Three Days With the Family explained

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Director:Mar Coll
Studio:Escándalo Films
Cinematography:Neus Ollé
Editing:Elena Ruiz
Music:Maikmaier

Three Days With the Family (Catalan; Valencian: '''Tres dies amb la família'''|links=no) is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Mar Coll (in her directorial debut feature) which stars Nausicaa Bonnín alongside Eduard Fernández, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Francesc Orella, and Ramon Fontserè.

Plot

The plot tracks the three days in the life of a young woman based in Bourdeaux upon her return to Girona on occasion of her grandfather's funeral, thereby meeting with her relatives, members of the Catalan haute bourgeoisie.[1]

Production

The film was produced by Escándalo Films in association with TVE and TVC.

Release

The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in April 2009.[2] It was released theatrically in Spain on 26 June 2009.

Critical reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be an "evocative portrait of a Catalan clan being unhappy in its own way".[3]

Fernando Méndez-Leite of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, hailing "the director's rigor and fine cruelty" as the film's best.[4]

Cliff Doerksen of Chicago Reader described the film as a "rote domestic drama about an emotionally stunted upper-bourgeois Catalan clan".[5]

Accolades

|-| align = "center" rowspan = "7" | 2010 || rowspan = "5" | 2nd Gaudí Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Catalan-language Film || || rowspan = "5" | [6] [7] |-| Best Director || Mar Coll || |-| Best Screenplay || Mar Coll, Valentina Viso || |-| Best Actress || Nausicaa Bonnín || |-| Best Actor || Eduard Fernández || |-| rowspan = "2" | 24th Goya Awards || Best New Director || Mar Coll || || rowspan = "2" | [8] |-| Best New Actress || Nausicaa Bonnín || |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mar Coll triunfa en Málaga con 'Tres días con la familia'. El Norte de Castilla. 24 April 2009. Boquerini. Grupo Vocento.
  2. Web site: El Festival de Málaga enfila su recta final con Lucía Puenzo y Mar Coll. Fotogramas. 24 April 2009.
  3. Web site: Variety. Jonathan. Holland. 28 April 2009. Three Days with The Family.
  4. Web site: Tres días con la familia. Fotogramas. Fernando. Fernando Méndez-Leite. Méndez-Leite. 17 April 2009.
  5. Web site: Chicago Reader. Three Days With the Family. Cliff. Doerksen. 25 November 2010.
  6. Web site: II Premis Gaudí al cine catalán, el 1 de febrero. Panorama Audiovisual. 18 January 2010.
  7. Web site: Mar Coll triomfa als Gaudí. El Punt Avui. 1 February 2010.
  8. Web site: 10 August 2023. Tres dies amb la família. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. premiosgoya.com.