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Catalan | La innocència |
Directed by | Lucía Alemany |
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Cinematography | Joan Bordera |
Edited by | Juliana Montañés |
Music by | Òscar Senén |
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Distributed by | Filmax |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Spain |
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The Innocence (Catalan: La innocència) is a 2019 Spanish drama film directed by Lucía Alemany (in her feature film debut), starring Carmen Arrufat alongside Laia Marull, Sergi López, and Joel Bosqued.[1][2][3]
The film was nominated for two Goya Awards.[4]
Set in a rural area of the province of Castellón,[5] the plot deals about the dilemma of abortion faced by Lis, a teenager who has an unwanted pregnancy imperiling her dreams of becoming a circus artist.[6]
The film was produced by Turanga Films, Un Capricho de Producciones, and Lagarto Films, with additional backing from IVC, ICEC, À Punt, TV3, Movistar Plus+ and ECAM's La Incubadora.[8]
Director-screenwriter Alemany had an abortion when she was 17 and was raised in Traiguera, the main shooting location for the film.[6]
"One of the requirements that I wanted from Lis was that she had big tits," Lucía Alemany said in reference to the main character. "Because there is something there, in that 'two days ago I was a girl, and right now I have something that is sexually super attractive'".[9]
The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2019.[10] Distributed by Filmax,[8] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 10 January 2020.
The Innocence received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 100% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on six reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10.[11]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | 2nd Valencian Audiovisual Awards | Best Film | Nominated | [12][13] | |
Best Director | Lucia Alemany | Won | |||
Best Actress | Carmen Arrufat | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Laia Marull | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Sergi López | Won | |||
Best Art Direction | Asier Musitu, Bea Toro | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Giovanna Ribes | Nominated | |||
Best Editing and Post-Production | Juliana Montañés | Nominated | |||
Best Sound | Carlos Lidón, Dani Zacarías | Nominated | |||
2020 | 7th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Film | Laia Marull | Nominated | [14] |
12th Gaudí Awards | Best Catalan-language Film | Nominated | [15][16] | ||
Best Direction | Lucía Alemany | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Lucía Alemany, Laia Soler | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Carmen Arrufat | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Laia Marull | Won | |||
Best Editing | Juliana Montañés | Nominated | |||
Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Natalia Montoya | Nominated | |||
34th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Carmen Arrufat | Nominated | [17] | |
Best Original Song | "Allí en la arena" by Toni M. Mir | Nominated |