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Remake (2006 film)

Remake is a 2006 drama film directed by . It is a Spanish-Argentine co-production. The cast includes Juan Diego, Sílvia Munt, Eusebio Poncela, and Mercedes Morán.

Plot

Max, the only remaining member of a hippy commune in the mountains of Catalonia summons his now largely gentrified former friends to a meeting thirty years later along with his children, confronting life experiences.

Cast

Production

The film is a Spanish-Argentine co-production by Ovideo alongside Patagonik Film Group. It was primarily shot in a masia in the Montseny mountains.

Release

Remake was programmed in the competitive slate of the 21st Mar del Plata International Film Festival. The film was also presented at the 9th Málaga Film Festival in March 2006. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it was released theatrically in Spain on 21 April 2006.

Reception

Jay Weissberg of Variety assessed that the film takes an "almost surgical pleasure in forcing hypocrisies into the light of day, though a tendency toward stagey soul-searching clouds cinematic judgment".

Sergi Sánchez of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering that "the result is an ensemble drama that, like Todd Solondz's films, elicits embarrassed laughter from its audience".

Casimiro Torreiro of El País deemed Remake to be a "bold film that holds nothing back and takes aim at everything and everyone".

See also

References

External links

  • Remake at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol