Maktub (2011 film) explained

Director:Paco Arango
Screenplay:Paco Arango
Country:Spain
Cinematography:Carlos Suárez
Editing:Teresa Font
Music:Nathan Wang
Studio:Sonrisas que Hacen Magia Producciones AIE
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures
Language:Spanish

Maktub is a 2011 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by (in his directorial debut feature). Its cast features Diego Peretti, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Goya Toledo, Andoni Hernández, Laura Esquivel, and Jorge Garcia, among others.

Plot

A couple in marital crisis formed by Manolo and Beatriz meet Antonio, a Canarian boy with cancer full of zest for life, thereby changing Manolo's life forever.

Production

The film is a Sonrisas que Hacen Magia Producciones AIE production, with the collaboration of Antena 3.[1] Shooting locations included El Guincho (Garachico).[2]

Release

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 December 2011.[3]

Critical reception

of El País wrote that "the worst thing about 'Maktub' is not only its aggressive combination of television aesthetics and sentimentality" "but its thinly disguised status as promotional fiction".[4]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 2 out of 5 stars deeming it to be a "family fable crammed with carols and faith".[5]

Accolades

|-| align = "center" rowspan = "3" | 2012 || rowspan = "3" | 26th Goya Awards || Best New Director || Paco Arango || || rowspan = "3" | [6] |-| Best Supporting Actress || Goya Toledo || |-| Best Original Song || "Nuestra playa eres tú" by Jorge Pérez Quintero, Borja Jiménez Mérida, Patricio Martín Díaz || |-| align = "center" rowspan = "3" | 2013 || rowspan = "3" | 22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards || rowspan = "2" | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role || Amparo Baró || || rowspan = "3" | [7] [8] |-| Goya Toledo || |-| Best New Actor || Andoni Hernández || |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paco Arango comienza el rodaje de su debut en el cine. El Mundo. 23 November 2010.
  2. Web site: Garachico: un pueblo de cine. El Día. José D.. Méndez. Prensa Ibérica. 23 January 2011.
  3. Web site: "En 'Makbut' todos los personajes están dibujados con gran amor". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 21 December 2021. Daniel. Montserrat.
  4. Web site: El País. Jordi. Costa. Golpes bajos. 16 December 2011.
  5. Web site: Cinemanía. Maktub. 16 December 2011. Irene. 20minutos.es. Crespo.
  6. Web site: Maktub. premiosgoya.com. 13 August 2023. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.
  7. Web site: "Isabel" arrasa en las nominaciones de los Premios Unión de Actores. 14 March 2013. eldiario.es.
  8. Web site: Actrices míticas triunfan en los Premios Unión de Actores. El País. 4 June 2013. Rosana. Torres.