Stormy Lola
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgustí Villaronga
Screenplay by
  • Mario Torrecillas
  • Agustí Villaronga
Story byMario Torrecillas
StarringSusi Sánchez
Edited byAnabel Rodríguez Venzalá
Production
companies
  • Irusoin
  • Vilaüt Films
  • 3.000 obstáculos AIE
Distributed byCaramel Films/Youplanet Pictures
Release date
  • 31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Stormy Lola (Spanish: Loli Tormenta)[1] is a 2023 Spanish comedy film directed by Agustí Villaronga, which is his final film prior to his death and stars Susi Sánchez. A posthumously released swan song by Villaronga,[2] it is also his first comedy feature.[3]

Plot

Set in the outskirts of Barcelona, the plot follows the plight of Lola, who suffers from a worsening condition of Alzheimer and is in charge of her two grandchildren Edgar and Robert. The latter, unwilling to go to a foster home, thereby decide to take care of their grandmother, concealing her disease.[4][3]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Mario Torrecillas and Agustí Villaronga based on an original story by Torrecillas.[4] The film was produced by Irusoin, Vilaüt Films, and 3.000 obstáculos AIE, and it had the participation of RTVE, TV3, Movistar Plus+, and funding from ICAA and ICEC.[5] It was shot in Barcelona in 2022.[6][5] Villaronga suspended the chemotherapy of his ongoing cancer in order to shoot the film.[7]

Release

Loli Tormenta's distribution rights in Spain are handled by Caramel Films and Youplanet Pictures.[5] The film was theatrically released in Spain on 31 March 2023.[8] Villaronga died in January 2023, prior to the release.[2]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2024
16th Gaudí AwardsBest DirectorAgustí VillarongaPending[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Post-Production". Spanish Films. Just Spainted. Winter/Spring 2023 (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. p. 146. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Muere el cineasta Agustí Villaronga, director de 'Pa Negre', a los 69 años en Barcelona". El Confidencial. 22 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Villaronga s'estrena al món de la comèdia amb "Loli Tormenta"". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica. 24 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Loli Tormenta". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 14 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T. V. 3. (23 August 2022). "Agustí Villaronga s'endinsa en la comèdia amb "Loli Tormenta"". TV3 (in Catalan) – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Muere el cineasta Agustí Villaronga". Valencia Plaza. 22 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "La última película de Villaronga, 'Loli Tormenta', que rodó convaleciente de un cáncer, se estrenará este 2023". El Periódico de Catalunya. 22 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "'Loli Tormenta', la película póstuma de Agustí Villaronga se estrenará en cines el 31 de marzo". rtve.es. 31 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Martín Amorós, Ismael (12 December 2023). ""Creatura" i "Saben aquell", màximes favorites als Premis Gaudí: totes les nominacions". 3/24 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
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