Love Gets a Room

2021 musical drama film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Love Gets a Room (Spanish: El amor en su lugar) is a 2021 musical drama film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. Set in the Warsaw ghetto, it stars Clara Rugaard and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo.

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Love Gets a Room
Directed byRodrigo Cortés
Written by
Produced by
  • Adrián Guerra
  • Núria Valls
Starring
Edited byRodrigo Cortés
Music byVictor Reyes
Production
companies
  • Nostromo Pictures
  • Love Gets a Room AIE
Distributed byA Contracorriente Films (es)
Release dates
  • November 2021 (2021-11) (SEFF)
  • 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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Plot

Set in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, the fiction focuses on a group of Jewish thespians performing a musical stage play.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by David Safier and Rodrigo Cortés.[9] Nostromo Pictures' Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls were credited as producers.[8] The film was produced by Nostromo Pictures alongside Love Gets a Room AIE with the collaboration of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the participation of TVC and Crea SGR.[10][11]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the 18th Seville European Film Festival (SEFF) in November 2021.[12][8] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[8] Love Gets a Room was theatrically released in Spain on 3 December 2021. Lionsgate handles the international sales.

Reception

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Reviewing for Fotogramas, Blai Morell gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting the "virtuosity" of its mise-en-scène and the musical compositions by Víctor Reyes, while noting that there was some performer who was not up to the task.[13]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 80 out of 100 points, deeming it to be a cinema masterclass by Cortés, "thrilling and captivating" in terms of both the mise-en-scène and its honesty, praising the production design and the actors' direction, while noting that there were some repetitive moments and some over-abuse of the musical score.[14]

Oti Rodríguez Marchante of ABC gave it a positive review with a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.[3]

Reviewing for El Periódico de Catalunya, Beatriz Martínez rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that, in this film, Cortés' virtuosity was put at the service of something more than a mere stylistic exercise.[15]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily considered the result of the juxtaposition of a musical comedy stage performance and the desperate offstage lives of the fictional cast to be "a fine technical achievement, a moving enquiry into what young love can mean under such conditions, and Cortés' strongest film since 2010's Buried", also deeming it to be, from a technical point of view, "a tour-de-force in several ways".[16]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20229th Feroz AwardsBest DirectorRodrigo CortésWon[17]
Best ScreenplayDavid Safier, Rodrigo CortésNominated
Best Original ScoreVíctor ReyesNominated
77th CEC MedalsBest FilmWon[18]
Best DirectorRodrigo CortésWon
Best ActressClara RugaardNominated
Best Original ScreenplayRodrigo Cortés, David SafierWon
Best CinematographyRafael GarcíaWon
Best EditingRodrigo CortésWon
Best ScoreVíctor ReyesWon
36th Goya AwardsBest Costume DesignAlberto ValcárcelNominated[19]
Best Production SupervisionÓscar VigiolaNominated
14th Gaudí AwardsBest Art DirectionLaia ColetNominated[20][21]
Best Costume DesignAlberto ValcárcelNominated
66th Sant Jordi AwardsBest Spanish FilmWon[22]
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