Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s The Other Way Around has sold widely for Memento International, after receiving the Europa Cinemas Label award for best European Film at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Wanted Cinema has snapped up the film for Italy, Piffl Medien will release it in Germany, Panda Lichtspiele Filmverleih in Austria, Vedette in Benelux, Leopardo in Portugal, Rosebud in Greece, New Horizons in Poland, Hugoeast in China, Kino Pavasaris in the Baltics, Discovery for ex-Yugoslavia and Pt Falcon in Indonesia. Elastica and Filmin are handling Spanish distribution and Arizona Distribution will distribute the film in France.
Trueba’s eighth feature...
Wanted Cinema has snapped up the film for Italy, Piffl Medien will release it in Germany, Panda Lichtspiele Filmverleih in Austria, Vedette in Benelux, Leopardo in Portugal, Rosebud in Greece, New Horizons in Poland, Hugoeast in China, Kino Pavasaris in the Baltics, Discovery for ex-Yugoslavia and Pt Falcon in Indonesia. Elastica and Filmin are handling Spanish distribution and Arizona Distribution will distribute the film in France.
Trueba’s eighth feature...
- 6/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
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El nuevo largometraje de Jonás Trueba, “Volveréis”, ha conseguido el mayor galardón de la Quincena de Cineastas del Festival de Cannes 2024: el Europa Cinemas Cannes Label Prize a la Mejor Película Europea.
En la película, después de 15 años juntos, Ale y Alex tienen una idea que podría parecer absurda: organizar una fiesta para celebrar su ruptura. Este anuncio deja perplejos a sus seres queridos, pero ellos se mantienen firmes en la decisión de separarse. ¿O quizá no?
“Volveréis” está protagonizada por Itsaso Arana (“Las Chicas Están Bien”) y Vito Sanz (“Vergüenza”). Por otra parte, la dirección corre a cargo de Jonás Trueba (“Todas las Canciones Hablan de mí”) y está escrita por el director y los dos actores protagonistas.
El director ha comentado lo siguiente acerca del filme y su estreno en Cannes: «Creo que mis películas...
El nuevo largometraje de Jonás Trueba, “Volveréis”, ha conseguido el mayor galardón de la Quincena de Cineastas del Festival de Cannes 2024: el Europa Cinemas Cannes Label Prize a la Mejor Película Europea.
En la película, después de 15 años juntos, Ale y Alex tienen una idea que podría parecer absurda: organizar una fiesta para celebrar su ruptura. Este anuncio deja perplejos a sus seres queridos, pero ellos se mantienen firmes en la decisión de separarse. ¿O quizá no?
“Volveréis” está protagonizada por Itsaso Arana (“Las Chicas Están Bien”) y Vito Sanz (“Vergüenza”). Por otra parte, la dirección corre a cargo de Jonás Trueba (“Todas las Canciones Hablan de mí”) y está escrita por el director y los dos actores protagonistas.
El director ha comentado lo siguiente acerca del filme y su estreno en Cannes: «Creo que mis películas...
- 5/24/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
The dogged pursuit of the relationship unicorn that is the good break-up informs the wit and winking wisdom of Jonás Trueba’s “The Other Way Around,” a delightful showcase for the Spanish director’s lithe, airy style, here accented with glistening strands of Madrileño meta-melancholy. A hip, popular twosome decide to call it quits after 14 years, cuing a very funny yet properly grown-up portrait of the ideal couple trying to smoothe, and even to celebrate, their transition into ideal exes. It’s the celebration aspect that will prove their undoing. If the good breakup is rare, the joyous breakup is completely mythical.
Filmmaker Ale (Itsaso Arana) and her actor boyfriend of 14 years Alex (Vito Sanz) have decided — mutually, they insist — to pack their bags for Splitsville. They lie in the dark in their still-shared bed with a poignant politeness recognizable to anyone who has similarly ended a longterm relationship prior to canceling a longterm lease.
Filmmaker Ale (Itsaso Arana) and her actor boyfriend of 14 years Alex (Vito Sanz) have decided — mutually, they insist — to pack their bags for Splitsville. They lie in the dark in their still-shared bed with a poignant politeness recognizable to anyone who has similarly ended a longterm relationship prior to canceling a longterm lease.
