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The City of Marvels (film)

The City of Marvels () is a 1999 epic historical drama film directed by Mario Camus and co-written by Gustau Hernández, Esther Cases, and Olivier Ollin based on the novel The City of Marvels by Eduardo Mendoza. It stars Olivier Martinez and Emma Suárez.

Plot

Set in early 20th-century Barcelona, in the period in between the 1888 and 1929 Expos, the plot tracks the social climbing of ambitious Onofre Bouvila.

Cast

Production

The film is a Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production of ICC with Tanaïs COM, France 3 Cinéma, SEP Cinéma, Continental Filmes, and RTP.

Release

Distribute by Filmax, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 28 May 1999.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety lamented that, excellent production values notwithstanding, the big-budget Euro epic "lacks the subtlety of the original novel and rarely rises above the proficient, hampered by too many flat characters, too many events, too many minutes and an almost humor-free, too-many-cooks script".

Accolades

|- | || 14th Goya Awards || Best Special Effects || Reyes Abades, Hipólito Cantero, José María Aragonés || ||

See also

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