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From Ester Expósito Starrer ‘The Wailing’ to the Next From Albert Serra and Pilar Palomero, the Breadth of Catalan Films Is Underscored at San Sebastián
Also making the cut, ‘Escape,’ the latest from Rodrigo Cortes, and ‘Saturn Return,' just chosen as Spain’s Oscar entry.
“The revered English director builds a prickly portrait around his ‘Secrets & Lies’ star, giving Jean-Baptiste the role of her career, if not an especially compelling story to inhabit,” Variety wrote of Mike Leigh’s latest film, hitting San Sebastian after an upbeat reception at Toronto. Inspired in part by Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” but also channelling classic Westerns and Douglas Sirk-style melodrama as young Spanish directors drive into genre, the breakout second feature from Andrea Jurrieta (“Ana by Day”) starring Spain’s Patricia López Arnaiz (“Ane is Missing”) and Argentina’s Darío Grandinetti (“Talk to Her”). A trippy portrayal of the romance between Bob, a famous rock musician, and Alif, a talented visual artist, delivered through lush and vibrant rotoscoped 2D animation, exploring the creative vortex and darker side of 1970s’ hippie culture in Mallorca and New York, Variety writes.
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