Birth (2024 film)
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| Spanish | Alumbramiento |
| Directed by | Pau Teixidor |
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| Cinematography | Pepe Gay de Liébana |
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| Music by | Petre Bog |
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| Distributed by | Filmax |
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| Language | Spanish |
Birth (Spanish: Alumbramiento) is a 2024 Spanish-Romanian drama film directed by Pau Teixidor and written by Teixidor and Lorena Iglesias. It stars Sofía Milán alongside María Vázquez.
Plot
The plot is set in 1982 Spain, against the backdrop of the country's purported political and social change. Pregnant Lucía is taken by her mother Marisa to a Catholic reformatory for teen pregnant women in Peñagrande, where she develops a strong friendship with other young women, while becoming the target of a baby theft ring centered in the reformatory.[1][2][3][4]
Cast
- Sofía Milán as Lucía[3]
- Celia Lopera as Inma[5]
- Carmen Escudero as Lola[5]
- Paula Agulló as Candela[5]
- Victoria Oliver as Rosa[5]
- Alba Munuera as Maika[5]
- Elisabet Hereu as Teresa[5]
- Miriam Rubio as Maribel[5]
- Claudia Pellicer as Maria[5]
- Andere Garabieta as Begoña[5]
- Laura Gómez Lacueva as Señorita Pura[5]
- Malena Gutiérrez as Sor María[5]
- Loles Gutiérrez as Sor Rocío[5]
- María Vázquez as Marisa[3]
Production
The film is a Spanish-Romanian[6][7] co-production by Aquí y Allí Films, Minoria Absoluta, Alumbramiento AIE and Avanpost.[8] It had the participation of RTVE and backing from ICAA and Ayuntamiento de Madrid.[9] Shooting locations included Madrid.[10]
Release
The film was presented at the 8th BCN Film Fest on 24 April 2024.[3] Distributed by Filmax,[11] it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 19 June 2024.[12]
Reception
Enid Román Almansa of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering it to be "emotional, hard, beautiful and tremendously necessary" in the verdict.[13]
Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla gave the film 3 stars, mentioning the time setting, the extraordinary mise-en-scene and the fitting cast of young actresses as some of the merits in it.[14]
Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film to be a "modest but laudable work", lacking nonetheless "that touch of ambition" that turns movies into something else.[15]
Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars writing that "the youth cast, perfectly matched, is exceptional".[12]
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 75 points ('good'), adding that it "demystifies the 1980s by pointing out their contradictions".[16]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 |
8th BCN Film Fest | Best Director | Pau Teixidor | Won | [17] |
| Best Actress | Young Actresses Cast (Sofía Milán, Celia Lopera, Carmen Escudero, Paula Agulló, Victoria Oliver, Alba Munuera) | Won | |||
2025 |
4th Carmen Awards | Best New Actress | Carmen Escudero | Pending | [18] |
See also
References
- ^ Don, Eli (24 April 2024). "Pau Teixidor sobre 'Alumbramiento': "És una pel·lícula amb temes que interpel·len l'espectador d'avui"". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ De Pablos, Emiliano (4 March 2024). "Filmax Snags Pau Teixidor Feature 'Birth,' From 'Life and Nothing More' Producer Aquí y Allí Films (Exclusive)". Variety.
- ^ a b c d "Pau Teixidor retrata en 'Alumbramiento' un internado de chicas embarazadas en los ochenta". Infobae. 24 April 2024.
- ^ Rebolledo, Matías G. (21 June 2024). "Pau Teixidor: "Las víctimas de los bebés robados no han recibido ninguna disculpa formal"". La Razón.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Alumbramiento". Filmax. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Alumbramiento". BCN Film Fest. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Alumbramiento". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Chico, Fran (29 February 2024). "El cine español invade el BCN Film Fest 2024 con 7 estrenos mundiales". Fotogramas.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (30 March 2023). "María Vázquez protagoniza Alumbramiento, de Pau Teixidor". Cineuropa.
- ^ Fernández, David (22 January 2024). "Madrid tira los precios para convertir la capital en un plató de rodaje: tasa de solo 49 euros por cada solicitud para grabar una serie, película o anuncio". Infobae.
- ^ "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Alumbramiento', la memoria de los centros para jóvenes embarazadas y los robos de bebés". rtve.es. 29 April 2024.
- ^ a b Pando, Juan (20 June 2024). "Crítica de 'Alumbramiento', realidad sin sensacionalismos en una nueva mirada sobre el tráfico de bebés". Fotogramas.
- ^ Román Almansa, Enid (17 June 2024). "Crítica de 'Alumbramiento': a la memoria de todas aquellas mujeres a las que les robaron sus vidas". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Lombardo, Manuel J. (19 June 2024). "Niñas, madres, hermanas". Diario de Sevilla.
- ^ Ocaña, Javier (19 June 2024). "'Alumbramiento': digna pero limitada mirada a los reformatorios para adolescentes embarazadas". El País.
- ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (21 June 2024). "Crítica de Alumbramiento, un retrato del doble rasero de la España de los 80". HobbyConsolas.
- ^ Borrull, Mariona (26 April 2024). "Palmarés del BCN Film Fest 2024: 'El destino de Maya' y 'Alumbramiento' triunfan en una edición pletórica". Fotogramas.
- ^ "'Solos en la noche' y 'Rita' encabezan los IV Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz, que se celebrarán en Córdoba". Cordópolis. 17 December 2024 – via eldiario.es.