The Nobel Prize Winner
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| German title | The Nobel Prize Winner |
| Original title | El ciudadano ilustre |
| Country of production | Argentina , Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director |
Gastón Duprat , Mariano Cohn |
| script | Andrés Duprat |
| production | Fernando Sokolowicz |
| music | Toni M. Mir |
| camera | Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn |
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The Nobel Prize Winner (original title: El ciudadano ilustre , Spanish The Honorary Citizen ) is an Argentine - Spanish film from 2016, directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn . He was a candidate for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 2016 , and the protagonist Oscar Martínez received the Coppa Volpi for best actor at that festival . In addition, it was proposed by Argentina as best foreign language film for the 2017 Academy Awards , but not nominated.
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In five chapters, the film tells the return of a fictional Argentine Nobel Prize winner for literature to his remote home village. Although he has lived in Europe for decades and never visited Argentina during this time, he owes his success to his homeland, as his literary work only uses impressions from life in the remote pampas . Contrary to his habit of canceling social obligations, he accepts the invitation of the local mayor and is awarded an honorary citizen. He then gives an interview to the local television channel, makes himself available as a member of the jury at an art award ceremony and takes part in other social events. So he increasingly comes into conflict with the locals, who on the one hand present him with a carved armadillo, a football jersey and other useless things and on the other hand despise him as a spoiled cultural tourist.
One of his friends is married to the childhood friend of the later honorary citizen. Their daughter seeks contact with him, which further intensifies the conflict. Ultimately, the drama is resolved as if the writer had processed the home trip into a new successful novel.
Awards
- Venice International Film Festival 2016: Best Actor for Oscar Martínez, nomination for the Golden Lion
- Haifa International Film Festival 2016: Best film in international competition
- Havana Film Festival 2016: Best Screenplay for Andrés Duprat
- Goya Prize 2017: Best Foreign Film in Spanish
Web links
- The Nobel Prize winner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Nobel Prize, a curse of Geri Krebs, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 12, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Nobel Laureate . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 171170 / K).