Schoolgirls
Film poster
SpanishLas niñas
Directed byPilar Palomero
Written byPilar Palomero
Produced by
  • Valérie Delpierre
  • Alex Lafuente
Starring
CinematographyDaniela Cajías
Edited bySofia Escudé
Music byCarlos Naya
Production
companies
  • Inicia Films
  • BTeam Prods
Distributed byBTeam Pictures
Release dates
  • 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) (Berlinale)
  • 4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) (Spain)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€1.2 million
Box office€0.6 million

Schoolgirls (also known as The Girls; Spanish: Las niñas) is a 2020 Spanish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Pilar Palomero, starring Andrea Fandos and Natalia de Molina.[1][2][3]

The film won the Goya Award for Best Film, along with Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay for Palomero, and Best Cinematography for Daniela Cajías, from a total of nine nominations, at the 35th Goya Awards.[4][5][6] Cajías became the first woman to win the Cinematography Goya.[7] At the 8th Feroz Awards, the film won Best Drama Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay from a total of six nominations.

Plot

Celia, an 11-year-old girl, studies at a nuns' school in Zaragoza in 1992. Celia is a good girl: a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate opens a small window through which Celia discovers a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia enters a new stage of her life: adolescence, a period of firsts. She feels the need to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that once meant comfort and security.

Cast

Production

The film is an Inicia Films (Valérie Delpierre) and BTeam Prods (Alex Lafuente) production, with the participation of RTVE, TVC, Televisión de Aragón, and Movistar+, and backing from ICAA and ICEC.[8][9] It boasted a €1.2 million budget.[8]

Release

The film premiered in the 'Generation K Plus' section of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020.[10] Its festival run also included screenings at the Brussels International Film Festival (winning the Jury Prize in Directors' Week),[11] and the 23rd Málaga Film Festival (winning the Golden Biznaga).[12] Distributed by BTeam Pictures,[9] Schoolgirls was released theatrically in Spain on 4 September 2020.

Reception

Schoolgirls holds a 90% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10.[13][14]

Awards

Awards Category Nominated Result
Forqué Awards[15][16] Best Fiction Picture Won
Best Actress Andrea Fandos Nominated
Cinema and Education in Values Nominated
Feroz Awards Best Drama Film Won
Best Trailer Nominated
Best Director Pilar Palomero Won
Best Screenplay Won
Best Actress Andrea Fandos Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Natalia de Molina Nominated
Goya Awards Best Film Won
Best New Director Pilar Palomero Won
Best Original Screenplay Won
Best Supporting Actress Natalia de Molina Nominated
Best Cinematography Daniela Cajías Won
Best Editing Sofia Escudé Nominated
Best Art Direction Mónica Bernuy Nominated
Best Costume Design Arantxa Ezquerro Nominated
Best Original Song "Lunas de papel" by Carlos Naya Nominated
Ariel Awards[17][18] Best Ibero-American Film Nominated
Platino Awards[19] Best Ibero-American Film Nominated
Best Ibero-American Debut Film Pilar Palomero Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Cinematography Daniela Cajías Nominated
Best Editing Sofia Escudé Nominated
Best Art Direction Mónica Bernuy Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ Navarro, David (3 August 2019). "Natalia de Molina: El guión de Las niñas me onllegó al corazón". heraldo.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ García, Fernando (22 August 2020). "Las niñas, retrato de una España a dos velocidades". lavanguardia.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ Mayorga, Emilio (2 November 2020). "Las Ninas Director on Doubts, Restlessness, Euphoria of Adolescence". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "La boda de Rosa, Las niñas y Akelarre encabezan las nominaciones a los premios Feroz". rtve.es (in Spanish). 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ Roxborough, Scott; Szalai, Georg (18 January 2021). "Netflix Drama Leads Spain's Goya Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Premios Goya 2021: consulta aquí la lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "Daniela Cajías hace historia al lograr el Goya a la mejor dirección de fotografía". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). March 6, 2021. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Boquerini (23 July 2019). "Natalia de Molina, madre de una preadolescente en 'Las niñas'". El Correo.
  9. ^ a b "'Las niñas' – estreno en cines 4 de septiembre". Audiovisual451. 1 September 2020.
  10. ^ "'Las niñas', de la zaragozana Pilar Palomero, aplaudida en la Berlinale". Heraldo de Aragón. 23 February 2020.
  11. ^ "JURY & AWARDS". BRIFF. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  12. ^ "'Las niñas' gana la Biznaga de Oro del Festival de Málaga". La Vanguardia. 30 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Schoolgirls (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  14. ^ Holland, Jonathan (13 March 2020). "'Schoolgirls' ('Las Niñas'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Premios Forqué: 'La boda de Rosa' y 'Las niñas', participadas por RTVE, parten como favoritas". rtve.es. 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  16. ^ Aller, María (16 January 2021). "Premios Forqué 2021: Este es el palmarés de la 26ª edición". Fotogramas. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  17. ^ "¿Dónde ver en vivo los premios Ariel 2021?". El Informador. 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  18. ^ Forcelledo Parada, Andrés (28 September 2021). ""El agente topo" tuvo su revancha: ganó un Premio Ariel a Mejor Película Iberoamericana". Cultura21. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  19. ^ Zimerman, Gaspar (3 October 2021). "La película "El olvido que seremos" fue la gran ganadora de los Premios Platino 2021". Clarín. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

External links

Goya Award for Best Film
Málaga Film Festival Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film
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