Holy Camp!

Holy Camp! (Spanish: La llamada, lit. 'The Call') is a 2017 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo.^[1][2] It is the film adaptation of the musical of the same name, which was also written and directed by Ambrossi and Calvo and has been running for several seasons in the Madrid theater Teatro Lara.

Holy Camp!
Spanish theatrical release poster
Spanish	La llamada
Directed by	Javier Ambrossi Javier Calvo
Screenplay by	Javier Ambrossi Javier Calvo
Based on	La llamada by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo
Produced by	Enrique López Lavigne
Starring	Macarena García Anna Castillo Belén Cuesta Gracia Olayo Richard Collins-Moore
Cinematography	Migue Amoedo
Edited by	Marta Velasco
Music by	Leiva
Production companies	Apache Films Sábado Películas Lo hacemos y ya vemos AIE
Distributed by	DeAPlaneta
Release dates	27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) (San Sebastián) 29 September 2017 (2017-09-29) (Spain)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Spain
Languages	Spanish English

Plot

Sister Milagros and Mother Bernarda are two nuns in charge at the Catholic summer camp La Brújula in Segovia. Mother Bernarda is seeking to modernize and reach out to youth through music, while Sister Milagros is full of self doubt.

The main characters are María and Susana, two 17-year-old girls who are spending the summer at the camp which they have attended since they were little. They both love reggaeton and "Electro Latino" music; but God's apparitions to and calling of María begin to change all their lives.

Cast

• Macarena García as María Casado
• Anna Castillo as Susana Romero
• Belén Cuesta as Hermana Milagros
• Gracia Olayo as Madre Bernarda de los Arcos
• Richard Collins-Moore [es] as Dios ('God')
• María Isabel Díaz as Janice
• Secun de la Rosa as Carlos
• Esty Quesada as Marta
• Víctor Elías [es] as Joseba
• Llum Barrera [es] as Monja (Nun)
• Henry Méndez as himself

Production

The co-director Javier Ambrossi and the lead actress Macarena García are brother and sister. The film was produced by Apache Films, Sábado Películas and Lo hacemos y ya vemos AIE and it had the participation of TVE and TV3.^[3]

The 'Alto del León' camp in the province of Segovia served to portray the fictional Christian 'Campamento La Brújula'.^[4]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2018	5th Feroz Awards	Best Comedy Film		Won	[5][6]
		Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Anna Castillo	Nominated
			Belén Cuesta	Nominated
			Gracia Olayo	Nominated
		Best Trailer	Alberto Gutiérrez	Won
		Best Film Poster		Nominated
	32nd Goya Awards	Best New Director	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo	Nominated	[7]
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Anna Castillo	Nominated
			Belén Cuesta	Nominated
		Best Original Song	"La llamada" by Leiva	Won
	27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role	Belén Cuesta	Nominated	[8][9]
			Gracia Olayo	Nominated
		Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	Secun de la Rosa	Nominated

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2017

References

1. Belinchón, Gregorio (28 September 2017). "'La llamada' renueva la fe en la risa, ahora en el cine". El País. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
2. "Holy Camp!". Film Factory Entertainment. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
3. "'La llamada' – estreno en cines 29 de septiembre". Audiovisual451. 25 September 2017.
4. Pastor, Custodio (5 October 2016). "'La llamada' que cambió sus vidas". El País.
5. Jiménez Román, Adrián (5 December 2017). "Lista completa de los nominados a los Premios Feroz 2018". ecartelera.
6. Rivera, Alfonso (23 January 2018). "Summer 1993 scoops multiple Feroz Awards". Cineuropa.
7. "Premios Goya 2018: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es. 3 February 2018.
8. "Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Blanca Portillo y Javier Gutiérrez, entre los nominados a los Premios Unión de Actores". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 13 February 2018.
9. "La Unión de Actores y Actrices galardona al zaragozano Jorge Usón por partida doble". Heraldo de Aragón. 13 March 2018.

External links

• Holy Camp! at IMDb