Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures Explained

Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures
Director:Marco Martins
Producer:Kamilla Hodol
Cinematography:João Ribeiro
Editing:Mariana Gaivão
Music:Jim Williams
Production Companies:-->
Distributor:NOS Audiovisuais
Runtime:113 mins
Country:United Kingdom
France
Portugal
Language:English
Portuguese

Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures is a 2022 British-French-Portuguese drama film directed by Marco Martins.[1] It competed for a Golden Shell in category: Best Picture at the 70th 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival.[2] The film follows the struggles of Portuguese immigrants in a dilapidated English seaside town shortly before Brexit. Martins shot the film entirely on location in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK and film dialogue is in English and Portuguese. The film was distributed by NOS Audiovisuais[3] and grossed £30,351 worldwide at the box office[4]

Synopsis

Hundreds of Portuguese immigrants seeking work arrive to the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth on Norfolk's East Coast, three months before the Brexit vote. Tânia, also a Portuguese immigrant, dreams of quitting her job supervising her fellow immigrants in the local poultry factories slaughtering and butchering turkeys for consumption, to refurbish her English husband's decrepit hotels housing her fellow countrymen in squalid and dingy conditions into Senior Citizen's Homes.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the 70th 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival, held annually in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián. It is slated for theatrical release in Portugal on 16 March 2023.[5]

Reception

Deadline's Anna Smith wrote: "Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures is a tough but riveting watch" and particularly praised the lead role of Tânia as "beautifully performed by Batarda, whose character is always fascinating".[6] Whilst ScreenDaily's Jonathan Romney called the film a "A chilling essay in hard social realism, but with a nightmarish expressionistic spin".[7] IMDB gave an aggregated Review score of 6.9 from 157 User-reviews, whilst FilmAffinity rated it 5.8 from 74 votes[8] and Letterboxd recorded a score of 3.5 (of 5) from a total of 324 User-ratings.[9]

Awards and nominations

AwardDateCategoryRecipientResult
San Sebastian International Film Festival16 September 2022Golden Shell PrizeGreat Yarmouth: Provisional Figures[10]
Guadalajara International Film Festival4 June 2023Best Screenplay in Ibero-American Feature FilmGreat Yarmouth: Provisional Figures[11]
Guadalajara International Film Festival4 June 2023Best Actress in Ibero-American Feature FilmGreat Yarmouth: Provisional Figures[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Int'l Critics Line: Marco Martins' 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures'. Deadline. 30 September 2022 . 7 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures IMDB Awards. IMDB. 7 July 2023.
  3. Web site: NOS Audiovisuais Distribution database. Cineline. 7 July 2023.
  4. Web site: Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures IMDB page. IMDB. 7 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures release schedule. IMDB. 13 July 2023.
  6. Web site: Int'l Critics Line: Marco Martins' 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures'. Deadline. 30 September 2022 . 7 July 2023.
  7. Web site: 'Great Yarmouth - Provisional Figures': San Sebastian Review by Jonathan Romney . Screendaily . 14 July 2023.
  8. Web site: FilmAffinity 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures' info . FilmAffinity . 14 July 2023.
  9. Web site: Letterboxd 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures' info . Letterboxd . 14 July 2023.
  10. Web site: San Sebastian International Film Festival Official selection. SSIFF '70 . 13 July 2023.
  11. Web site: Guadalajara International Film Festival Official Competition competitors. FICG . 13 July 2023.
  12. Web site: Mubi.com Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures Awards & Festivals. MUBI . 13 July 2023.

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