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The Academy of Muses

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The Academy of Muses
SpanishLa academia de las musas
Directed byJosé Luis Guerín
Written byJosé Luis Guerín
Starring
  • Raffaele Pinto
  • Emanuela Forgetta
  • Rosa Delor Muns
  • Mireia Iniesta
  • Patricia Gil
  • Carolina Llacher
CinematographyJosé Luis Guerín
Edited byJosé Luis Guerín
Production
companies
  • Guerín PC
  • Los Films de Orfeo
Release dates
  • August 2015 (2015-08) (Locarno)
  • 1 January 2016 (2016-01-01) (Spain)
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Sardinian

The Academy of Muses (Spanish: La academia de las musas) is a 2015 Spanish film directed, written, edited, and lensed by José Luis Guerín blending documentary and comedy elements.

Plot

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The plot follows an ethically dubious Italian professor of literature at the University of Barcelona and the interactions with his female students.[1][2][3]

Cast

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  • Raffaele Pinto[4]
  • Emanuela Forgetta[4]
  • Rosa Delor Muns[4]
  • Mireia Iniesta[4]
  • Patricia Gil[4]
  • Carolina Llacher[4]

Production

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The film is a Guerín PC and Los Films de Orfeo production.[5] It was shot with a non-professional cast of actors, featuring dialogue in Catalan, Italian, Spanish, and Sard.[4][5]

Release

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The film made its world premiere in August 2015 at the 68th Locarno Film Festival.[3] It also screened at the Seville European Film Festival in November 2015.[6] It was theatrically released in Spain on 1 January 2006.

Reception

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Eric Kohn of IndieWire gave the film an 'A' grade, deeming it to be "a fascinating look at the antics of an ethically dubious professor that defies easy categorization".[3]

Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, praising "the (sheer) amount of things it tells us in its apparent simplicity".[7]

Javier Ocaña of El País considered it to be a "fascinating cinematographic experiment".[2]

Gaspar Zimerman of Clarín rated it as "good" while warning that "patience is required for the film".[1]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2015 12th Seville European Film Festival Golden Giraldillo Won [8]
2016 2nd Fénix Awards Best Screenplay José Luis Guerín Nominated [9][10]
Best Editing José Luis Guerín Nominated
2018 66th Silver Condor Awards Best Ibero-American Film Nominated [11][12]

See also

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Accolades

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  1. ^ a b Zimerman, Gaspar (22 March 2017). "Crítica: Buena "La academia de las musas": La clase del seductor". Clarín.
  2. ^ a b Ocaña, Javier (30 December 2015). "Teoría (y práctica) del amor". El País.
  3. ^ a b c Kohn, Eric (9 August 2015). "Locarno Review: Romantic Comedy or Philosophical Debate? Jose Luis Guerin's 'The Academy of Muses' is Both". indiewire.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Lombardo, Manuel J. (10 January 2016). "Elogio de la duda".
  5. ^ a b "'La academia de las musas' – estreno en cines 1 de enero". Audiovisual451. 28 December 2015.
  6. ^ Bulnes, Amalia (12 November 2015). "José Luis Guerín hace del cine poesía con 'La academia de las musas'". eldiario.es.
  7. ^ Vall, Pere (22 December 2015). "La academia de las musas. Para viajeros de la ficción y la realidad". Fotogramas.
  8. ^ "'La academia de las musas', de Guerín, gana el Giraldillo de Oro". Europa Press. 14 November 2015.
  9. ^ Valero, Carla (25 November 2016). "Conoce a los nominados a los Premios Fénix 2016 (+ Video)". eonline.
  10. ^ "Lista de ganadores de los Premios Fénix 2016". Milenio. 7 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Premios al cine argentino. Cóndor de Plata: todos los nominados". Clarín. 12 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Cóndor de Plata 2018: todos los ganadores". La Nación. 14 August 2018.