The Art of Return (Spanish: El arte de volver) is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by Pedro Collantes. It stars Macarena García alongside Nacho Sánchez, Ingrid García Jonsson, Mireia Oriol, Luka Peros, Lucía Juárez and Celso Bugallo.
| The Art of Return | |
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| Spanish | El arte de volver |
| Directed by | Pedro Collantes |
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| Produced by | Daniel Remón |
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| Cinematography | Diego Cabezas |
| Edited by | Pedro Collantes |
| Music by | Yuri Méndez |
Production company | Tourmalet Films |
| Distributed by | Filmax |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
The plot tracks a young actress (Noemí) returning from New York to Spain to attend a potentially career-changing audition. Once in Madrid, she rethinks vital issues.[1][2]
The screenplay was penned by Pedro Collantes and Daniel Remón [es].[4] The film was developed under the Venice's Biennale College film workshop programme.[5] Pedro Collantes was credited as film editor of his debut film,[5] which was produced by Tourmalet Films. Diego Cabezas took over the cinematography whereas Yuri Méndez [es] was responsible for the music.[6]
The Art of Return was presented at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 2020.[1] It also screened at the Seville European Film Festival.[1] Distributed by Filmax,[7] it was theatrically released in Spain on 11 December 2020.
Carlos Marañón of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, considering that even if the film goes round and round around the same idea, that circumstance, rather than a drawback, it reinforces the film's identity.[2]
Marina Borrull of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Macarena García's acting "muscle" as the best thing about the film while mentioning that the films "sometimes lacks a bit of punch" as the worst thing about it.[8]
Sergi Sánchez of La Razón rated it 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting García's performance playing a character with whom it is not easy to empathize ("so Rohmerian in her self-deceptions and egoisms") as the best thing about the film, while citing the not-very-credible escene in the art gallery with García Jonsson as a negative point.[9]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | 8th Feroz Awards | Best Film Poster | Pablo Dávila, Espinar Gabriel | Nominated | [10] |