- Source: Tobacco Barns (film)
Tobacco Barns (Spanish: Secaderos) is a 2022 Spanish-American drama film written and directed by Rocío Mesa which stars Adar Mar Lupiañez and Vera Centenera.
Plot
Set in the countryside of the Vega de Granada, the plot follows the stories of a 7-year-old girl from the city (Vera) feeling good during her holidays in the village and a local teen (Nieves) feeling caged in the same environment, as well as a magical monster made of tobacco leaves.
Cast
Vera Centenera as Vera
Ada Mar Lupiáñez as Nieves
Tamara Arias
Production
The film was produced by La Claqueta PC, La Cruda Realidad, Un Capricho de Producciones, and Secaderos La Película AIE alongside Amplitud Inc., and in association with DDT Efectos Especiales and Fourminds Films, with the participation of Canal Sur, and backing from ICAA and ICEC. It was shot with a non-professional cast (with the exception of Tamara Arias) in the Vega de Granada.
Release
The film world premiered at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 18 September 2022. Distributed by Begin Again Films, it was released theatrically in Spain on 2 June 2023.
Reception
Carlos Marañón of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, assessing that the fantasy presence manages to "illuminates an adult reflection without Manichaeism on rural life".
Javier Ocaña of El País, observed the afinities between Tobacco Barns and The Water and wrote that the helmer "composed a very free and recondite work" by means of "clear and simple, but highly effective, metaphors".
Daniel Grandes of Mondo Sonoro rated the film with 8 out of 10 points, deeming it to be "an impeccable display of magical realism".
Accolades
See also
List of Spanish films of 2023
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tobacco Barns (film)
- Tobacco
- Finian's Rainbow (1968 film)
- The Man (2005 film)
- Tobacco packaging warning messages
- Viy (1967 film)
- Arturo Fuente
- Plantation complexes in the Southern United States
- List of tobacco-related topics
- Sommersby
