Coup de chance is another masterpiece by Woody, the master of cinema. The cast (Lou de Laâge, Melvin Poupaud, Niels Schneider, and Valérie Lemercier) is absolutely great, the script (Woody) is brilliant, the cinematography (Vittorio Storaro) is gorgeous, and the direction (Woody) is, as always, impecable.
This is a movie about love, betrayal, control, and luck. Amazingly written and beautifully shot. A masterpiece (in French) with a flavour of the great French cinema from last century (Truffaut, Lelouch, Godard), with a bit of Hitchcock (you can actually spot a Hitchcock book lying on a shelf in one scene –I only discovered it the second time I saw the movie), and with a wonderful soundtrack (jazz from the 60s: Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" and Nat Adderley).
No explosions, plastic people or a 200MM budget; just absolutely pure excellent cinema. Bravo, Woody. You are the best! 10/10.
Love Gets a Room is a masterpiece about love, art, antisemitism, bravery, generosity, and beauty. A jewel that will make you weep, laugh, sing, and cry. Written by Rodrigo Cortés & David Safier and directed by Rodrigo, the movie is set at the Warsaw ghetto in January 1942 (six months before the deportations to the Treblinka extermination camp).
Love Gets a Room includes a play inside the movie: excerpts (originally written in Polish, translated into English) of Jerzy Jurandot’s play Miłość szuka mieszkania, which premiered at the Femina Theatre in the Warsaw ghetto either on October 29, 1941 (according to Holocaust survivor Mary Berg, see The Diary of Mary Berg. Growing Up in the Warsaw Ghetto, pp. 101–102) or on January 16, 1942 (see Barbara Engelking & Jacek Leociak, The Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City, pp. 566–567).
The cinematography (Rafael García) of Love Gets a Room and the music (Víctor Reyes) will take your breath away. The cast is absolutely superb: Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Henry Goodman, Anastasia Hille, Valentina Bellè, Mark Ryder, Freya Parks, Jack Roth, Magnus Krepper and our beautiful, amazing and talented Dalit as little Sarah. Bravo to all!
Love Gets a Room is a homage to the power of art, to all the victims who perished in the Holocaust, to courage and love. 10/10.
The soundtrack of Love Gets a Room is out! A beautiful and exquisite CD with the original lyrics (translated into English) from the songs of Jerzy Jurandot’s play Miłość szuka mieszkania (a musical comedy which was performed at the Femina Theatre in the Warsaw ghetto in 1941/42) and also with lyrics by Rodrigo Cortés, and with music by Víctor Reyes and Rodrigo Cortés.
Released by Quartet Records. Limited edition. Beautifully performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London (Alastair King, Laura Samuel), and with Juan Luis Royo, Toni Mateos, Juan Cerro, Celia Vergara and Toni Menguiano, and gorgeously sung by Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Mark Ryder, Valentina Bellè, Henry Goodman, and our wonderful little Dalit Streett Tejeda. Marvellous, raw, fresh, stunning, and breathtaking. Bravo to all.
Love Gets a Room is a masterpiece about love, art, antisemitism, bravery, generosity, and beauty. A jewel that will make you weep, laugh, sing, and cry. Written by Rodrigo Cortés & David Safier and directed by Rodrigo, the movie is set at the Warsaw ghetto in January 1942 (six months before the deportations to the extermination camps, mainly Treblinka –Große Aktion).
Love Gets a Room includes a play inside the movie: excerpts (originally written in Polish, translated into English) of Jerzy Jurandot’s play Miłość szuka mieszkania, which premiered at the Femina Theatre in the Warsaw ghetto either on October 29, 1941 (according to Holocaust survivor Mary Berg, see The Diary of Mary Berg. Growing Up in the Warsaw Ghetto, pp. 101–102) or on January 16, 1942 (see Barbara Engelking & Jacek Leociak, The Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City).
The cinematography (Rafael García) of Love Gets A Room and the music (Víctor Reyes) will take your breath away. The cast is absolutely superb: Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Henry Goodman, Anastasia Hille, Valentina Bellè, Mark Ryder, Freya Parks, Jack Roth, Magnus Krepper and our beautiful, amazing and talented Dalit as little Sarah. Bravo to all!
Love Gets a Room is a homage to the power of art, to all the victims who perished in the Holocaust, to bravery and to love.
El buen patrón (2021). Escrita y dirigida por Fernando León de Aranoa
El buen patrón es una tragicomedia sarcástica, exquisita, feroz y humana que habla sobre el poder, el trabajo, la sumisión, la infidelidad, la dignidad, las relaciones humanas, la injusticia y el equilibrio. Brillantemente escrita y dirigida por el genial Fernando León de Aranoa, con una interpretación magistral del titán camaleónico Javier Bardem, un reparto de lujo y excelente música de Zeltia Montes, El buen patrón hace reír, llorar y reflexionar sobre el equilibrio y desequilibrio de la vida laboral, el matrimonio, el desengaño, la amistad y el poder. 10/10.
Antonia Tejeda Barros,
Madrid, 14 de octubre de 2021
El arte, la genialidad, la crítica, el ingenio, el talento y el humor de Fernando León de Aranoa llegan hoy al Festival de San Sebastián con El buen patrón.
Podremos ver al camaleónico Javier, al gran Celso, a Óscar, a Rafa, a Almudena, a Manolo, a Sonia, a Mara, a Fernando, a Tarik, a Nico y a la preciosa y talentosa Dalit.
El buen patrón llega a todos los cines españoles el 15 de octubre.
¡Gracias por tu maravilloso arte, Fernando!
Antonia Tejeda Barros,
Madrid, 21 de septiembre de 2021
¡El buen patrón llega a las pantallas de nuestros cines españoles el 15 de octubre de 2021!
La brillante tragicomedia (satírica, mordaz, genial, poética e ingeniosa, como todo el cine de Fernando León de Aranoa) competirá por la Concha de Oro en el Festival de San Sebastián.
Bravo, Fernando. Bravo, Javier. Bravo, Celso. Bravo, Óscar. ¡Y un súper bravo para el simpático Nico y la maravillosa, guapísima y súper talentosa Dalit!
And for my English speaking friends, here’s the trailer in Spanish with English subtitles. Enjoy!
Pasión cinéfila obsesivo-compulsiva 