Always Winter

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Always Winter
Always Winter poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
SpanishSiempre es invierno
Directed by David Trueba
Screenplay byDavid Trueba
Based onBlitz
by David Trueba
Produced by
  • Edmon Roch
  • Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano
  • Benoît Roland
  • Beata Saboova
Starring
CinematographyAgnès Piqué Corbera
Edited byMarta Velasco
Music by Maika Makovski
Production
companies
  • Ikiru Films
  • Atresmedia Cine
  • Blitz la Película AIE
  • La Terraza Films
  • Wrong Men
Distributed by BTeam Pictures
Release dates
  • 1 November 2025 (2025-11-01)(Seminci)
  • 7 November 2025 (2025-11-07)(Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Belgium
LanguageSpanish

Always Winter (Spanish: Siempre es invierno) is a 2025 romantic tragicomedy film written and directed by David Trueba based on his own novel Blitz. It stars David Verdaguer, Isabelle Renauld, and Amaia Salamanca. It is a Spanish-Belgian co-production.

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Plot

The plot is set in between Liège and Spain. The relationship between landscape architect Miguel and his girlfriend Marta tears apart during a trip to a congress in Belgium. After Miguel decides to stay alone in the country for a couple of days, Miguel meets older woman Olga, whom with he begins to develop a new life. [1] [2]

Cast

Production

Always Winter is based on David Trueba's novel Blitz (2015), moving from the original German setting of the novel to Belgium. [5] The film is a Spanish-Belgian co-production by Ikiru Films, Atresmedia Cine, Blitz la Película AIE, La Terraza Films and Wrong Men, with the participation of Netflix and Atresmedia TV, and backing from ICAA and ICEC. [6] Agnès Piqué worked as cinematographer. [1]

Release

Always Winter is set to premiere as the closing film of the 70th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 1 November 2025. [7] BTeam Pictures is scheduled to release theatrically the film in Spain on 7 November 2025. [6] [8] Film Factory pounced on international sales rights. [2]

Reception

Toni Vall of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, welcoming "an intimate, delicate story, skillful with human detail, with a touch of humor, with just the right dose of unease and sadness that is not cloying". [9]

In a 4-star rating, Carmen L. Lobo of La Razón lauded the film as a "hopeful story with just the right amount of humor, sadness, and nostalgia". [10]

Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla gave Always Winter a 2 star rating, determining the film to be unbalanced by "a prologue of arrival and breakup weighed down by the glaring miscast of Amaia Salamanca and an overlong stretch of courtship and carnal acquaintance between its protagonists". [11]

Carlos Boyero of El País declared himself to feel "very grateful and complicit in so many things in this film, which is luminous at times, bitter at others, and full of questions that are difficult to answer". [12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Piña, Begoña (31 March 2025). "David Trueba explora la aceptación de las relaciones entre un hombre y una mujer mayor en 'Siempre es invierno': "Lo que es normal para ellos lo tiene que ser también para ellas"". Best Movie.
  2. 1 2 Hopewell, John (17 March 2025). "'Always Winter,' A Romantic Tragicomedy by Best Picture Goya Winner David Trueba, Pounced on by Film Factory (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety .
  3. 1 2 3 4 Losilla, J.F. (27 February 2025). "David Trueba rodará en Calanda su nueva película con Amaia Salamanca y David Verdaguer". Heraldo de Aragón .
  4. 1 2 Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (3 November 2025). "Los estrenos del 7 de noviembre. 'Siempre es invierno'. Perdido en el mundo". Aisge.
  5. ↑ "David Trueba se adapta a sí mismo en 'Siempre es invierno', una «tragicomedia romántica» protagonizada por David Verdaguer". Cine con Ñ. 24 February 2025.
  6. 1 2 Rivera, Alfonso (6 March 2025). "David Trueba rueda Siempre es invierno, film basado en su novela Blitz". Cineuropa .
  7. ↑ "David Trueba clausurará la 70ª edición de Seminci con 'Siempre es invierno', adaptación de su novela 'Blitz'". Europa Press . 29 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Siempre es invierno". BTeam Pictures. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Vall, Toni (6 November 2025). "Crítica de 'Siempre es invierno': David Trueba firma un genial relato predecible, íntimo y delicado". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  10. ↑ Lobo, Carmen L. (7 November 2025). "Crítica de 'Siempre es invierno': Treinta años no es nada ★★★★". La Razón .
  11. ↑ Lombardo, Manuel J. (9 November 2025). "Corazones descongelados". Diario de Sevilla . Grupo Joly.
  12. ↑ Boyero, Carlos (7 November 2025). "'Siempre es invierno': y puede aparecer un poquito de luz en el largo invierno". El País .
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