- 5/23/2024
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
“The Other Way Around” from Spanish director Jonás Trueba has won the Europa Cinemas Label for best European film in the Directors’ Fortnight section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The film turns on Ale (Itsaso Arana – who co-wrote the screenplay with Trueba) and Alex (Vito Sanz), who have been together for 15 years. Now, though, the duo is ready to split, but not without throwing a hell of a fiesta to celebrate their time together.
“The idea of a ‘separation party’ can be scary, but I just kept hearing about it,” Trueba told Variety in a recent interview. “I even suggested it to a friend of mine, but every time, people’s faces just drop. You can see fear creeping in. It’s crazy and silly, and at the same time, it could be something beautiful. It’s a great idea for a film, if not for real life.
The film turns on Ale (Itsaso Arana – who co-wrote the screenplay with Trueba) and Alex (Vito Sanz), who have been together for 15 years. Now, though, the duo is ready to split, but not without throwing a hell of a fiesta to celebrate their time together.
“The idea of a ‘separation party’ can be scary, but I just kept hearing about it,” Trueba told Variety in a recent interview. “I even suggested it to a friend of mine, but every time, people’s faces just drop. You can see fear creeping in. It’s crazy and silly, and at the same time, it could be something beautiful. It’s a great idea for a film, if not for real life.
- 5/23/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Jonas Trueba’s The Other Way Around has received the Europa Cinemas Label as best European film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
The comedy-drama – which has the Spanish title Volveréis – was selected by a jury of four exhibitors from the Europa Cinemas network.
An eighth feature for Spanish filmmaker Trueba, The Other Way Around follows a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their separation after 15 years as a couple.
The jury said, “Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships. It is a pleasing beacon of positivity,...
The comedy-drama – which has the Spanish title Volveréis – was selected by a jury of four exhibitors from the Europa Cinemas network.
An eighth feature for Spanish filmmaker Trueba, The Other Way Around follows a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their separation after 15 years as a couple.
The jury said, “Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships. It is a pleasing beacon of positivity,...
- 5/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s The Other Way Around (Volveréis) has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
The prize is judged by four members of the Europa Cinema network representing independent exhibitors operating 3,121 screens across Europe. Under the prize, the film will receive the support of these cinemas as it goes on release.
This year’s jury omprised Louise Casey Conneally; Maarja Krass; Rémi Labé and Tamara Visković.
“Jonás Trueba’s well-crafted and nuanced film has an unusual premise – it tells the story of a couple who embrace a novel ritual. Prior to their separation, they elect to celebrate their 15-year relationship with a party,” read their statement.
“Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships.
The prize is judged by four members of the Europa Cinema network representing independent exhibitors operating 3,121 screens across Europe. Under the prize, the film will receive the support of these cinemas as it goes on release.
This year’s jury omprised Louise Casey Conneally; Maarja Krass; Rémi Labé and Tamara Visković.
“Jonás Trueba’s well-crafted and nuanced film has an unusual premise – it tells the story of a couple who embrace a novel ritual. Prior to their separation, they elect to celebrate their 15-year relationship with a party,” read their statement.
“Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships.
- 5/23/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
“Annie Hall” changed the game in being a cautionary tale about a couple that conspicuously doesn’t last, while at the same time an enduring case for the wonder and necessity of romance. “The Other Way Around” is a similarly wacky subversion of the rom-com theme in that its central couple, successful millennial director Ale (Itsaso Arana) and actor Alex (Vito Sanz), cheerfully announce to their friends and loved ones that they’re breaking up. A big party will mark the occasion and duly end the relationship — which, their friends remind them, has gone on forever (more than a decade). The only people who think this is a sane idea is Ale and Alex. Not even Ale’s father(played by director Jonás Trueba’s real-life father, Fernando) can fathom it, although it was originally his idea. The concept seems to be born out of a kind of 90s stand-up...
- 5/20/2024
- by Adam Solomons
- Indiewire
Spanish director Jonás Trueba wants you to celebrate the endings, not just the beginnings.
