2007 Spanish film
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Spanish | Tuya siempre |
Directed by | Manuel Lombardero |
Screenplay by |
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Produced by | Pastora Delgado |
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Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
Edited by | Bernat Aragonés |
Music by |
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Distributed by | Azeta Cinema |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Always Yours (Spanish: Tuya siempre) is a 2007 Spanish neo-noir drama film directed by Manuel Lombardero. It stars Flora Martínez, Rubén Ochandiano, José Coronado, and Caroline Henderson.
Plot
The fiction follows Lola and her boyfriend Alfredo, a petty criminal. The former begins working in a jazz club frequented by quaint individuals (including a forensic photographer, a young musician going blind, an alcoholic pianist, and a jazz singer) but the entry on the scene of mafioso Manuel Gay causes disruption.
Cast
- Flora Martínez as Lola
- Rubén Ochandiano as Alfredo
- José Coronado as Manuel Gay
- Caroline Henderson as Gloria Cole
- Nancho Novo as Horacio
- Andrés Gertrúdix as César
- Raynald Colom [ca] as Nen
Production
The screenplay was penned by Manuel Lombardero alongside Ignacio del Moral. The film was produced by Pastora Delgado PC and Films d'Ultramort, and it had the participation of TVE.
Release
The film screened at the Málaga Film Festival in March 2007. Distributed by Azeta Cinema, it was theatrically released in Spain on 27 April 2007.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that despite boasting a "pleasant jazz score", a clutch of "decent" performances, and coming with all the genre trimmings, "the script fails to whip them up into anything beyond an efficient exercise in style".
Javier Ocaña of El País deemed Always Yours to be "a painful, somber film with a great sound and image design", featuring a "atmosphere, credibility and a formal design that is as risky as it is meritorious", but also pointed out at a flawed direction of actors, as each one of them performs in a different dramatic range.
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | 10th Málaga Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Nancho Novo | Won | |
Best Music | José Reinoso, Horacio Fumero | Won | |||
Best Makeup | Gregorio Ros | Won | |||
2008 | 22nd Goya Awards | Best Sound | Licio Marcos de Oliveira, Carlos Fesser, David Calleja | Nominated |
See also
References
- ^ "'Tuya siempre' mezcla drama y 'thriller' en BCN a ritmo de jazz". El Periódico de Catalunya. 14 March 2007.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (10 April 2007). "Always Yours". Variety.
- ^ Mellado, Sergio (14 March 2007). "'Tuya siempre' retrata la atracción por lo siniestro". El País.
- ^ "Tuya siempre". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- Pérez, Carmen (14 March 2007). "Coronado, mafioso en 'Tuya siempre'". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento.
- ^ "Tuya siempre". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- Ocaña, Javier (27 April 2007). "Olor a tugurio". El País.
- "'Bajo las estrellas', ganadora del X Festival de Cine Español de Málaga". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento. 17 March 2007.