10,000 Nights Nowhere (Spanish: 10.000 noches en ninguna parte) is a 2013 Spanish film written and directed by Ramón Salazar. The cast features Andrés Gertrúdix, Susi Sánchez, Lola Dueñas, Rut Santamaría, Najwa Nimri, Manuel Castillo and Paula Medina.

10,000 Nights Nowhere
Theatrical release poster
Spanish10.000 noches en ninguna parte
Directed byRamón Salazar
Written byRamón Salazar
Produced by
  • Roberto Butragueño
  • Ramón Salazar
Starring
Cinematography
  • Ricardo de Gracia
  • Miguel Amoedo
Edited by
  • Ramón Salazar
  • Abián Molina
Music by
  • Najwa Nimri
  • Iván Valdés
Production
companies
  • Elamedia
  • Encanta Films
Release dates
  • 10 November 2013 (2013-11-10) (Seville)
  • 9 May 2014 (2014-05-09) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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An unnamed man (the 'Son') experiences three parallel lives in Madrid (with his dysfunctional family: his 'Mother' and 'Sister'), Paris (with a 'Friend') and Berlin (with a group of friends: Claudia, Ana and Leon).[1]

Cast

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Production

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Shooting took place over the course of three years.[3]

Release

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The film premiered at the Seville European Film Festival in November 2013.[4] It was theatrically released in Spain on 9 May 2014.[2]

Reception

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Philipp Engel of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting the editing pertaining the film's dreamlike structure, while citing certain lack of aesthetic simplicity and naturalness and some out-of-place character as negative points.[5]

As a bottom line, Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter underscored the film to be a "valuably ambitious fare which is swooningly lovely, intensely personal, evocative -- and inevitably somewhat pretentious".[1]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía also scored 4 out of 5 stars, writing that Ramón Salazar tells "the unique chronicle of a lost man", comparing the film to works by Terrence Malick and Julio Medem, also considering that the director manages to bring out the qualities of two of the best Spain's specialists in "trance films" (Nimri and Dueñas).[2]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2014 28th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Susi Sánchez Nominated [6]
23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Leading Role Andrés Gertrúdix Nominated [7][8]
Best Film Actress in a Leading Role Susi Sánchez Won
Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role Lola Dueñas Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Holland, Jonathan (8 June 2014). "'10,000 Nights Nowhere' ('10000 noches en ninguna parte'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ a b c Pinilla, Sergio F. (21 July 2014). "10.000 noches en ninguna parte". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  3. ^ "'10.000 noches en ninguna parte', el cine autoproducido en la sección oficial de Sevilla". rtve.es. 10 November 2013.
  4. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (14 November 2013). "10.000 noches en ninguna parte: viaje emocional al fondo de uno mismo". Cineuropa.
  5. ^ Engel, Philipp (20 March 2014). "10.000 noches en ninguna parte. Para los que necesitan huir de sí mismos". Fotogramas.
  6. ^ "10.000 noches en ninguna parte". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Antonio de la Torre y Susi Sánchez triunfan en los premios de la Unión de Actores". Fotogramas. 11 March 2014.
  8. ^ "'El tiempo entre costuras' e 'Isabel' dominan en las nominaciones de la Unión de Actores". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 10 February 2014.