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Magical Girl is a 2014 neo-noir film directed and written by Carlos Vermut,[1] which stars Luis Bermejo, José Sacristán and Bárbara Lennie. It scooped the Golden Shell and the Silver Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, whereas Lennie won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance. It is a Spanish-French co-production.

Magical Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Vermut
Written byCarlos Vermut
Starring
CinematographySantiago Racaj
Edited byEmma Tusell
Production
company
Aquí y Allí Films
Distributed byAvalon (es)
Release dates
  • September 2014 (2014-09) (Toronto)
  • 17 October 2014 (2014-10-17) (Spain)
  • 12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) (France)
Running time
127 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

Premise


Luis, an unemployed literature teacher, tries to fulfill the last wish of his 12-year-old daughter Alicia, who is terminally ill of leukemia: owning the official costume of anime series Magical Girl Yukiko. The elevated price of the costume makes Luis get into an unusual and obscure chain of blackmails that involves Damián and Bárbara, to changing their lives forever.


Cast



Influences on the film


Carlos Vermut had stated that the film bears the influence influenced of the popular dark magical girl anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Carlos stated he liked the story in Madoka and that "[he] received inspiration from the dark part of [....] "Madoka Magica", not just imitating, but matching it with the image I was thinking and putting it in Magical Girl."[3]


Production


A co-production among Spain and France (90%–10%), Magical Girl was produced by Aquí y Allí Films, with the participation of Films Distribution, Sabre Producciones,[4] TVE and Canal+.[5][6]


Release


The film was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Shell.[7][8] Distributed by Avalon,[4] it was theatrically released in Spain on 17 October 2014. It opened in French theatres on 12 August 2015, under the title La niña de fuego.[9][10]


Reception


On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 8 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 9.0/10.[11]

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter considered the film to be "a spare, austere and thoroughly contemporary noirish social critique constructed on rich emotional foundation".[8]

Peter Debruge of Variety considered the lack of relatable human behavior the film, "an elaborately contrived, imagination-dependent dark comedy", to be both an asset and a weakness.[6]


Accolades


Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201462nd San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Shell for Best Film Won[12]
Silver Shell for Best Director Carlos Vermut Won
201520th Forqué AwardsBest Fiction PictureNominated[13]
Best ActressBárbara LennieWon
Best ActorJosé SacristánNominated
2nd Feroz Awards Best Drama Film Nominated[14]
Best Director Carlos Vermut Nominated
Best Screenplay Carlos Vermut Won
Best Main Actor Luis Bermejo Nominated
Best Main Actress Bárbara Lennie Won
Best Supporting Actor José Sacristán Won
Best Trailer Nominated
Best Film Poster Won
7th Gaudí AwardsBest European FilmNominated[15][16]
29th Goya Awards Best Film Nominated[17]
Best Director Carlos Vermut Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Carlos Vermut Nominated
Best Actor Luis Bermejo Nominated
Best Actress Bárbara Lennie Won
Best Supporting Actor José Sacristán Nominated
Best New Actor Israel Elejalde Nominated

See also



References


  1. "Magical Girl" (in Spanish). AQUÍ Y ALLÍ FILMS. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Da Costa, Diego (17 October 2015). "Las 7 caras de Javier Botet en el cine". ecartelera.
  3. "映画『マジカル・ガール』インタビュー まどマギが与えた影響とは？". kai-you. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  4. "'Magical Girl' – estreno 17 de octubre". Audiovisual451. 15 October 2014.
  5. "'Magical girl' triunfa en San Sebastián con la Concha de Oro y la de Plata para su director". Panorama Audiovisual. 28 September 2014.
  6. Debruge, Peter (27 September 2014). "San Sebastian Film Review: 'Magical Girl'". Variety.
  7. "Magical Girl". TIFF.net. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. Holland, Jonathan (5 September 2014). "'Magical Girl': Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  9. "La nina de fuego". Allocine. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  10. "« La Niña de Fuego », puzzle fantastique à ne pas rater au cinéma". Madmoizelle. 12 August 2015.
  11. "Magical Girl". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  12. "Palmarés de la 62 edición del Festival de San Sebastián". Festival de San Sebastián (in Spanish). 27 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  13. Morales Fernández, Clara (12 January 2015). "Los Premios Forqué coronan a 'La isla mínima'". El País.
  14. "Lista de nominados a los Premios Feroz 2015". Premios Feroz (in Spanish). 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  15. "Tots els nominats als premis Gaudí de cinema 2015". Ara. 30 December 2014.
  16. "'El niño' y '10.000 KM' se reparten los premios Gaudí 2015". HuffPost. 2 February 2015.
  17. "Candidaturas - Magical Girl". Premios Goya (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2014.



На других языках

- [en] Magical Girl (film)

[ru] Волшебная девочка

«Волшебная девочка» (англ. Magical Girl) — кинофильм режиссёра Карлоса Вермута, вышедший на экраны в 2014 году.


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