Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures is a 2022 British-French-Portuguese drama film directed by Marco Martins.[1] It competed for a Golden Shell in category: Best Picture at the 70th 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival.[2] The film follows the struggles of Portuguese immigrants in a dilapidated English seaside town shortly before Brexit. Martins shot the film entirely on location in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK and film dialogue is in English and Portuguese. The film was distributed by NOS Audiovisuais[3] and grossed £30,351 worldwide at the box office[4]
| Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures | |
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| Directed by | Marco Martins |
| Written by | Ricardo Adolfo Marco Martins |
| Produced by | Kamilla Hodol |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | João Ribeiro |
| Edited by | Mariana Gaivão |
| Music by | Jim Williams |
| Distributed by | NOS Audiovisuais |
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Running time | 113 mins |
| Countries | United Kingdom France Portugal |
| Languages | English Portuguese |
Synopsis
editHundreds of Portuguese immigrants seeking work arrive to the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth on Norfolk's East Coast, three months before the Brexit vote. Tânia, also a Portuguese immigrant, dreams of quitting her job supervising her fellow immigrants in the local poultry factories slaughtering and butchering turkeys for consumption, to refurbish her English husband's decrepit hotels housing her fellow countrymen in squalid and dingy conditions into Senior Citizen's Homes.
Cast
edit- Beatriz Batarda as Tânia
- Nuno Lopes as Carlos
- Romeu Runa as Raúl
- Robert Elliot as Bob
- Kris Hitchen as Richard
- Peter Caulfield as Joe
- Rita Cabaço as Sandra
- Hugo Bentes as Cardoso
Release
editThe film premiered at the 70th 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival, held annually in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián. It is slated for theatrical release in Portugal on 16 March 2023.[5]
Reception
editDeadline's Anna Smith wrote: "Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures is a tough but riveting watch" and particularly praised the lead role of Tânia as "beautifully performed by Batarda, whose character is always fascinating".[6] Whilst ScreenDaily's Jonathan Romney called the film a "A chilling essay in hard social realism, but with a nightmarish expressionistic spin".[7] IMDB gave an aggregated Review score of 6.9 from 157 User-reviews, whilst FilmAffinity rated it 5.8 from 74 votes[8] and Letterboxd recorded a score of 3.5 (of 5) from a total of 324 User-ratings.[9]
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Date | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| San Sebastian International Film Festival | 16 September 2022 | Golden Shell Prize | Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures | Nominated | [10] |
| Guadalajara International Film Festival | 4 June 2023 | Best Screenplay in Ibero-American Feature Film | Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures | Won | [11] |
| Guadalajara International Film Festival | 4 June 2023 | Best Actress in Ibero-American Feature Film | Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures | Won | [12] |
References
edit- ^ "Int'l Critics Line: Marco Martins' 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures'". Deadline. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures IMDB Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "NOS Audiovisuais Distribution database". Cineline. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures IMDB page". IMDB. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures release schedule". IMDB. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Int'l Critics Line: Marco Martins' 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures'". Deadline. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "'Great Yarmouth - Provisional Figures': San Sebastian Review by Jonathan Romney". Screendaily. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "FilmAffinity 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures' info". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "Letterboxd 'Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures' info". Letterboxd. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "San Sebastian International Film Festival Official selection". SSIFF '70. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Guadalajara International Film Festival Official Competition competitors". FICG. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Mubi.com Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 13 July 2023.