Before the Fall
Theatrical release poster
Spanish3 días
Directed byF. Javier Gutiérrez
Screenplay by
  • Juan Velarde
  • F. Javier Gutiérrez
Produced byAntonio P. Pérez
Starring
CinematographyMiguel A. Mora
Edited byNacho Ruiz Capillas
Music byAntonio Meliveo
Production
companies
  • Maestranza Films
  • Green Moon Producciones
  • Pentagrama Films
Release dates
  • 14 February 2008 (2008-02-14) (Berlinale)
  • 25 April 2008 (2008-04-25) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Before the Fall (Spanish: 3 días; transl. '3 Days') is a 2008 Spanish thriller film with apocalyptic themes directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez which stars Víctor Clavijo, Mariana Cordero, and Eduard Fernández.

Plot

Upon the news delivered by the UN Secretary General announcing the end of the world in 72 hours by an impact event, Ale decides to spend his time left drinking and listening music, but he has to deal with the arrival of mysterious Lucio, focusing then on helping his mother Rosa and his brother Tomás' four children instead.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by the director alongside Juan Velarde.[4] The film is a Maestranza Films, Green Moon Producciones and Pentagrama Films production.[5] It was shot in the province of Seville.[6]

Release

Selected in the 'Panorama' lineup of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival,[5] the film was presented on 14 February 2008.[6] It later screened at Málaga Film Festival's main competition on 5 April 2008.[7] It was theatrically released in Spain on 25 April 2008.[1]

Reception

Jay Weissberg of Variety summed up the "unpleasant predictable" thriller as "usual psycho killer looking for revenge drama gets an end of the world overlay".[8]

Jordi Costa of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting its "visual power" whilst citing its subpar writing as a negative point.[1]

Rubén Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that after achieving the most difficult, the director, displaying "clear symptoms of suffering from horror vacui", goes on making "unnecessary formal pirouettes and forced plot twists", albeit conceding that "all in all, [the films is] a good and necessary debut".[9]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
200811th Málaga Film FestivalGolden BiznagaWon[10]
Best Supporting ActressMariana CorderoWon
Best MakeupAnabel Beato, Yolanda PiñaWon
Best New ScreenwriterJuan Velarde, F. Javier GutiérrezWon
2009 64th CEC MedalsBest CinematographyMiguel A. MoraNominated[11]
Best EditingNacho Ruiz CapillasWon
Best NewcomerF. Javier GutiérrezNominated
23rd Goya AwardsBest SoundDaniel de Zayas, Jorge Marín, Maite RiveraWon[12]
18th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actor in a Leading RoleVíctor ClavijoNominated[13][14]
Best Film Actor in a Secondary RoleEduard FernándezNominated

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Costa, Jordi (29 May 2008). "3 días". Fotogramas.
  2. ↑ "3 días". rtve.es. 17 September 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "3 días" (PDF). berlinale.de. p. 144. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Boquerini (13 April 2008). "El 'thriller' apocalíptico '3 días' y Silvia Munt triunfan en el Festival de Málaga". El Norte de Castilla.
  5. 1 2 Ríos Pérez, Sergio (6 February 2008). "Cuatro producciones españolas en una Berlinale rendida a Buñuel". Cineuropa.
  6. 1 2 Di Michele, Valentina (14 February 2008). "A tre giorni dalla fine". Cineuropa.
  7. ↑ "Málaga.- Festival.- Javier Gutiérrez narra un cuento "actualizado" sobre el fin del mundo en 'Tres días'". Europa Press. 5 April 2008.
  8. ↑ Weissberg, Jay (11 February 2008). "Before the Fall". Variety.
  9. ↑ Romero, Rubén (25 April 2008). "3 días". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  10. ↑ Intxausti, Aurora (13 April 2008). "La ópera prima '3 días' triunfa con cuatro premios en Málaga". El País.
  11. ↑ "Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2008". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "3 días". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Penélope Cruz y Chus Lampreave, rivales en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). 19 January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "El filme ´Camino´ arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 11 March 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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