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Three Days With the Family

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Three Days With the Family
Film poster
CatalanTres dies amb la família
Directed byMar Coll
Screenplay by
  • Mar Coll
  • Valentina Viso
Starring
CinematographyNeus Ollé
Edited byElena Ruiz
Music byMaikmaier
Production
company
Escándalo Films
Release dates
  • 23 April 2009 (2009-04-23) (Málaga)
  • 26 June 2009 (2009-06-26) (Spain)
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Spanish
  • French

Three Days With the Family (Catalan: Tres dies amb la família) is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Mar Coll (in her directorial debut feature) which stars Nausicaa Bonnín alongside Eduard Fernández, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Francesc Orella, and Ramon Fontserè.

Plot

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The plot tracks the three days in the life of a young woman based in Bourdeaux upon her return to Girona on occasion of her grandfather's funeral, thereby meeting with her relatives, members of the Catalan haute bourgeoisie.[1]

Cast

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Production

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The film was produced by Escándalo Films in association with TVE and TVC.[3][4]

Release

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The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in April 2009.[5] It was released theatrically in Spain on 26 June 2009.

Critical reception

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Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be an "evocative portrait of a Catalan clan being unhappy in its own way".[4]

Fernando Méndez-Leite of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, hailing "the director's rigor and fine cruelty" as the film's best.[6]

Cliff Doerksen of Chicago Reader described the film as a "rote domestic drama about an emotionally stunted upper-bourgeois Catalan clan".[7]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2010 2nd Gaudí Awards Best Catalan-language Film Won [8][9]
Best Director Mar Coll Won
Best Screenplay Mar Coll, Valentina Viso Nominated
Best Actress Nausicaa Bonnín Won
Best Actor Eduard Fernández Nominated
24th Goya Awards Best New Director Mar Coll Won [3]
Best New Actress Nausicaa Bonnín Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Boquerini (24 April 2009). "Mar Coll triunfa en Málaga con 'Tres días con la familia'". El Norte de Castilla. Grupo Vocento.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Estrena de "Tres dies amb la família"". TV3. 19 June 2009 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  3. ^ a b "Tres dies amb la família". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b Holland, Jonathan (28 April 2009). "Three Days with The Family". Variety.
  5. ^ "El Festival de Málaga enfila su recta final con Lucía Puenzo y Mar Coll". Fotogramas. 24 April 2009.
  6. ^ Méndez-Leite, Fernando (17 April 2009). "Tres días con la familia". Fotogramas.
  7. ^ Doerksen, Cliff (25 November 2010). "Three Days With the Family". Chicago Reader.
  8. ^ "II Premis Gaudí al cine catalán, el 1 de febrero". Panorama Audiovisual. 18 January 2010.
  9. ^ "Mar Coll triomfa als Gaudí". El Punt Avui. 1 February 2010.