Small Lives
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| Spanish | Vidas pequeñas |
| Directed by | Enrique Gabriel |
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| Produced by | Francisco Ramos |
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| Cinematography | David Carretero |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Small Lives (Spanish: Vidas pequeñas) is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Enrique Gabriel and co-written by Lucie Lipschutz. Its ensemble cast features Ana Fernández, Roberto Enríquez, Alicia Borrachero, Francisco Boira, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, and Ángela Molina.
Plot
Bankrupt fashion designer Bárbara Helguera ends up living in a trailer park in the outskirts of Madrid called 'Vista Hermosa', coming across a wide array of characters.[1][2]
Cast
- Ana Fernández as Bárbara Helguera[3]
- Roberto Enríquez as Andrés[3]
- Alicia Borrachero as Mari Ángeles[1]
- Francisco Boira as Fede[3]
- Laura Domínguez as Cristina[3]
- Yohana Cobo as Loredana[1]
- Ángela Molina as Celeste[4]
- Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Pradal[1]
- Asunción Balaguer[3]
- Pyotr Zaychenko as Piotr[1]
Production
The screenplay was written by Gabriel in tandem with his mother.[5] The film was produced by Alquimia Cinema and El Baile production and it had the participation of TVE.[1]
Release
Small Lives was presented as the closing screening of the main competition slate of the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 29 October 2010.[6][7] Distributed by Emon,[1] it was released theatrically in Spain on 18 March 2011.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety described the film as a "rangy, intimate drama about an array of society's victims living in a trailer park".[1]
Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars writing that the good thing "about 'telling nothing' about so many lives, [is] that some of them make it to the end safe and sound".[8]
Lluís Bonet Mojica of La Vanguardia deemed Small Lives to be "a choral and well-structured film" about "a microcosm with a wide range of situations, without falling into weeping melodrama".[9]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2011
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20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Emilio Gutiérrez Caba | Nominated | [10][11] |
| Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Alicia Borrachero | Nominated |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Holland, Jonathan (28 March 2011). "Small Lives". Variety.
- ^ "Versión Española estrena 'Vidas pequeñas', de Enrique Gabriel". rtve.es. 29 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Caviaro, Juan Luis (18 March 2011). "Estrenos de cine | 18 de marzo | Romances variados, enigmáticas relaciones, marginación y un exorcismo". Espinof.
- ^ "«Vidas pequeñas» lleva la crisis económica de España al Festival de Chicago". ABC. 4 April 2011.
- ^ "'Vidas pequeñas'". Fotogramas. 25 February 2011.
- ^ "'Vidas pequeñas' pone fin a la Seminci". Heraldo de Aragón. 29 October 2010.
- ^ Estrada, G. (30 October 2010). "'Vidas pequeñas se rodó cuando la crisis estaba maquillada'". El Mundo.
- ^ Crespo, Irene (18 March 2011). "Vidas pequeñas". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Bonet Mojica, Lluís (18 March 2011). "'Vidas pequeñas' : Todo es provisional". La Vanguardia.
- ^ "La Unión de Actores entregará sus premios el 31 de octubre". ABC. 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Bardem y Sonsoles Benedicto, premiados por la Unión de Autores". Faro de Vigo. 1 November 2011.