Uncertain Glory (2017 film)

(Redirected from Incerta glòria (film))

Uncertain Glory (Catalan: Incerta glòria) is a 2017 Spanish drama film directed by Agustí Villaronga based on the eponymous novel by Joan Sales. Shot in Catalan, its cast is led by Marcel Borràs, Núria Prims, Oriol Pla and Bruna Cusí.

Uncertain Glory
Catalan film poster
CatalanIncerta glòria
Directed byAgustí Villaronga
Screenplay by
  • Agustí Villaronga
  • Coral Cruz
Based onUncertain Glory
by Joan Sales
Produced byIsona Passola
Starring
Production
companies
Distributed byAlfa Pictures
Release date
  • 17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageCatalan

Plot

edit

Set in 1937, with the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, a young Republican officer becomes infatuated with a mysterious widow.

Cast

edit

Production

edit

Based on the eponymous novel by Joan Sales, Uncertain Glory was written by the director Agustí Villaronga alongside Coral Cruz.[2] Isona Passola took over production duties. It was produced by Massa D'or Produccions and Televisió de Catalunya (TVC) with the participation of RTVE, Movistar+ and Aragón TV and support from ICEC [ca] and ICAA.[2] It was shot in 2016. Filming primarily took place in Aragon, as well as La Garriga and Barcelona.[3]

Release

edit

Distributed by Alfa Pictures,[2] the film was theatrically released on 17 March 2017.[4]

Reception

edit

Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that Villaronga "splendidly directs" the cast, Núria Prims in particular.[5] He deemed the war setting to have a secondary role in the plot, just as a device to switch everything else on: "a trail of conflicting feelings, affective hostilities, devastating sexual impulses, delusions, hatreds and quarrels, the seed of evil in its purest form".[5]

Reviewing for Fotogramas, Pere Vall gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming Oriol Pla's emotional performance to be the best about the film while noting as a negative point that the plot featured some trip to Barcelona that could have dealt with as an ellipsis.[6]

Toni Vall of Cinemanía scored 4 out of 5 stars, considering that the story tracking the five main characters "manages to transcend the purely historical sketch, taking possession of their souls, dissecting them and injecting cinema into them".[7]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed Uncertain Glory to be an "unquestionable" heir to Pa negre, a "fantastic production set in the rearguard of the Civil War", praising, in addition of Villaronga's craft, the cinematography, the production design, the "very risky" score and the cast.[8]

Awards and nominations

edit
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2018 5th Feroz Awards Best Actress (film) Núria Prims Nominated [9]
Best Supporting Actor (film) Oriol Pla Nominated
10th Gaudí Awards Best Film Nominated [10][11]
Best Direction Agustí Villaronga Nominated
Best Leading Actress Núria Prims Won
Best Leading Actor Marcel Borràs Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Bruna Cusí Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Oriol Pla Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Production Supervision Aleix Castellón Won
Best Art Direction Nominated
Best Editing Nominated
Best Original Score Nominated
Best Cinematography Josep M. Civit Won
Best Costume Design Mercè Paloma Won
Best Sound Xavier Mas, Fernando Novillo & Ricard Galceran Won
Best Visual Effects Manuel López Egea & Bernat Aragonés Won
Best Makeup and Hairstyles Alma Casal Won
32nd Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Agustí Villaronga & Coral Cruz Nominated [12]
27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Minor Role Jorge Usón Won [13]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h ""Incerta glòria": passions amoroses i amistats traïdes durant la Guerra Civil" (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "'Incierta gloria' – estreno en cines 17 de marzo". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ Alós, Ernest (21 June 2016). "Villaronga hace de 'Incerta glòria' un western emocional". El Periódico. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "La primera película rodada en catalán aterriza en Netflix". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "'Incerta glòria': la estrategia de la araña". El Periódico. 15 March 2017.
  6. ^ Vall, Pere (9 February 2017). "Incierta Gloria". Fotogramas.
  7. ^ "Incierta Gloria". Cinemanía. 4 March 2017 – via 20minutos.es.
  8. ^ Ocaña, Javier (17 March 2017). "La batalla interior de la Guerra Civil". El País.
  9. ^ Lázaro, Margarita (22 January 2018). "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018". HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  10. ^ Pulido, Adrián (29 December 2017). "Lista completa de nominados a los premios Gaudí 2018". ecartelera (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  11. ^ "'Estiu 1993' triomfa en uns premis Gaudí marcats per l'excepcionalitat política". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018". El País (in Spanish). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  13. ^ "XXVII Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices". Fotogramas. 13 March 2018.
edit