Always Yours (Spanish: Tuya siempre) is a 2007 Spanish neo-noir drama film directed by Manuel Lombardero. It stars Flora Martínez, Rubén Ochandiano, José Coronado, and Caroline Henderson.
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| Spanish | Tuya siempre |
| Directed by | Manuel Lombardero |
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| Produced by | Pastora Delgado |
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| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Bernat Aragonés |
| Music by |
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| Distributed by | Azeta Cinema |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
The fiction follows Lola and her boyfriend Alfredo, a petty criminal. The former began working in a jazz club frequented by quaint individuals (including a forensic photographer, a young musician becoming blind, an alcoholic pianist, and a jazz singer) but the entry on the scene of mafioso Manuel Gay causes disruption.[1][2][3]
The screenplay was penned by Manuel Lombardero alongside Ignacio del Moral.[2] The film was produced by Pastora Delgado PC and Films d'Ultramort, and it had the participation of TVE.[2][6]
The film screened at the Málaga Film Festival in March 2007.[1][3] Distributed by Azeta Cinema,[2] it was theatrically released in Spain on 27 April 2007.[4]
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that despite boasting a "pleasant jazz score", a clutch of "decent" performances, and coming with all the genre trimmings, "the script fails to whip them up into anything beyond an efficient exercise in style".[2]
Javier Ocaña of El País deemed Always Yours to be "a painful, somber film with a great sound and image design", featuring a "atmosphere, credibility and a formal design that is as risky as it is meritorious", but also pointed out at a flawed direction of actors, as each one of them performs in a different dramatic range.[7]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2007 | 10th Málaga Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Nancho Novo | Won | [8] |
| Best Music | José Reinoso, Horacio Fumero | Won | |||
| Best Makeup | Gregorio Ros | Won | |||
| 2008 | 22nd Goya Awards | Best Sound | Licio Marcos de Oliveira, Carlos Fesser, David Calleja | Nominated | [6] |