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| Director: | Pau Freixas | ||
| Cinematography: | Julián Elizalde | ||
| Editing: | Jaume Martí | ||
| Music: | Arnau Bataller | ||
| Distributor: | Alta Classics | ||
| Language: | Catalan | ||
| Country: | Spain |
Forever Young (Catalan; Valencian: '''Herois'''|links=no) is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by, who also co-wrote it alongside Albert Espinosa. It stars Eva Santolaria, Alex Brendemühl and Emma Suárez alongside Nerea Camacho and Lluís Homar.
The plot concerns a journey back to childhood (during the Summer of 1984) by means of a flashback brought by the memories of a disenchanted publicist (Sala) upon meeting with Cristina, that runs parallel to the subplot in the present time.[1]
The film is a Media Films and Televisió de Catalunya production.[2] Shooting locations included Palamós, the Sau Reservoir, Gavà, and Dosrius. It was shot primarily in Catalan.[3]
The film premiered at the 13th Málaga Film Festival's official selection on 22 April 2010.[4] It was theatrically released in Spain on 22 October 2010.
Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting "the clarity (and ability) with which it seeks its audience", while citing its certain sappiness as a negative point.[5]
Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated it 4 out of 5 stars, welcoming a Spanish film taking a deep dive into a childhood that is neither marginal nor traumatic.[6]
Jordi Costa of El País wrote that even if Freixas and Espinosa's work dives into sheer cliché and cheesiness, it ends up emerging as "a solid commercial product".[7]
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that "more emotion than sentimentality comes through, despite some string-pulling" in a picture otherwise "all about laughter, tears and kids on bicycles riding through dappled forests".[8]
|-| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2010 || rowspan = "2" | 13rd Málaga Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Silver Biznaga for Audience Award || || rowspan = "2" | [9] |-| Best Costume Design || Nuria Anglada || |-| rowspan = "14" align = "center" | 2011 | rowspan = "10" | 3rd Gaudí Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Catalan-language Film || || rowspan = "10" | [10] [11] |-| Best Director || Pau Freixas || |-| Best Screenplay || Albert Espinosa, Pau Freixas || |-| Best Production Supervision || Inés Font || |-| Best Art Direction || Joan Sabaté || |-| Best Supporting Actor || Lluís Homar || |-| Best Editing || Jaume Martí || |-| Best Original Score || Arnau Bataller || |-| Best Cinematography || Julián Elizalde || |-| Best Sound || Ferran Mengod, Marc Orts, Marisol Nievas || |-| rowspan = "4" | 66th CEC Medals || colspan = "2" | Best Film || || align = "center" rowspan = "4" | [12] |-| Best Supporting Actress || Eva Santolaria || |-| Best Supporting Actor || Alex Brendemühl || |-| Best Original Screenplay || Albert Espinosa, Pau Freixas || |}