Libertad (film)

Libertad is a 2021 Spanish-Belgian film directed and written by Clara Roquet which stars María Morera and Nicolle García, also featuring Nora Navas, Carol Hurtado and Vicky Peña.

This article is about the 2021 film directed by Clara Roquet. For the 2021 television miniseries directed by Enrique Urbizu also released as a theatrical cut, see Libertad (TV series).
Libertad
Directed byClara Roquet
Written byClara Roquet
Starring
Production
companies
  • Lastor Media
  • Avalon P.C.
  • Bulletproof Cupid
Release date
  • 8 July 2021 (2021-07-08) (Cannes)
  • 19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Belgium
LanguageSpanish

Plot

A coming-of-age story portraying class struggle from the point of view of the privileged class,[1] the fiction follows the friendship between Nora (a rich privileged girl) and Libertad (the daughter of Rosana, the family's Colombian domestic worker),[2][3] as the former spends the holidays at her grandmother Ángela's summerhouse in the Costa Brava.[4][5]

Cast

Production

Libertad (Clara Roquet's debut feature film)[8] is a joint Spain–Belgium co-production and it was produced by Lastor Media and Avalon P.C. alongside Bulletproof Cupid with support from MEDIA, ICAA, ICEC, Eurimages, RTVE, TV3, Movistar+ and Catalan Films.[9]

Filmed in Catalonia in the Summer of 2019,[10] shooting locations included Barcelona, Blanes, Garraf, Lloret de Mar and Sant Andreu de Llavaneres.[11]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Cannes' 60th International Critics' Week on 8 July 2021.[12] It also screened as the opening film of the 66th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 23 October 2021.[13] It was theatrically released in Spain on 19 November 2021.

Reception

Eulàlia Iglesias of Fotogramas gave Libertad 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a debut film that brings to the surface with remarkable subtlety an everyday inequality".[4] She highlighted María Morera and Nicolle García, whereas she negatively pointed out that the choice of characters exclusively speaking Spanish felt forced.[4]

Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico de Catalunya gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, presenting it as "a perfectly woven story about class differences, inequalities, mother-son relationships, teen friendship and the youthful yearning to discover the world".[2]

Philippe Engel of Cinemanía gave it 4½ out of 5 stars, considering that Roquet "constructs a prodigious visual and sound montage".[3]

Anton Merikaetxebarria of El Correo gave the film 2 out of 3 stars, considering that the director resolves the underlying coming-of-age story with the required "sensitivity and good taste".[14]

Awards and nominations
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20229th Feroz AwardsBest Drama FilmPending[15]
Best DirectorClara RoquetPending
Best ScreenplayClara RoquetPending
Best Film PosterJordi TrillaPending
202236th Goya AwardsBest FilmPending[16]
Best New DirectorClara RoquetPending
Best Original ScreenplayClara RoquetPending
Best Supporting ActressNora NavasPending
Best New ActressNicolle GarcíaPending
Best CinematographyGris JordanaPending

See also

References
  1. Pina, Begoña (19 November 2021). "Clara Roquet: "A las cineastas nos han vendido un techo de cristal y nos lo hemos creído"". Público.
  2. Martínez, Beatriz (18 November 2021). "Crítica de 'Libertad': iluminar las desigualdades". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  3. Engel, Philippe (15 November 2021). "Crítica de 'Libertad'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  4. Iglesias, Eulàlia (17 November 2021). "Crítica de 'Libertad'". Fotogramas.
  5. Jiménez, Jesús (23 October 2021). "Seminci de Valladolid Clara Roquet: "'Libertad' trata sobre la amistad, el paso a la edad adulta y la lucha de clases"". rtve.
  6. Sánchez, Sergi (8 July 2021). "¿Por qué Cannes ha apostado por una ópera prima española?". La Razón.
  7. Rivera, Alfonso (8 July 2021). "Crítica: Libertad". Cineuropa.
  8. Serra, Laura (19 November 2021). "'Libertad', una amistad imposible y el brillante debut de Clara Roquet". Ara.
  9. "'Libertad' – estreno en cines 19 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 15 November 2021.
  10. Pizarro, Miguel Ángel (26 October 2021). "Clara Roquet ('Libertad'): "Que haya más mujeres cineastas ayuda a romper con los personajes e historias hegemónicos"". Ecartelera.
  11. "Libertad". Barcelona Film Commission | Catalunya Film Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  12. ""Libertad" emociona en Cannes con su relato sobre adolescencia y clase social". eldiario.es. 8 July 2021.
  13. "La 66ª Seminci acciona con ganas de cine y de recuperación". EFE. 23 October 2021.
  14. Merikaetxebarria, Anton. "Crítica de 'Libertad' (2021): Verano ardiente". El Correo.
  15. "'El buen patrón', favorita en el Premios Feroz, con las sorpresas de 'Espíritu sagrado', 'Libertad' y 'Tres'". El Mundo. 25 November 2021.
  16. Lang, Jamie (29 November 2021). "Javier Bardem Leads 'The Good Boss' to Record-Setting Spanish Academy Goya Nomination Haul". Variety.
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