Love Gets a Room
Directed byRodrigo Cortés
Written by
Produced by
  • Adrián Guerra
  • Núria Valls
Starring
Edited byRodrigo Cortés
Music byVictor Reyes
Production
companies
  • Nostromo Pictures
  • Love Gets a Room AIE
Distributed byA Contracorriente Films (es)
Release dates
  • November 2021 (2021-11) (SEFF)
  • 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Love Gets a Room (Spanish: El amor en su lugar) is a 2021 musical drama film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. Set in the Warsaw ghetto, it stars Clara Rugaard and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo.

Plot

Set in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, the fiction focuses on a group of Jewish thespians performing a musical stage play.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by David Safier and Rodrigo Cortés.[9] Nostromo Pictures' Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls were credited as producers.[8] The film was produced by Nostromo Pictures alongside Love Gets a Room AIE with the collaboration of the Departament of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the participation of TVC and Crea SGR.[10][11]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the 18th Seville European Film Festival (SEFF) in November 2021.[12][8] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[8] Love Gets a Room was theatrically released in Spain on 3 December 2021. Lionsgate handles the international sales.

Reception

Reviewing for Fotogramas, Blai Morell gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting the "virtuosity" of its mise-en-scène and the musical compositions by Víctor Reyes, while noting that there was some performer who was not up to the task.[13]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 80 out of 100 points, deeming it to be a cinema masterclass by Cortés, "thrilling and captivating" in terms of both the mise-en-scène and its honesty, praising the production design and the actors' direction, while noting that there were some repetitive moments and some over-abuse of the musical score.[14]

Oti Rodríguez Marchante of ABC gave it a positive review with a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.[3]

Reviewing for El Periódico de Catalunya, Beatriz Martínez rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that, in this film, Cortés' virtuosity was put at the service of something more than a mere stylistic exercise.[15]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily considered the result of the juxtaposition of a musical comedy stage performance and the desperate offstage lives of the fictional cast to be "a fine technical achievement, a moving enquiry into what young love can mean under such conditions, and Cortés' strongest film since 2010's Buried", also deeming it to be, from a technical point of view, "a tour-de-force in several ways".[16]

Awards and nominations

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20229th Feroz AwardsBest DirectorRodrigo CortésWon[17]
Best ScreenplayDavid Safier, Rodrigo CortésNominated
Best Original ScoreVíctor ReyesNominated
77th CEC MedalsBest FilmWon[18]
Best DirectorRodrigo CortésWon
Best ActressClara RugaardNominated
Best Original ScreenplayRodrigo Cortés, David SafierWon
Best CinematographyRafael GarcíaWon
Best EditingRodrigo CortésWon
Best ScoreVíctor ReyesWon
36th Goya AwardsBest Costume DesignAlberto ValcárcelNominated[19]
Best Production SupervisionÓscar VigiolaNominated
14th Gaudí AwardsBest Art DirectionLaia ColetNominated[20][21]
Best Costume DesignAlberto ValcárcelNominated
66th Sant Jordi AwardsBest Spanish FilmWon[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amar, y teatro, en tiempos muy revueltos. Tráiler de 'El amor en su lugar' de Rodrigo Cortés". Cinemanía. 10 November 2021 – via 20minutos.es.
  2. ↑ Hopewell, John (17 September 2021). "Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Star in Rodrigo Cortes' 'Love Gets a Room,' From Nostromo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  3. 1 2 "Crítica de 'El amor en su lugar': El mundo se desmorona y nosotros nos enamoramos". abcplay. ABC. 3 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Holland, Jonathan. "Love Gets A Room Review". Screen Daily. Screen Daily. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Love Gets a Room: 19 Festival de Sevilla". Festival de Sevilla. Festival de Sevilla. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Catalogue, Spanish Film. "The Spanish Film Catalogue: Love Gets a Room". icaa. icaa. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "El amor en su lugar" (PDF). Madrid: Cines Verdi. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "'El amor en su lugar' – estreno en cines 3 de diciembre". Audiovisual451. 2 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Hopewell, Jonathan (17 September 2021). "Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Star in Rodrigo Cortes' 'Love Gets a Room,' From Nostromo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  10. ↑ "'El amor en su lugar', estreno en cines 3 de diciembre". Audiovisual451. 19 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Rivera, Alfonso (12 October 2021). "Rodrigo Cortés se pasa al drama histórico con El amor en su lugar". Cineuropa.
  12. ↑ Rivera, Alfonso (15 November 2021). "Rodrigo Cortés • Director of Love Gets a Room". Cineuropa.
  13. ↑ Morell, Blai (1 December 2021). "Crítica de 'El amor en su lugar'". Fotogramas.
  14. ↑ Hernández Luján, Raquel (December 2021). "Crítica de El amor en su lugar: una lección de cine de Rodrigo Cortés que te deja clavado en la butaca". HobbyConsolas.
  15. ↑ Martínez, Beatriz (2 December 2021). "Crítica de 'El amor en su lugar': virtuosismo con emoción". El Periódico.
  16. ↑ Holland, Jonathan (27 December 2021). "'Love Gets A Room': Review". ScreenDaily.
  17. ↑ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía. 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  18. ↑ "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
  19. ↑ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón', mejor película". Cinemanía. 12 February 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  20. ↑ ""Las leyes de la frontera", la més nominada en uns Premis Gaudí molt disputats". 3/24. Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 25 January 2022.
  21. ↑ Aller, María (7 March 2022). "Premios Gaudí 2022: 'Seis días corrientes' y 'Libertad', las triunfadoras de la 14ª edición". Fotogramas.
  22. ↑ "'El amor en su lugar' de Rodrigo Cortés, mejor película española del año en los Premios RNE Sant Jordi". Audiovisual451. 8 February 2022.
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