Jamila and Sheila).[2][3] She also has to deal with the vicissitudes of her fraught relation with her mother Penélope.[3][4]
Cast
- Carla Quílez as Carla[4]
- Ángela Cervantes as Penélope[4]
- Jordan Dumes[2]
- Pepe Lorente[2]
- Olga Hueso[2]
- Rubén Martínez[2]
- Gal·la Sabaté[2]
- Neus Pàmies[2]
Production
The screenplay was written by Pilar Palomero.[5] La maternal (Palomero's sophomore feature after Schoolgirls)[6] is an Inicia Films and Bteam Prods production, with the participation of RTVE, TVC, Televisión de Aragón, and Movistar+ and support from Creative Europe's MEDIA, ICAA and ICEC.[4][7] Julián Elizalde worked as cinematographer.[8][9]
Shooting took place in late 2021 and lasted for 8 weeks.[10] Shooting locations included Los Monegros and Barcelona and its surroundings.[7]
Release
The film made its world premiere at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival's official selection on 20 September 2022.[11][12] It will have its international premiere at the Zurich Film Festival.[1] Distributed by BTeam Pictures,[2] it is set for an 18 November 2022 theatrical release in Spain.[13] Elle Driver acquired rights for worldwide sales outside Spain and France.[2]
Reception
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According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 92% approval rating based on 13 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.9/10.[15]
Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily deemed the film to be "superbly directed by Palomero, who seems to have a special gift for seeing the world through children's eyes".[16]
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 65 points ("acceptable") deeming it to be more interesting by its subject than by its forms, praising "the reality that [the film] makes visible" but pointing out that "the style is too crude, it is an unbearable film at times".[17]
Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "one of the best films, if not the best, [in 2022 Spanish cinema]", praising "that true prodigy named Carla Quílez" as the best thing about the film while citing the film's excess length as a negative point.[18]
Sergi Sánchez of La Razón rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, positively highlighting Quílez's naturalness while pointing out that "a certain capacity for synthesis is lacking" in the film.[19]
Top ten lists
The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2022:
- 2nd — El Confidencial (Marta Medina)[20]
- 2nd — El Cultural (Begoña Donat)[21]
- 3rd — El Español ('Series&más' critics)[22]
- 3rd — Cadena SER (Jose M. Romero)[23]
- 4th — Cadena SER ('El cine en la SER' critics)[23]
- 4th — ABC (Oti Rodríguez Marchante)[24]
- 6th — Vanity Fair (Juan Sanguino & Paloma Rando)[25]
- 7th — Cadena SER (Pepa Blanes)[23]
- 8th — El Cultural (Carlos Heredero)[21]
- 7th — Cadena SER (Elio Castro)[23]
- 9th — El Cultural (Juan Sardá)[21]
- 10th — El Cultural (Carlos Reviriego)[21]
- 10th — El Periódico de Catalunya (critics)[26]
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Accolades
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References
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