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| Director: | Manuel Martín Cuenca | ||
| Story: | Alejandro Hernández | ||
| Country: | Spain | ||
| Language: | Spanish | ||
| Cinematography: | David Carretero | ||
| Music: | Pedro Barbadillo | ||
| Editing: | Ángel Hernández Zoido | ||
| Distributor: | Golem |
Hard Times (Spanish; Castilian: '''Malas temporadas'''|links=no) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca from a screenplay by Martín Cuenca and Alejandro Hernández which stars Javier Cámara, Nathalie Poza, Eman Xor Oña, and Leonor Watling.
Set in Madrid, the plot concerns about connected personal stories: those of a former inmate adapting to life out of jail (Mikel), a NGO worker (Ana), and a Cuban immigrant and smuggler of cigars and artwork (Carlos).[1]
The film was presented at the 53rd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2005.[2] [3] It was theatrically released in Spain on 18 November 2005.
Fionnuala Halligan of ScreenDaily deemed the film to be "nicely-modulated and finely-acted", considering that, despite its "downbeat perspective", Hard Times is a "rewarding and challenging" film.[4]
Javier Ocaña of El País considered that even if, as almost always with choral stories, some of the stories work better than others, the whole is "very well crafted", underpinning a portrait of current-day sorrows "as real as it is pessimistic".[5]
|-| align = "center" | 2005 || San Sebastián International Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Sebastiane Award || || [6] |-| rowspan = "3" align = "center" | 2006 || 20th Goya Awards || Best Actress || Nathalie Poza || || [7] |-| rowspan = "2" | 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Film Actor in a Leading Role || Javier Cámara || || rowspan = "2" | [8] [9] |-| Best Film Actress in a Leading Role || Nathalie Poza || |}