This Excessive Ambition (Spanish: Esta ambición desmedida) is a 2023 Spanish documentary film directed by Santos Bacana, Cristina Trenas, and Rogelio González. It stars C. Tangana.
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| Spanish | Esta ambición desmedida |
| Directed by |
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| Starring | C. Tangana |
Production company | Little Spain |
| Distributed by | Avalon |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe film explores the creative process behind the El Madrileño album by C. Tangana aka Pucho aka Antón Álvarez Alfaro and the backstage of the Sin cantar ni afinar world tour.[1][2]
Production
editThe film is a Little Spain production.[3]
Release
editThe film had its world premiere in the 'Velodrome' section of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival on 28 September 2023.[4] Distributed by Avalon,[5] it was released theatrically in Spain on 26 October 2023.[6] It also screened as the opening film of the 39th Guadalajara International Film Festival on 7 June 2024.[7]
Reception
editÀlex Montoya of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that the "narrative and visual proposal is a triumph".[2]
Luis M. Maínez of Mondo Sonoro gave the film 8 out of 10 points, considering the result to be "a truly entertaining and even endearing human tragicomedy, with humor and worldly tension well-sustained and well-diluted when it is time".[8]
Janire Zurbano of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, writing that it "manages to separate itself from other more conventional documentaries on musicians thanks to its honesty".[9]
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 |
38th Goya Awards | Best Documentary Film | Nominated | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Antoñana, Uxua G. (6 March 2024). "¿Quién es C. Tangana? La vida del cantante y la gira que nunca quiso hacer". Noticias de Gipuzkoa.
- ^ a b Montoya, Àlex (27 September 2023). "Crítica de 'Esta ambición desmedida': C. Tangana se desnuda en el espectacular documental sobre su última gira". Fotogramas.
- ^ Guerrero, Patricia (15 April 2024). "¿Qué sabemos de ESTA AMBICIÓN DESMEDIDA, el documental de C. Tangana?". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Moleón, Marta (28 September 2023). "Ruina, creatividad y trascendencia: la ambición desmedida de C. Tangana convertida en documental". La Razón.
- ^ Quijano, F. D. (13 September 2023). "'Esta ambición desmedida', el documental que desnuda a C. Tangana: tráiler y fecha de estreno". El Cultural – via El Español.
- ^ Sisí Sánchez, Alberto (23 January 2024). ""Es muy inspirador ver a Pucho crear": las claves de la versión extendida de 'Esta ambición desmedida', el documental musical de 2023 que se ve en Movistar Plus+". Vogue.
- ^ Huerta Ortiz, César (8 June 2024). "Adriana Paz aborda el drama de los desaparecidos". El Universal.
- ^ Maínez, Luis M. (27 October 2023). "Esta Ambición Desmedida". Mondo Sonoro.
- ^ Zurbano, Janire (28 September 2023). "San Sebastián 2023 | 'Esta ambición desmedida': C. Tangana se lleva su fiesta al cine con un documental íntimo y sin censura". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Ganadores Premios Goya 2024: lista completa de películas y actores galardonados". rtve.es. 11 February 2024.