Three men and two women. Five looks as different as they are stimulating. A set of directorial tasks that, each in its own way and way, have managed to cross the screen based on dedication, poetry, brutality, darkness, beauty, tension and love. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Pilar Palomero, Carla Simón, Carlos Vermut and Alberto Rodríguez. Beyond personal favoritism, any victory, given what has been seen, would be indisputable.
Goya 2023: Analysis of the best director
1 Rodrigo Sorogoyen – ‘As bestas’
Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s filmography has long had a good number of jewels that place him as a one of the most interesting Spanish filmmakers of recent years. However, if there were still doubts about it, the tremendous ‘As bestas’ seems to have dispelled them completely. Told with a masterful pulse and a dazzling ability to build moments of authentic tension with the minimum of elements, this extraordinary film would not have been the same without the talent, strength and personality of a director who seems incapable, fortunately, of leave the area. reserved for excellence. His victory at the Goya? The general level is wonderful, but we would be facing a scenario that is as fair as it is indisputable.
Come bestas in eCartelera
2 Carla Simon – ‘Alcarràs’
The delicacy, poetry and sensitivity that Carla Simón brings through her direction to the magnificent ”Alcarràs” is, without a doubt, one of the film’s outstanding virtues. Maintaining the level shown in her most notable “Summer 1993”, but bringing a resplendent maturity, the director’s work is a true delight full of monuments to detail, silence and the gaze. A masterful direction that would well deserve such a significant award as that of Goya. Even if ‘As bestas’ ends up sweeping away, Simón still has more options to succeed in this category.
Alcarràs in eCartelera
3 Alberto Rodriguez – ‘Model 77’
When we talk about Alberto Rodríguez we are talking about a director who doesn’t have a bad film. As well as. Responsible for an admirable filmography, the Andalusian director has added a new jewel to his overwhelming catalog with ‘Modelo 77’, one of those movies where all the elements work to their fullest potential. A series of successes from all points of view which obviously include a very powerful direction that grabs you from the first minute and doesn’t let you go until one of the most beautiful final shots that recent Spanish cinema has given us. Another time, wonderful work by Rodríguez.
Model 77 at eCartelera
4 Pilar Palomero – ‘The Mother’
Two years after astonishing locals and foreigners with the magnificent ‘Las niñas’, one of those debuts that serve to present and confirm a talent with equal force, Pilar Palomero has tackled the always complicated task of the second film. Suddenly, there was expectation, desire, illusion and hope placed in a work which, fortunately, came to fruition in a big way. And it is that, from its memorable opening scene, “La maternal” is a proposition that crosses the screen and acquires the exact form of the natural, dispelling the limits that separate reality from fiction and offering a story and characters that move without a hint of artifice. And much of the blame for this result is, evidently, with directed by a Palomero whose camera is always at the exact distance from the faces and feelings that mark this moving story. A more than deserved nomination.
The nursery in eCartelera
5 Carlos Vermouth – ‘Manticore’
Four feature films and four indisputable triumphs. That’s how it goes the professional scorer of a Carlos Vermut, who, after having demonstrated the genius of him in ‘Diamond Flash’, ‘Magical Girl’, the best Spanish film so far of this century, and ‘Quién te cantará’, He was back in the ring with another great film. It’s disturbing. And magnetic. And devastating. And grand in its simplicity. It’s terrifying. And strangely poetic.
There are several factors that make ‘Mantícore’ a truly powerful cinematic experience, but Vermouth’s wise, understated and raw direction is one of the most inspired. Yet another confirmation of a unique talent in our cinema. His victory in the category is impossible, but what a joy to see him in this quintet.
Manticore on eCartelera
Responsible, in large part, for the power to resist in the collective memory of five wonderful works such as ‘As bestas’, ‘La maternal’, ‘Alcarràs’, ‘Mantícora’ and ‘Modelo 77’, this group of filmmakers signed 2022 Some works that captivated you from the first scene and didn’t let go until the last of the frames. Whether thriller, drama, horror or prison cinema – we are talking about five magnificent films. And five directions at the height of the exceptional.
If we focus the analysis specifically on the real chances of winning, the Goya for best director looks like a contest between Sorogoyen and Simón, but, I insist, any of the five options would be a more than fair winner. It is what must be part of one of the best crops that Spanish cinema has had in its entire history.. And I hope this enviable streak continues.
Source: E Cartelera
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