Salve Maria

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Salve Maria
Salve Maria poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Mar Coll
Screenplay by
  • Mar Coll
  • Valentina Viso
Based onAmek ez dute
by Katixa Agirre
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyNilo Zimmermann
Edited byAina Calleja
Music by Zeltia Montes
Production
companies
  • Escándalo Films
  • Elastica Films
Distributed byElastica Films
Release dates
  • 8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)(Locarno)
  • 31 October 2024 (2024-10-31)(Spain)
Running time
111 minutes
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Spanish

Salve Maria is a 2024 Spanish drama film directed, co-written by Mar Coll starring Laura Weissmahr. Based on the novel Amek ez dute by Basque writer Katixa Agirre, [1] it follows Maria (Weissmahr), a promising young writer and new mother, who becomes obsessed by the case of a woman who drowned her twins in the bathtub. [2] The film competed for Golden Leopard in main competition of 77th Locarno Film Festival [3] and had its world premiere on 8 August 2024. [4] It is mostly shot in Catalan. [5]

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Synopsis

Maria, a talented young author and new mother, comes across a disturbing headline: a French woman has drowned her 10-month-old twins in the bathtub. This horrifying event captures Maria's thoughts, turning into an all-consuming fixation. She grapples with the question: Why did the woman commit such an act? From then on, the shadow of infanticide hangs over Maria's existence, haunting her.

Cast

Production

Salve Maria marks the return of Mar Coll to the cinema. Produced by Escándalo Films and Elastica Films with the support of ICEC and ICAA, and the participation of RTVE and Movistar Plus+, the film will be distributed in Spain by Elastica Films. [7]

Mar Coll talking to Variety about the protagonist said, "María is a repentant mother, an association of words that generates automatic unease". [8]

Filming began in the last week of January 2024 in Barcelona, La Vall de Boí (Lleida Pyrenees) and Tarragona. [9]

Release

Salve Maria premiered on 8 August 2024, as part of the 77th Locarno Film Festival, in Competition. [10] [11] It also made it to the official selection slate of the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival. [12]

The film will be released on 31 October 2024 in theatres by Elastica Films. [13]

Reception

Mariana Hristova reviewing the film at Locarno for Cineuropa indicated that while the script is skillfully written and effectively portrays the protagonist's intense emotions, the focus on symptoms rather than delving into the underlying reasons for the character's emotional breakdown feels superficial. The obvious pressures of personal time constraints and societal expectations related to motherhood are explored, but deeper analysis is lacking. [14]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily described Salve Maria as a film "whose concerns feel totally in tune with the times". [5]

Accolades

AwardCeremony dateCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Locarno Film Festival 17 August 2024 Golden Leopard Mar Coll Nominated [15]
Special MentionSpecial Mention [16]
Valladolid International Film Festival 26 October 2024 Golden SpikeSalve MariaNominated [17] [18]
Best ActressLaura WeissmahrWon

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  1. ↑ "'Salve Maria', la película basada en 'Amek ez dute' de Katixa Agirre, participará en el Festival de Locarno" ['Salve Maria', the film based on 'Amek ez dute' by Katixa Agirre, will participate in the Locarno Festival]. EiTB (in Spanish). 11 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Coll, Mar (10 July 2024). "Salve Maria". Cineuropa . Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Szalai, Georg (10 July 2024). "Locarno Fest Lineup Includes Hong Sang-soo, Paz Vega Films, Honors for Mélanie Laurent, Guillaume Canet". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Salve Maria". Locarno Film Festival. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (24 October 2024). "'Salve Maria': Valladolid Review". ScreenDaily .
  6. 1 2 Batlle, Diego (8 August 2024). "Críticas de Competencia Internacional: "Salve María", de Mar Coll; y "La Mort viendra", de Christoph Hochhäusler - #Locarno2024". Otros Cines.
  7. ↑ Rivera, Alfonso (25 January 2024). "Mar Coll returns to cinema with Salve Maria". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Marta Balaga (10 July 2024). "Locarno Reveals Lineup, Names Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet for Career Achievement Awards". Variety . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Comienza el rodaje de 'Las madres no', la nueva película de Mar Coll" [Filming begins on 'Las madres no', the new film by Mar Coll]. The Seventh Art (in Spanish). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: First clip for Locarno entry Salve Maria". Cineuropa. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  11. ↑ González, Carlos (9 August 2024). "Mar Coll estrena en Locarno su visión de 'Las madres no'". Noticias de Álava.
  12. ↑ "Paz Vega, Carlos Marques-Marcet y Mar Coll entre los directores del extraordinario despliegue de títulos españoles para la 69 edición de Seminci" [Paz Vega, Carlos Marques-Marcet y Mar Together with the directors of the extraordinary description of Spanish titles for the 69th edition of Seminci]. El Mundo . 26 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "SALVE MARIA, de Mar Coll, os presenta esta maravilla de póster. Y tiene nueva fecha de estreno en cines: 31 de octubre" [SA LVE MARIA, by Ma r Coll, presents this wonderful poster. And it has a new release date in theaters: October 31st]. Elastica Films (in Spanish). X. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  14. ↑ Hristova, Mariana (8 August 2024). "Review: Salve Maria". Cineuropa. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "Locarno77: The Pardo d'Oro goes to Akiplėša (Toxic) by Saulė Bliuvaitė, a striking vision of the teenage female body as a battleground". Locarno Festival. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  16. ↑ Georg Szalai (17 August 2024). "Locarno Film Festival Top Prize Goes to Lithuanian Drama 'Toxic,' the Feature Debut of Saule Bliuvaite". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  17. ↑ Rivera, Alfonso (27 August 2024). "18 Spanish films set to take part in the 69th Seminci". Cineuropa . Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  18. ↑ Juesas, María (26 October 2024). "Seminci 2024: 'Misericordia', del francés Alain Guiraudie, conquista el festival de Valladolid". Fotogramas .
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