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Marta Etura Marta Etura Palenzuela (born on 28 October 1978) is a Spanish film and television actress. She is known for '' Your Next Life'' (2004), '' Cell 211'' (2009), '' Sleep Tight'' (2011), and '' The Invisible Guardian'' (2017). Biography Etura was ...

, and Roger Coma.

Plot

The plot concerns about a family drama involving director Irene, her aging father Mateo and her son David, an architecture student who maintains a relation with

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Clara. Upon the death of David in a car accident, Mateo begins to write his grandson's story.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by and . The film was produced by Continental Producciones alongside

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. It also had the participation of TVE and

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. It was shot in the

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and the

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, including the .

Release

The film premiered at the

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in February 2005, presented as a 'Special Screening' out of competition. Distributed by Alta Classics, it was theatrically released in Spain on 18 February 2005.

Reception

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'' deemed the "tightly buttoned, trigenerational family drama" to be "worthy but dull". The review in ''

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'' observed that despite the film starting with "cheesy" trappings, the plot takes a "spectacular turn" by dealing a "brutal blow", eventually underpinning the film as "one of those movies that serve to learn more about life".

Accolades

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20th Goya Awards The 20th Goya Awards took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid, Spain on 29 January 2006. Winners and nominees Major award nominees Other award nominees Honorary Goya * Pedro Masó Pedro Masó Paulet (born 26 Januar ...

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Best Art Direction The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...

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Mestre Mateo Awards The Mestre Mateo Awards, known in Galician as ''Premios Mestre Mateo'', are the main film awards in Galicia, celebrated annually. The awards were established in 2002 by the Galician Academy of Audiovisual as a continuation and expansion of the C ...

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15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards The 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 29 May 2006 at Madrid's Palacio de Congresos. The gala was directed by Juan Margallo. In addition to the competitive awards, obtained the '' life achievement career award, whilst ...

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References

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