The Summer We Lived Explained

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Director:Carlos Sedes
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish
Editing:Julia Juanatey
Cinematography:Jacobo Martínez
Music:Federico Jusid
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures

The Summer We Lived[1] (Spanish; Castilian: '''El verano que vivimos'''|links=no) is a 2020 romantic melodrama film directed by which stars Javier Rey, Blanca Suárez, and Pablo Molinero in a love triangle.

Plot

The plot delves into a love triangle that took place in the summer of 1958 in Jerez de la Frontera, concerning an architect who arrived in town to build a winery (Gonzalo), the one ordering the winery (Hernán) and the latter's fiancee (Lucía). A different timeline set in 1998 deals with the reconstruction of the aforementioned love story upon the investigations carried out by a journalist trainee working with obituaries (Isabel) who enlists the collaboration of Carlos, the architect's son.

Production

The screenplay was penned by, Gema R. Neira, Salvador S. Molina, Javier Chacártegui and David Orea.[2] The film is an Aquel Verano Movie AIE, Warner Bros Entertainment España, Atresmedia Cine, Mr. Fields and Friends, La Claqueta PC, Bambú Producciones and 4 Cats Pictures production.[3] Shooting began on 5 August 2019 in Jerez de la Frontera.[4] Shooting locations also included Galicia.[5]

Release

The film was presented at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 20 September 2020.[6] Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España,[7] it was theatrically released in Spain on 4 December 2020.[8]

Reception

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País wrote that the film "confuses eroticism and passion with a grandiloquent epic akin to a tourist postcard, redundant music, aerial shots, and a string of metaphors", with the film resenting from, among other issues, a screenplay "without much narrative foundation" and otherwise also turning out to be "implausible and whimsical".[9]

Mireia Mullor of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting the landscapes of Jerez de la Frontera vis-à-vis the film's setting as the best thing about the film.[10]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, determining as a veredict that the film is "a formulaic [kind of] cinema... which, for that reason, [it] works".[11]

Accolades

|-| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2021 || rowspan = "2" | 35th Goya Awards || Best Original Score || Federico Jusid || || rowspan = "2" |[12] |-| Best Original Song || "El verano que vivimos" by Alejandro Sanz, Alfonso Pérez Arias|| |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Summer We Lived. Prime Video. 8 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Fotogramas. San Sebastián 2019: 'El verano que vivimos' se presenta en el festival. 22 September 2019.
  3. Web site: El verano que vivimos. Film Madrid. 8 September 2022.
  4. Web site: 'El verano que vivimos' se traslada a la Catedral y a la Tasca San Pablo. Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 21 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Ya hay fecha de estreno para la película 'El verano que vivimos'. Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 9 February 2020.
  6. Web site: San Sebastián 2020: 'El verano que vivimos', una película romántica sin fisuras para los adeptos al amor verdadero. Sensacine. 20 September 2020. Santiago. Gimeno. Andrea. Zamora.
  7. Web site: Ya puedes ver el póster de 'El verano que vivimos', con Blanca Suárez, Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero. Atresmedia Cine. 10 November 2020.
  8. Web site: Entrevistamos a Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero por 'El verano que vivimos'. Santiago. Alverú. Cinemanía. 20minutos.es. 6 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Un folletín regado en Tío Pepe. El País. 4 December 2020. Elsa. Fernández-Santos.
  10. Web site: Fotogramas. Mireia. Mullor. Crítica de 'El verano que vivimos'. 3 December 2020.
  11. Web site: Cinemanía. 20minutos.es. Andrea G.. El verano que vivimos. Bermejo. 30 November 2020.
  12. Web site: El verano que vivimos. 8 September 2020. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. premiosgoya.com.