Ema (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ema |
| Country of production | Chile |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pablo Larraín |
| script | Guillermo Calderón , Alejandro Moreno |
| production | Juan de Dios Larraín |
| music | Nicolas Jaar |
| camera | Sergio Armstrong |
| cut | Sebastián Sepúlveda |
| occupation | |
Ema is a film drama by the Chilean director Pablo Larraín , which celebrated its world premiere on August 31, 2019 as part of the Venice Film Festival and is due to hit German cinemas on October 22, 2020.
action
The young dancer Ema separates from Gastón. Shortly before, she had given back their adopted son, Polo, whom they were unable to raise. Desperate Ema wanders through the port city of Valparaíso . She engages in fleeting love affairs in order to overcome her guilt and pursues a secret plan to regain her inner balance.
production
Directed by Pablo Larraín . The Chilean filmmaker returns to his homeland in his eighth feature film. Larraín described the film as "meditation on the human body, dance and motherhood".
Mariana Di Girolamo plays Ema in the title role. Gael García Bernal can be seen in other roles as her husband Gastón, Santiago Cabrera , Mariana Loyola , Catalina Saavedra , Giannina Fruttero and Paula Luchsinger .
The film was shot in Chile. Filming started in summer 2018. Sergio Armstrong acted as cameraman .
A first trailer was presented at the end of August 2019. From August 31, 2019, the film was shown in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival , where it competed for the Golden Lion . Also in September 2019 it was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Special Presentations, and at the beginning of October 2019 at the London Film Festival . The film was shown in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival in the Spotlight section. Since the film had already been selected for the 55th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival , but it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, screenings took place in early July 2020 as part of the “KVIFF at Your Cinema” initiative, where it was one of 16 Films was shown for nine days in various cinemas in the Czech Republic. At the end of September and beginning of October 2020 it will be shown at the Hamburg Film Festival in the format “Contemporary cinema in focus”. The cinema release in Germany is scheduled for October 22, 2020.
reception
Reviews
So far, the film has won over 88 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics and achieved an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 possible points.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety writes that Ema doesn't tell a story at all, but rather that it is a series of random events, and that what happens in some scenes is somewhere between reality and metaphor. If someone is looking for a brand new, inimitable avant-garde girl who is as alien and liberated as has never been seen before, the money would not be badly invested in going to the cinema. Commercially, Gleiberman sees the film as doomed to failure. What the film has in common with Jackie is the way Pablo Larraín views his heroine. The 28-year-old Mariana Di Girolamo has a great presence of a timeless kind, similar to Greta Garbo , and it is she who holds the otherwise prismatic film together. As soon as Ema's son Polo is no longer in the picture, the film draws a crystal-clear portrait of a new female attitude in which men are irrelevant and unnecessary and in which women celebrate themselves. The film illuminates and channels this awareness, for example in scenes that Ema and her friends from the dance group show, who for Gleiberman are the best in the film and which he describes as intimate snapshots of a very special sisterhood. On the other hand, Ema uses a handsome bartender she's having an affair with just as a stud dog.
Awards
Venice International Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for the Golden Lion ( Pablo Larraín )
- Award for Best Film of Venezia 76 with the ARCA Cinema Giovani Award (Pablo Larraín)
- Award Premio UNIMED - Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo (Pablo Larraín)
- Nomination for the Queer Lion (Pablo Larraín)
Miami Film Festival 2020
- Nomination for the Knight Marimbas Award (Pablo Larraín)
- Received the Oolite Arts Miami Film Festival Poster Design Award (Daniel González Sánchez)
- Award for the best film music with the Alacran Music in Film Award ( Nicolas Jaar )
Web links
- Ema in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ema in the program of the Film Festival of Venice (English)
- Ema in the program of the Toronto International Film Festival (English)
- Ema - Official International Trailer from The Match Factory on YouTube (Video)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ema. In: labiennale.org. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ Hannah Woodhead and Adam Woodward: 25 films we'd like to see at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. In: lwlies.com, March 2, 2019.
- ^ Pablo Larraín and Gael García Bernal Re-Team for 'Ema'. In: filmschoolrejects.com, August 6, 2018.
- ↑ Eric Kohn: Pablo Larraín Is Shooting a New Movie With Gael García Bernal in Chile. In: indiewire.com, August 5, 2018.
- ↑ Charles Barfield: 'Jackie' Filmmaker Pablo Larraín To Begin Production On Surprise Project 'Ema' Featuring Gael García Bernal. In: theplaylist.net, August 6, 2018.
- ↑ Jordan Raup: First Trailer for Pablo Larraín's Dance-Focused Drama 'Ema', Coming to Venice and TIFF. In: thefilmstage.com, August 30, 2019.
- ↑ Ema. In: labiennale.org. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ↑ Kate Erbland: TIFF Reveals First Slate of 2019 Films, Including 'Joker,' 'Uncut Gems,' 'Knives Out,' and More. In: indiewire.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ↑ Ema. In: bfi.org.uk. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ↑ 2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 Feature Films Announced. In: sundance.org, December 4, 2019.
- ↑ Martin Kudláč: The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival goes local for a unique 2020 edition. In: cineuropa.org, May 25, 2020.
- ^ Reichardt & Larraín. In: filmfesthamburg.de, August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Start dates in Germany. In: insidekino.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ↑ Ema. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/ema-review-pablo-larrain-1203319869/
- ↑ Ema. In: miamifilmfestival.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ↑ 'When Liberty Burns' and 'La Llorona' Win Top Jury Awards At 37th Miami Film Festival; 'The Fight' and '90 Minutes' Take Audience Awards. In: miamifilmfestival.com, March 23, 2020.