That includes the demise of a serious relationship, because Ale and Alex (Itsaso Arana and Vito Sanz) have been together for 15 years. Now, they want only two things: to go their separate ways and to have a proper fiesta.
“The idea of a ‘separation party’ can be scary, but I just kept hearing about it. I even suggested it to a friend of mine, but every time, people’s faces just drop. You can see fear creeping in. It’s crazy and silly, and at the same time, it could be something beautiful. It’s a great idea for a film, if not for real-life.”
In “The Other Way Around,” premiering at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the couple in question still has a lot of affection for each other.
“It’s a love story, but another kind of love story,...
That includes the demise of a serious relationship, because Ale and Alex (Itsaso Arana and Vito Sanz) have been together for 15 years. Now, they want only two things: to go their separate ways and to have a proper fiesta.
“The idea of a ‘separation party’ can be scary, but I just kept hearing about it. I even suggested it to a friend of mine, but every time, people’s faces just drop. You can see fear creeping in. It’s crazy and silly, and at the same time, it could be something beautiful. It’s a great idea for a film, if not for real-life.”
In “The Other Way Around,” premiering at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the couple in question still has a lot of affection for each other.
“It’s a love story, but another kind of love story,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
New films by Julio Medem, Alejandro Amenábar, Alberto Rodríguez, Isaki Lacuesta, Jonas Trueba and Oliver Laxe join a brace of smart thrillers in a rich Cannes lineup from Spain.
“8,” (Julio Medem)
Medem returns towhat he does best: a love story transcending time and space and a poetic critique of recent history, according to sales agent Latido Films. “Fariña’s” Javier Rey and “La Mesías” Ana Rujus star as the lovers. Morena Films produces.
Sales: Latido
“As Neves,” (Sonia Méndez)
After a magic mushroom-fueled party, teens in a snowbound Galician village discover one of them is missing. The film was well-received at the Malaga festival.
Sales: Begin Again Films
“Barren Land,” (Albert Pintó)
From a director on “Money Heist” and “Berlin,” this suspense thriller captures how the drug trade devastates friendships and lives in Andalusía’s Cádiz. Film sports a great cast: Luis Zahera (“The Beasts”), Karra Elejalde (“While at War...
“8,” (Julio Medem)
Medem returns towhat he does best: a love story transcending time and space and a poetic critique of recent history, according to sales agent Latido Films. “Fariña’s” Javier Rey and “La Mesías” Ana Rujus star as the lovers. Morena Films produces.
Sales: Latido
“As Neves,” (Sonia Méndez)
After a magic mushroom-fueled party, teens in a snowbound Galician village discover one of them is missing. The film was well-received at the Malaga festival.
Sales: Begin Again Films
“Barren Land,” (Albert Pintó)
From a director on “Money Heist” and “Berlin,” this suspense thriller captures how the drug trade devastates friendships and lives in Andalusía’s Cádiz. Film sports a great cast: Luis Zahera (“The Beasts”), Karra Elejalde (“While at War...
- 5/15/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
‘Volveréis’ se estrenará en la Quincena de Realizadores de Cannes.
El nuevo largometraje de Jonás Trueba, “Volveréis”, tendrá su estreno mundial en la Quincena de cineastas del Festival de Cannes.
En la película, después de 15 años juntos, Ale y Alex tienen una idea que podría parecer absurda: organizar una fiesta para celebrar su ruptura. Este anuncio deja perplejos a sus seres queridos, pero ellos se mantienen firmes en la decisión de separarse. ¿O quizá no?
“Volveréis” está protagonizada por Itsaso Arana (“Las Chicas Están Bien”) y Vito Sanz (“Vergüenza”). Por otra parte, la dirección corre a cargo de Jonás Trueba (“Todas las Canciones Hablan de mí”) y está escrita por el director y los dos actores protagonistas.
El director ha comentado lo siguiente acerca del filme y su estreno en Cannes: «Creo que mis películas anteriores tenían siempre algo de humor, pero con “Volveréis” tenía ganas de hacer una comedia más declarada.
El nuevo largometraje de Jonás Trueba, “Volveréis”, tendrá su estreno mundial en la Quincena de cineastas del Festival de Cannes.
