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El Planeta

Play trailer Poster for El Planeta Released Sep 24, 2021 1h 19m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.

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El Planeta taps into real-life economic anxiety to present a darkly humorous glimpse of life spent teetering on the edge of financial ruin.

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Thomas Flew Sight & Sound Amalia Ulman's aesthetic (both in terms of fashion and filmmaking) is enough to make this an intriguing first feature. Dec 4, 2021 Full Review Mark Feeney Boston Globe "El Planeta" has much humor, but the laughter tends to lurk around the edges. The movie also has a fair amount of pathos. Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 14, 2021 Full Review Josh Kupecki Austin Chronicle El Planeta orbits around an aesthetic and sensibility rooted in Eighties indie films. But mother and daughter have a comfortable chemistry that surpasses the deadpan material. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 28, 2021 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Beyond the very lived-in central relationship, Planeta’s very funny both in dialogue and rhythms. Nov 29, 2022 Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine Reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch and Noah Baumbach's cinema... Ulmann builds two worlds, one real and one isn't, and employs experimentation, modernity, and a certain cinematic disobedience that we haven't seen in a long time. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Nov 16, 2022 Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com El Planeta is an accumulation of daily vignettes about a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship, with eccentric characters, but through a loving gaze and a certain empathy behind the pathos. [Full review in Spanish] Nov 2, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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George E Booooooooring. I'm all for indie movies but this movie had no plot, no point, just people who don't have money. It's hard for me to give up on movies, even the bad ones, but I barely made it through the hallway point. The only thing I liked was some of the cinematography but not enough to overcome the snooze factor. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/07/23 Full Review dave d Amalia Ulman wrote, produced, and directed 'El Planeta, which stars herself and her mother in the latter's debut performance on the silver screen. The film is set in Spain and is mostly in Spanish. I hated this. It's pretentious and I found zero reason to root for anyone. It is very artsy and minimalist and is stretched to 81 minutes and felt like it was over two hours. The idea of staying in the middle without a clear point of view makes the picture feel bleak. If that's the idea, then bully for Ulman. I wish she gets more hopeful for her next feature and maybe she can have something to say that isn't blah. Final Score: 2/10 Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.
Director
Amalia Ulman
Producer
Kathleen Heffernan, Kweku Mandela, Amalia Ulman
Screenwriter
Amalia Ulman
Distributor
Utopia
Production Co
Holga's Meow, Operator Media, Memory
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 24, 2021, Limited
Runtime
1h 19m
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