The Good Boss
2021 Spanish film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Good Boss (Spanish: El buen patrón) is a 2021 Spanish black comedy-drama film directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem.[4][5] A corporate satire,[6] the plot tracks a charismatic and manipulative factory owner (Bardem) meddling in the lives of his employees.
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| Spanish | El buen patrón |
| Directed by | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| Written by | Fernando León de Aranoa |
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| Cinematography | Pau Esteve Birba |
| Edited by | Vanessa Marimbert |
| Music by | Zeltia Montes |
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| Distributed by | Tripictures |
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Running time | 120 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $7.2 million[3] |
The film world premiered at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 21 September 2021, ahead of its 15 October 2021 theatrical release in Spain by Tripictures. It received a record-breaking 20 nominations to the 36th Goya Awards,[7] winning six (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Score and Editing).
Plot
Julio Blanco, the charismatic and manipulative owner of a family-run factory of industrial scales in a Spanish provincial town,[8][9] meddles in the lives of his employees in an attempt to win an award for business excellence.
Cast
- Javier Bardem as Julio Blanco[10][11][12]
- Manolo Solo as Miralles[11][12]
- Almudena Amor as Liliana[11][12]
- Óscar de la Fuente as Jose[9][12]
- Sonia Almarcha as Adela[9][12]
- Fernando Albizu as Román[9][12]
- Tarik Rmili as Khaled[9][12]
- Rafa Castejón as Rubio[13][12]
- Celso Bugallo as Fortuna[9][12]
- Francesc Orella as Alejandro[12]
- Martín Páez as Salva[13][12]
- Yael Belicha as Inés[13][12]
- Mara Guil as Aurora[14][12]
- Nao Albet as Albert[12]
- María de Nati as Ángela[12]
- Dalit Streett Tejeda[15][12]
- Nicolás Ruiz as Jose's son[16]
Production
The Good Boss was produced by Reposado PC, The Mediapro Studio and Básculas Blanco AIE, with the participation of RTVE, TV3 and Orange.[17] Filming began in Spain in October 2020 and wrapped in December 2020.[18][19][20] It was shot in Móstoles and other locations across the Madrid region.[21]
Release
The film premiered at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 21 September 2021.[22][23] Distributed by Tripictures,[22][24] it was then released theatrically in Spain on 15 October 2021.[22] It became the 4th highest-grossing Spanish film release in the domestic market in 2021 with a revenue of 3,278,021 € and 518,254 viewers in the aforementioned year.[25]
Cohen Media Group acquired US rights to the film.[26] Distributed by Bim, it theatrically released in Italy on 23 December 2021 as Il capo perfetto,[27] whereas, distributed by PRIS Audiovisuais,[28] it opened in Portuguese theatres on 20 January 2022 under the title O Bom Patrão.[29] The film was set for a 28 April 2022 opening in Argentine theatres.[30]
The Good Boss was announced as the opening film of the 39th Miami Film Festival (4 March 2022).[31] A 9 June 2022 release date was set for the film's opening in Chilean theatres, distributed by Star Distribution.[32] It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on 26 August 2022, to be followed by a wider release on 2 September.[33]
Reception
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Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an 92% rating based on 112 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The critics consensus reads: "Led by Javier Bardem's charismatic performance and writer-director Fernando León de Aranoa's sharp humor, The Good Boss is a workplace satire worthy of promotion."[34] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[35]
Guy Lodge of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Fernando León de Aranoa's corporate satire is too long and languidly paced to pull off its farcical inclinations, but it gets by on its star's magnetism."[2]
Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Slickly entertaining, considering its rather weighty subject matter..."[1]
Javier Zurro of El Español deemed the film to be the best Aranoa film since the 2002 Mondays in the Sun and the best Spanish comedy in (many) years, a genre dominated for some time now by either family comedies or remakes of international titles, generally lacking in original proposals.[36]
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 90 out of 100 points, deeming it "excellent", praising the "sharp script", the (actors') direction, and the "careful mise-en-scène".[37]
Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya considered the film to be "a good tragicomedy of social criticism that could well be the counterpart to Mondays in the Sun".[38]
Jonathan Holland of Screen Daily considered the film to be "slickly-made and entertaining, but ultimately a little déjà vu".[9] Plotwise, he deemed the film to be "as smooth and efficient as a well-run factory".[9]
Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas gave The Good Boss 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting an immense, eminent Javier Bardem in one of his most dazzling performances to date ("he is, quite simply, the movie"), also considering that Aranoa offers viewers a dark comedy displaying a grim portrayal of labour relations.[39]
Reviewing for Cinemanía, Santiago Alverú gave the film 5 out of 5 stars, writing that the political commitment from León de Aranoa and Javier Bardem mixed with the expressive talent of both of them have created a highly entertaining vindication, concluding that "except for Amancio Ortega, the whole of Spain should like it".[40]
