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Director: | Patricia Ferreira | ||
Producer: | Pancho Casal | ||
Cinematography: | Marcelo Camorino | ||
Editing: | Carmen Frías | ||
Language: | Spanish | ||
Distributor: | Alta Classics |
Something to Remember Me By (Spanish; Castilian: '''Para que no me olvides'''|links=no) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed by which stars Emma Vilarasau, Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Marta Etura, and Roger Coma.
The plot concerns about a family drama involving director Irene, her aging father Mateo and her son David, an architecture student who maintains a relation with cashier Clara. Upon the death of David in a car accident, Mateo begins to write his grandson's story.
The screenplay was penned by and .[1] The film was produced by Continental Producciones alongside Televisión de Galicia. It also had the participation of TVE and Canal+.
It was shot in the Madrid region and the province of A Coruña,[2] including the .[3]
The film premiered at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2005, presented as a 'Special Screening' out of competition.[4] [5] Distributed by Alta Classics, it was theatrically released in Spain on 18 February 2005.[6]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "tightly buttoned, trigenerational family drama" to be "worthy but dull".[7]
The review in El País observed that despite the film starting with "cheesy" trappings, the plot takes a "spectacular turn" by dealing a "brutal blow", eventually underpinning the film as "one of those movies that serve to learn more about life".[8]
|-| rowspan = "9" align = "center" | 2006 | rowspan = "3" | 20th Goya Awards || Best Actress || Emma Vilarasau || || rowspan = "3" | [9] |-| Best Supporting Actress || Marta Etura || |-| Best Art Direction || Federico G. Gambero, Félix Murcia || |-| rowspan = "5" | 4th Mestre Mateo Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || || rowspan = "5" | [10] [11] |-| Best Director || Patricia Ferreira || |-| Best Actor || Fernando Fernán-Gómez || |-| Best Supporting Actress || Marta Etura || |-| Best Supporting Actor || Víctor Mosqueira || |-| 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role || Marta Etura || || [12] [13] |}