En la película, después de 15 años juntos, Ale y Alex tienen una idea que podría parecer absurda: organizar una fiesta para celebrar su ruptura. Este anuncio deja perplejos a sus seres queridos, pero ellos se mantienen firmes en la decisión de separarse. ¿O quizá no?
“Volveréis” está protagonizada por Itsaso Arana (“Las Chicas Están Bien”) y Vito Sanz (“Vergüenza”). Por otra parte, la dirección corre a cargo de Jonás Trueba (“Todas las Canciones Hablan de mí”) y está escrita por el director y los dos actores protagonistas.
El director ha comentado lo siguiente acerca del filme y su estreno en Cannes: «Creo que mis películas anteriores tenían siempre algo de humor, pero con “Volveréis” tenía ganas de hacer una comedia más declarada.
- 4/17/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Memento International has boarded Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s eighth feature The Other Way Around set to world premiere at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar.
The relationship comedy is about a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their recent break up after 15 years together.
It is produced by Trueba and Javier Lafuente of Spain’s Los Ilusos Films and Sylvie Pialat and Alejandro Arenas of France’s Les Films du Worso. Elastica is handling Spanish distribution and Arizona Distribution will distribute the film in France.
Trueba’s credits include Goya-nominated first feature Every Song Is About Me,...
The relationship comedy is about a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their recent break up after 15 years together.
It is produced by Trueba and Javier Lafuente of Spain’s Los Ilusos Films and Sylvie Pialat and Alejandro Arenas of France’s Les Films du Worso. Elastica is handling Spanish distribution and Arizona Distribution will distribute the film in France.
Trueba’s credits include Goya-nominated first feature Every Song Is About Me,...
- 4/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
The heirs of a mansion will have to face a great game that will expose something more brutal than their ambition, the family's best kept secret... This looks fun. Our friends at Filmsharks have picked up the World Wide Rights for Chiqui Carabante's Whodunnit/Black-Comedy, La fortaleza (The Fortress). They will be repping the film at Cannes in a couple weeks. The international trailer in now available, check it out below. Guido Rud of Filmsharks says, "... this film has the best of the 2 worlds (Whodunnit/Black-Comedy) creating a magical cinematic gem, it’s Death at a Funeral meets Knives Out". La fortaleza stars Fernando Cayo, José Manuel Poga (Money Heist), Vito Sanz, Carla Nieto (If...
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- 5/9/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has nabbed worldwide rights to Spanish filmmaker Chiqui Carabante’s black-comedy whodunnit “The Fortress” (“La Fortaleza”) and is debuting its trailer ahead of the Cannes Film Market.
The film centers on the death of Arturo Viaplana and its aftermath as his offspring, hoping to inherit a great fortune, discover that instead of leaving them the estate, their father has devised a macabre, posthumous game in which his children must first locate his body and bury it themselves in a specified location. Working together to carry out their father’s instructions and pass a series of tests, the siblings are forced to come to terms with a deeply hidden family secret.
“The Fortress” is “the story of an inheritance” about a “game orchestrated by the deceased. The last one he performs with his children,” added Carabante, whose credits include “12+1, una comedia metafísica.”
“This film has the best of two worlds,...
The film centers on the death of Arturo Viaplana and its aftermath as his offspring, hoping to inherit a great fortune, discover that instead of leaving them the estate, their father has devised a macabre, posthumous game in which his children must first locate his body and bury it themselves in a specified location. Working together to carry out their father’s instructions and pass a series of tests, the siblings are forced to come to terms with a deeply hidden family secret.
“The Fortress” is “the story of an inheritance” about a “game orchestrated by the deceased. The last one he performs with his children,” added Carabante, whose credits include “12+1, una comedia metafísica.”
“This film has the best of two worlds,...
- 5/8/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
L.A.-based Outsider Pictures has boarded Jonás Trueba’s “You Have to Come and See It” and “The Romantic Exiles.” Both films – produced by Madrid-based Los Ilusos Films – will be released in the U.S. in late Spring 2023.
“Outsider Pictures has already released [Trueba’s previous film] ‘The August Virgin’ in the U.S. in 2020,” points out producer Javier Lafuente, Praising the idea of a unique double-bill that should certainly satisfy arthouse lovers.
