Five Square Meters

Five Square Meters
Theatrical release poster
Spanish5 metros cuadrados
Directed byMax Lemcke
Screenplay by
  • Daniel Remón
  • Pablo Remón
Produced byIsabel García Peralta
Starring
CinematographyJosé David Montero
Edited by
  • Laurent Dufreche
  • Ascen Marchena
Music byFernando Velázquez
Production
company
Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones
Distributed byA Contracorriente Films
Release dates
  • 27 March 2011 (2011-03-27) (Málaga)
  • 11 November 2011 (2011-11-11) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Five Square Meters (Spanish: 5 metros cuadrados) is a 2011 Spanish drama film directed by Max Lemcke [es] from a screenplay by Daniel Remón [es] and Pablo Remón [es] which stars Fernando Tejero and Malena Alterio.

Plot

[edit]

After Álex and Virginia took a 40-year mortgage to purchase an apartment and just some months before being handed the keys, the building works are halted, bringing complications to the couple.[1]

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

The film was produced by Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones.[3] Shooting locations included the Ciudad de la Luz film studio in Alicante.[4]

Release

[edit]

The film was presented at the 14th Málaga Film Festival on 27 March 2011.[5] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[2] it was released theatrically in Spain on 11 November 2011.

Reception

[edit]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "timely" drama film to represent "a satisfyingly compact, solidly built property offering fine views of corruption in the Spanish construction biz".[6]

Miriro Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, praising the "rigor" at handling the protagonists' mishaps as the best thing about the film, while citing the ending as the film's worst.[7]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing out that the comedy side is built on solid foundations but the drama elements (and the ending) stumble.[8]

Accolades

[edit]
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2011
14th Málaga Film Festival Golden Biznaga Won [9]
Silver Biznaga for Best Actor Fernando Tejero Won
Best Supporting Actor Jorge Bosch Won
Critics' Prize Won
Best Screenplay Pablo Remón, Daniel Remón Won

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Cinco metros cuadrados". premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Caviaro, Juan Luis (11 November 2011). "Estrenos de cine | 11 de noviembre | El debut de Monahan, la vuelta de Emmerich y un puñado de documentales". Espinof.
  3. ^ "'5 Metros Cuadrados', la gran triunfadora en Málaga, llegará a los cines en novimebre". eldiario.es. 27 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Cronología de las películas rodadas en los platós de Ciudad de la Luz". La Vanguardia. 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Malena Alterio y Fernando Tejero se meten en la piel de unos afectados por el negocio inmobiliario". Europa Press. 27 March 2011.
  6. ^ Holland, Jonathan (10 April 2011). "Five Square Meters". Variety.
  7. ^ Torreiro, Mirito (21 March 2011). "5 metros cuadrados". Fotogramas.
  8. ^ Crespo, Irene (11 November 2011). "Cinco metros cuadrados". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  9. ^ "'Cinco metros cuadrados', de Max Lemcke, consigue la Biznaga de Oro del Festival". Última Hora. 2 April 2011.