The Summer We Lived
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl verano que vivimos
Directed byCarlos Sedes
Screenplay by
  • Ramón Campos
  • Gema R. Neira
  • David Orea
  • Salvador S. Molina
  • Javier Chacártegui
Produced by
  • Ramón Campos
  • Teresa Fernández-Valdés
  • Mercedes Gamero
  • Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo
  • Jordi Gasull
Starring
CinematographyJacobo Martínez
Edited byJulia Juanatey
Music byFederico Jusid
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) (Zinemaldia)
  • 4 December 2020 (2020-12-04) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Summer We Lived[1] (Spanish: El verano que vivimos) is a 2020 romantic melodrama film directed by Carlos Sedes which stars Javier Rey, Blanca Suárez, and Pablo Molinero in a love triangle.

Plot

The plot delves into a love triangle that took place in the summer of 1958 in Jerez de la Frontera, concerning an architect who arrived to town to build a winery (Gonzalo), the one ordering the winery (Hernán) and the latter's fiancee (Lucía). A different timeline set in 1998 deals with the reconstruction of the aforementioned love story upon the investigations carried out by a journalist trainee working with obituaries (Isabel) who enlists the collaboration of Carlos, the architect's son.[2][3][4][5]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, Salvador S. Molina, Javier Chacártegui and David Orea.[10] The film is an Aquel Verano Movie AIE, Warner Bros Entertainment España, Atresmedia Cine, Mr. Fields and Friends, La Claqueta PC, Bambú Producciones and 4 Cats Pictures production.[11] Shooting began on 5 August 2019 in Jerez de la Frontera.[12] Shooting locations also included Galicia.[13]

Release

The film was presented at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 20 September 2020.[4] Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España,[14] it was theatrically released in Spain on 4 December 2020.[15]

Reception

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País wrote that the film "confuses eroticism and passion with a grandiloquent epic akin to a tourist postcard, redundant music, aerial shots, and a string of metaphors", with the film resenting from, among other issues, a screenplay "without much narrative foundation" and otherwise also turning out to be "implausible and whimsical".[3]

Mireia Mullor of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting the landscapes of Jerez de la Frontera vis-à-vis the film's setting as the best thing about the film.[16]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, determining as a veredict that the film is "a formulaic [kind of] cinema... which, for that reason, [it] works".[5]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
202135th Goya AwardsBest Original ScoreFederico JusidNominated[17]
Best Original Song"El verano que vivimos" by Alejandro Sanz, Alfonso Pérez AriasNominated

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Summer We Lived". Prime Video. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Drama en 'El verano que vivimos'". Las Provincias. 4 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Fernández-Santos, Elsa (4 December 2020). "Un folletín regado en Tío Pepe". El País.
  4. 1 2 Gimeno, Santiago; Zamora, Andrea (20 September 2020). "San Sebastián 2020: 'El verano que vivimos', una película romántica sin fisuras para los adeptos al amor verdadero". Sensacine.
  5. 1 2 Bermejo, Andrea G. (30 November 2020). "El verano que vivimos". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Valero, M. (27 October 2020). "Abre los ojos... es Jerez". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly.
  7. ↑ Zurro, Javier (4 December 2020). "El triángulo amoroso que quiere rescatar al cine español en la taquilla". El Español.
  8. ↑ "Javier Rey protagoniza 'El verano que vivimos': "Estrenar en cines es un acto de valentía y responsabilidad"". Europa Press. 3 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Fernández, Miguel Anxo (11 December 2020). "«El verano que vivimos»: Un amor de época". La Voz de Galicia.
  10. ↑ "San Sebastián 2019: 'El verano que vivimos' se presenta en el festival". Fotogramas. 22 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "El verano que vivimos". Film Madrid. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "'El verano que vivimos' se traslada a la Catedral y a la Tasca San Pablo". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 21 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Ya hay fecha de estreno para la película 'El verano que vivimos'". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 9 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ya puedes ver el póster de 'El verano que vivimos', con Blanca Suárez, Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero". Atresmedia Cine. 10 November 2020.
  15. ↑ Alverú, Santiago (6 December 2020). "Entrevistamos a Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero por 'El verano que vivimos'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  16. ↑ Mullor, Mireia (3 December 2020). "Crítica de 'El verano que vivimos'". Fotogramas.
  17. ↑ "El verano que vivimos". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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