Forever Young
CatalanHerois
Directed byPau Freixas
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyJulián Elizalde
Edited byJaume Martí
Music byArnau Bataller
Production
companies
Distributed byAlta Classics
Release dates
  • 22 April 2010 (2010-04-22) (Málaga)
  • 22 October 2010 (2010-10-22) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageCatalan

Forever Young (Catalan: Herois) is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Pau Freixas, who also co-wrote it alongside Albert Espinosa. It stars Eva Santolaria, Alex Brendemühl and Emma Suárez alongside Nerea Camacho and Lluís Homar.

Plot

The plot concerns a journey back to childhood (during the Summer of 1984) by means of a flashback brought by the memories of a disenchanted publicist (Sala) upon meeting with Cristina, that runs parallel to the subplot in the present time.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The film is a Media Films and Televisió de Catalunya production.[4] Shooting locations included Palamós, the Sau Reservoir, Gavà, and Dosrius.[1] It was shot primarily in Catalan.[5]

Release

The film premiered at the 13th Málaga Film Festival's official selection on 22 April 2010.[6] It was theatrically released in Spain on 22 October 2010.

Reception

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting "the clarity (and ability) with which it seeks its audience", while citing its certain sappiness as a negative point.[7]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated it 4 out of 5 stars, welcoming a Spanish film taking a deep dive into a childhood that is neither marginal nor traumatic.[2]

Jordi Costa of El País wrote that even if Freixas and Espinosa's work dives into sheer cliché and cheesiness, it ends up emerging as "a solid commercial product".[8]

Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that "more emotion than sentimentality comes through, despite some string-pulling" in a picture otherwise "all about laughter, tears and kids on bicycles riding through dappled forests".[9]

Accolades

Rull, Vilapuig, Balaguer, Monner, and Sorribes attending the photocall of the 3rd Gaudí Awards in 2011
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201013rd Málaga Film FestivalSilver Biznaga for Audience AwardWon[10]
Best Costume DesignNuria AngladaWon
2011 3rd Gaudí AwardsBest Catalan-language FilmNominated[11][12]
Best DirectorPau FreixasNominated
Best ScreenplayAlbert Espinosa, Pau FreixasNominated
Best Production SupervisionInés FontNominated
Best Art DirectionJoan SabatéNominated
Best Supporting ActorLluís HomarNominated
Best EditingJaume MartíNominated
Best Original ScoreArnau BatallerNominated
Best CinematographyJulián ElizaldeNominated
Best SoundFerran Mengod, Marc Orts, Marisol NievasNominated
66th CEC MedalsBest FilmNominated[13]
Best Supporting ActressEva SantolariaWon
Best Supporting ActorAlex BrendemühlNominated
Best Original ScreenplayAlbert Espinosa, Pau FreixasNominated

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Montañés, José Ángel (11 August 2009). "Nostalgia ochentera". El País.
  2. 1 2 Bermejo, Andrea G. (22 October 2010). "Héroes". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ""Herois", al 3XL". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 19 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Héroes". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sebastián Cordero: 'No podía esperar tanta calidez del público'". El Mundo. 24 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "El recuerdo de los veranos de la infancia centra la película 'Heroes'". Málaga Hoy. 22 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Torreiro, Mirito (13 April 2010). "Héroes. Para nostálgicos impenitentes". Fotogramas.
  8. ↑ Costa, Jordi (22 October 2010). "Verano del ochenta y tantos". El País.
  9. ↑ Holland, Jonathan (29 April 2010). "Forever Young". Variety.
  10. ↑ "Palmarés del XIII Festival de Málaga-Cine Español". Diario Sur. 24 April 2010.
  11. ↑ "Nominadas - III Premios Gaudí". Acadèmia del Cinema Català. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  12. ↑ Llopart, Salvador (18 January 2011). "'Pa negre' acapara los galardones". La Vanguardia.
  13. ↑ "Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2010". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Archived from the original on 2020-08-01. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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