| El club de los idealistas | |
| Director: | Marcelo Tobar |
| Screenplay: | Marcelo Tobar |
| Story: | Marcelo Tobar Marcela Fuentes-Berain |
| Producer: | Rodrigo Juárez Jack Zagha Kababie Jesus Manuel Munoz Jesús Muñoz Elsa Reyes Alejandro Sánchez de la Peña Marcelo Tobar Oscar Uriel Yossy Zagha |
| Starring: | Juan Pablo Medina Claudia Ramírez Tiaré Scanda Nailea Norvind Andrés Palacios Yolanda Ventura Tomás Rojas |
| Studio: | Avanti Pictures La Torre y El Mar Zensky Cine |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Gross: | $368,991[1] [2] |
El club de los idealistas is a 2020 Mexican comedy-drama film written and directed by Marcelo Tobar.[3] It features Juan Pablo Medina, Claudia Ramírez, Tiaré Scanda, Nailea Norvind, Andrés Palacios, Yolanda Ventura and Tomás Rojas.[4] It premiered on September 24, 2020, in Mexican theaters.[5]
Seven young university students swear that they will buy a large piece of land to build their houses there and all live together when they are old. However, the young Aranas in his forties is the only one who settles on earth and invites his friends to a meeting, to a party, so they can see what he has already done of what they had promised.[6] [7]
The actors participating in this film are:[8] [9]
The film holds a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Javier Quintanar Polanco from Tomatazos highlights the work on the script, calling it sensitive and intelligent in his proposal, avoiding easy laughter through silly gags or offensive stereotypes; however, it also highlights that the themes of middle age and the development of the other characters other than Aranas feel wasted but it is compensated by the acting work of all the cast members.[10]
On the other hand, Luis Angel H. Mora from Cine Premiere criticizes the script, calling it mediocre in terms of character creation, full of clichés and archetypes of forty-somethings whose narrative and comedy become very predictable with forced endings; however, the photographic work of Ramón Orozco Stolbenberg stands out, who manages to turn the environment into one more character.[11]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ariel Awards | Best Actor | Juan Pablo Medina | [12] [13] | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nailea Norvind |