Three Days With the Family | |
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Catalan | Tres dies amb la família |
Directed by | Mar Coll |
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Cinematography | Neus Ollé |
Edited by | Elena Ruiz |
Music by | Maikmaier |
Production company | Escándalo Films |
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Three Days With the Family (Catalan: Tres dies amb la família) is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Mar CollNausicaa Bonnín alongside Eduard Fernández, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Francesc Orella, and Ramon Fontserè.
(in her directorial debut feature) which starsThe plot tracks the three days in the life of a young woman based in Bourdeaux upon her return to Girona on occasion of her grandfather's funeral, thereby meeting with her relatives, members of the Catalan haute bourgeoisie.[1]
The film was produced by Escándalo Films in association with TVE and TVC.[3][4]
The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in April 2009.[5] It was released theatrically in Spain on 26 June 2009.
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be an "evocative portrait of a Catalan clan being unhappy in its own way".[4]
Fernando Méndez-Leite of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, hailing "the director's rigor and fine cruelty" as the film's best.[6]
Cliff Doerksen of Chicago Reader described the film as a "rote domestic drama about an emotionally stunted upper-bourgeois Catalan clan".[7]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | 2nd Gaudí Awards | Best Catalan-language Film | Won | [8][9] | |
Best Director | Mar Coll | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Mar Coll, Valentina Viso | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Nausicaa Bonnín | Won | |||
Best Actor | Eduard Fernández | Nominated | |||
24th Goya Awards | Best New Director | Mar Coll | Won | [3] | |
Best New Actress | Nausicaa Bonnín | Nominated |