“You Have to Come and See It,” about two couples in their thirties pondering life and clocking in at just 64 minutes, premiered at Karlovy Vary in July to appreciative reviews, with Variety calling it “a rich and refreshing meditation on friendship, philosophy, art and ping-pong that suggests no film needs to run much longer than an hour.”
“As sociable and swiggable as a draught or 10 of sweetly fortified wine,” continued the review.
“In fact, it’s an aperitif that proves so satisfying,...
“Outsider Pictures has already released [Trueba’s previous film] ‘The August Virgin’ in the U.S. in 2020,” points out producer Javier Lafuente, Praising the idea of a unique double-bill that should certainly satisfy arthouse lovers.
“You Have to Come and See It,” about two couples in their thirties pondering life and clocking in at just 64 minutes, premiered at Karlovy Vary in July to appreciative reviews, with Variety calling it “a rich and refreshing meditation on friendship, philosophy, art and ping-pong that suggests no film needs to run much longer than an hour.”
“As sociable and swiggable as a draught or 10 of sweetly fortified wine,” continued the review.
“In fact, it’s an aperitif that proves so satisfying,...
- 12/1/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
I’m writing this review from my summer vacation. Loath as I am to invoke the first person, this admission is relevant for two reasons. Like Eva (Itsaso Arana), the main character of Jonás Trueba’s patient, zephyr-like “The August Virgin,” I’ve chosen to stay home during this stifling late-summer heatwave, a decision that can breed ennui the way stagnant water spawns mosquitoes. More importantly, this is the first time in more than two decades that I’ve taken a week off in August, which just goes to show how different the American idea of summer is from that practiced abroad.
All over Europe — but especially in densely populated places like Paris, London and Madrid — bustling cities practically shut down at the beginning of August as people schedule their vacations at the same time. Like migratory birds, entire populations check out of work and skip town for the month,...
All over Europe — but especially in densely populated places like Paris, London and Madrid — bustling cities practically shut down at the beginning of August as people schedule their vacations at the same time. Like migratory birds, entire populations check out of work and skip town for the month,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The August Virgin (La virgin de Agosto) Outsider Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Jonás Trueba Screenwriter: Itsaso Arana, Jonás Trueba Cast: Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Isabelle Stoffel, Joe Manjóln, María Herrador Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/1/20 Opens: August 21, 2020 Francisco Franco is turning in […]
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The post The August Virgin Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 8/16/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"Bumping into each other again, it's odd, right?" Outsider Pictures has released an official US trailer for an indie summer drama titled The August Virgin, from acclaimed Spanish indie filmmaker Jonás Trueba. He partnered with actress / writer Itsaso Arana to make a very personal film about figuring yourself out in your 30s. Arana stars as Eva, a young actress who is not quite satisfied with her life. In an act of faith, she decides to stay in Madrid during August, when all the other locals leave because it's too hot to stay. August offers her a chance to start from scratch as she wanders around the city. The small cast includes Vito Sanz, Isabelle Stoffel, Joe Manjon, María Herrador, Luis Heras, and Mikele Urroz. The film premiered at the Karlvoy Vary Film Festival last year and also opened in Spain last year. I saw it at Kviff, loved it, and published a glowing review,...
- 8/3/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Miami Dade College’s (Mdc) Miami Film Festival (Mff) is importing film artists Jean-Marc Barr and Mateo Gil to accompany two Marquee events at the international festival’s upcoming 35th anniversary edition (March 9 – 18). The Miami Film Festival, under director Jaie Laplante, showcases Ibero-American cinema — and rising talent –and provides a North American launch pad for new international and documentary films.
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
- 1/17/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Miami Dade College’s (Mdc) Miami Film Festival (Mff) is importing film artists Jean-Marc Barr and Mateo Gil to accompany two Marquee events at the international festival’s upcoming 35th anniversary edition (March 9 – 18). The Miami Film Festival, under director Jaie Laplante, showcases Ibero-American cinema — and rising talent –and provides a North American launch pad for new international and documentary films.
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
- 1/17/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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