Mama turns 100 years old
| Movie | |
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| German title | Mama turns 100 years old |
| Original title | Mamá cumple cien años |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 94 minutes |
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| Director | Carlos Saura |
| script | Carlos Saura Rafael Azcona |
| production | Elías Querejeta |
| music | Luis de Pablo |
| camera | Teo Escamilla |
| cut | Pablo G. de Amo |
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Mama turns 100 is a 1978 Spanish drama with satirical undertones by Carlos Saura . Geraldine Chaplin , Amparo Muñoz , Fernando Fernán Gómez and Rafaela Aparicio play the leading roles in the title role.
action
To celebrate mom's 100th birthday, an extended Spanish family meets in the family's own country house. Ana, who is married to Antonio, also arrives. Ana had worked here as a nanny many years ago. Behind the facade of general trust and politeness, bitter realities simmer, because many things have changed here with the family members: José died three years ago, Juan left his wife Luchi, and only the kite-enthusiastic Fernando still lives with his elderly mother. The little girls Ana once had to take care of have long outgrown their infancy.
As an observer, Ana has to discover that this family has long since disintegrated and the abandoned Luchi has embezzled the money of the plump and barely able to move matriarch. When her ex Juan arrives for the jubilee celebration, the deepest abysses among the family members finally come to light: Together with Fernando and Luchi, he plans nothing less than to kill the long-lived old woman in order to finally get hold of the inheritance. And Ana, the observer and former governess, soon becomes a victim: Her husband Antonio begins a love affair with Natalia, another family member.
Production notes
The film was made in 1978 in Torrelodonos and had its world premiere on September 17, 1979 as part of the Film Festival in San Sebastián. The German premiere of Mama turns 100 took place on May 19, 1980 on ARD .
Awards
The film received a lot of attention at home and abroad. In addition to an Oscar nomination in the category Best Non-English Language Film, Mama turns 100 received the domestic CEC award from the Spanish authors' association Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, the Sant Jordi film award for Mama actress Rafaela Aparicio and for director Saura den Special Jury Prize of the San Sebastián Film Festival .
Reviews
Carlos Aguilar recalled that this film was returning to the world of Anna and the Wolves , but this time had chosen “a tragicomic perspective”.
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Saura reflects the current process of change in Spain's state and society in a kind of continuation of his film Anna and the Wolves", which is satirical in color, but shows a relaxed, almost loving affection for its subject of the usual symbolisms a comparatively accessible film by the Spaniard. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Carlos Aguilar: Guia del video-cine, p. 705, 4th edition. Madrid 1992
- ↑ Mama turns 100. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 20, 2019 .
Web links
- Mama will be 100 years old in the Internet Movie Database (English)