Realm, The | SPECIAL SCREENING — LUX PRIZE

Date
Hour
Place
07/08
13:00
THE AMBER HALL


El Reino
reż|dir Rodrigo Sorogoyen| ES, FR | 2018 | 132 min
prod|pro Gerardo Herrero, Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gamero scen|wr Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen zdj|ph Alejandro de Pablo muz|mus Olivier Arson mon|ed Olivier Arson ob|cast Antonio de la Torre, Josep María Pou, Barbara Lennie, Nacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Francisco Reyes, Mónica López dys|dis Latido

DESCRIPTION

Power, money, political corruption, lies and a ruthless fight to stay on top. Sound familiar? The titled “kingdom” is a political deal that continues despite the fall of “kings”. Manuel López-Vidal, Vice-President of the autonomy, is blamed for political corruption in his party. From an extremely liked politician he becomes accused of financial embezzlement and abuse of power. Supported by his wife and daughter, he tries to continue playing a difficult game and trying to change the prevailing balance of power. Sorogoyen avoids simple judgement, he prefers to ask the question “why?”.

Special screening — European Parliament LUX Film Prize
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AWARDS
2018 San Sebastián IFF – nominated for the Golden Seashell for Best Film
2019 Goya Awards – nominated for Best Film
2019 LUX PRIZE II
2019 Goya Awards – Award for Best Director
2019 Goya Awards – Award for Best Lead Actor
2019 Goya Awards – Award for Best Supporting Actor
2019 Goya Awards – Award for Best Original Screenplay

DIRECTOR
Rodrigo Sorogoyen (1981), award-winning Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has a history degree from Complutense University of Madrid, and studied film screenwriting at Digital Television Film School Madrid Septima Ars and ECAM. He started his career by writing scripts for Spanish TV series, his first autonomous director's film was “Stockholm” (2013), earlier he co-directed the feature “8 Dates”. The short film “Mother”, consisting of one long 19-minute shot, was nominated for an Oscar. The political thriller “The Realm” received seven Goya Awards in 2019, among others for screenplay and direction.

FILMOGRAPHY
2019 Matka|Madre|Mother
2018 Królestwo |El Reino|The Realm
2016 Niech Bóg nam wybaczy|Que Dios nos perdone|May God Save Us
2013 Sztokholm|Stockholm
2008 8 randek|8 citas|8 Dates

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