The AACCE selected the film as the Spanish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards over Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea and Parallel Mothers,[41] and it made the 15-film pre-nomination shortlist in December 2021.[42] Ultimately, it was not nominated. It also chose the film as the Spanish submission for Best Ibero-American Film at the 64th Ariel Awards.[43]
Accolades
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | 13th Festival CiBRA | Best Original Screenplay | Fernando León de Aranoa | Won | [44][45] |
| 27th Forqué Awards | Best Fiction or Animation Film | Won | [46] | ||
| Best Actor (film) | Javier Bardem | Won | |||
| 2022 | 9th Feroz Awards | Best Comedy Film | Won | [47] | |
| Best Director | Fernando León de Aranoa | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Fernando León de Aranoa | Won | |||
| Best Actor (film) | Javier Bardem | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actress (film) | Almudena Amor | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor (film) | Manolo Solo | Nominated | |||
| Celso Bugallo | Nominated | ||||
| Best Original Score | Zeltia Montes | Nominated | |||
| Best Trailer | Maurits Malschaert & Mick Aerts | Nominated | |||
| 1st Carmen Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Manolo Solo | Won | [48] | |
| Best New Actress | Mara Guil | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Pau Esteve | Won | |||
| Best Costume Design | Fernando García | Nominated | |||
| 77th CEC Medals | Best Film | Nominated | [49] | ||
| Best Direction | Fernando León de Aranoa | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Javier Bardem | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Manolo Solo | Nominated | |||
| Celso Bugallo | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Sonia Almarcha | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actor | Óscar de la Fuente | Nominated | |||
| Tarik Rmili | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Actress | Almudena Amor | Won | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Fernando León de Aranoa | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Pau Esteve Birba | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Vanessa Marimbert | Nominated | |||
| Best Score | Zeltia Montes | Nominated | |||
| 36th Goya Awards | Best Film | Won | [50] | ||
| Best Director | Fernando León de Aranoa | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Javier Bardem | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Fernando Albizu | Nominated | |||
| Celso Bugallo | Nominated | ||||
| Manolo Solo | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Sonia Almarcha | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actor | Óscar de la Fuente | Nominated | |||
| Tarik Rmili | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Actress | Almudena Amor | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Fernando León de Aranoa | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Pau Esteve Birba | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Vanessa L. Marimbert | Won | |||
| Best Art Direction | Cesar Macarrón | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Supervision | Luis Gutiérrez | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound | Iván Marín, Pelayo Gutiérrez, Valeria Arcieri | Nominated | |||
| Best Special Effects | Raúl Romanillos, Míriam Piquer | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design | Fernando García | Nominated | |||
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Almudena Fonseca, Manolo García | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Score | Zeltia Montes | Won | |||
| 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Javier Bardem | Won | [51][52] | |
| Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Óscar de la Fuente | Won | |||
| Manolo Solo | Nominated | ||||
| Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Sonia Almarcha | Won | |||
| Best Film Actor in a Minor Role | Fernando Albizu | Won | |||
| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Mara Guil | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actor | Tarik Rmili | Won | |||
| Best New Actress | Almudena Amor | Won | |||
| 26th Satellite Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | [53] | ||
| Spanish Screenwriters' Union Awards | Best Screenplay in a Comedy Feature Film | Fernando León de Aranoa | Won | [54][55] | |
| 72nd Fotogramas de Plata | Best Spanish Film (according to readers) | Nominated | [56] | ||
| Best Film Actor | Javier Bardem | Won | |||
| 66th Sant Jordi Awards | Best Spanish Actor | Javier Bardem | Won | [57] | |
| 9th Platino Awards | Best Ibero-American Film | Won | [58][59] | ||
| Best Director | Fernando León de Aranoa | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Fernando León de Aranoa | Won | |||
| Best Original Score | Zeltia Montes | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Javier Bardem | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Almudena Amor | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Manolo Solo | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Vanessa Marimbert | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Pau Esteve | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound | Valeria Arcieri | Nominated | |||
| Best Art Direction | César Macarrón | Nominated | |||
| 64th Ariel Awards | Best Ibero-American Film | Won | [60] | ||
| 35th European Film Awards | Best European Comedy | Won | [61] | ||
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