I Am Nevenka

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I Am Nevenka

Released Sep 27

1h 52m

Drama

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Nevenka Fernández was 23 years old when she started working at the City Council of Ponferrada, a small Spanish city. She was young, beautiful and full of dreams. But the mayor, accustomed to exercising his power, was immediately infatuated with her. Instead of putting up with it, Nevenka stood up and she faced her entire city, the media and the public opinion of a whole country who chose to pigeonhole her and spoke of her as a calculating exploiter, questioning her intimate life and behavior and undermined her dignity. Despite all this controversy, Nevenka Fernández obtained the first conviction for sexual harassment of a politician in Spain in 2002.

Carlos F. Heredero

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

Finds its greatest limitation in filming all of this in a way that is as clean as it is aseptic, as conventional as it is transparent in the illustration of what is already known. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 23, 2024

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

With elements that are sadly all too recognisable, the familiar story is elevated by the strength of the performances and the decent pace and no-nonsense approach adopted by Bollaín.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 4, 2024

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Violeta Kovacsics

Otroscines.com

I Am Nevenka is an excessively flat movie, which also does not explore some of the elements that the Netflix documentary (also conservative in its form) does. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 30, 2024

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Toni Vall

Cinemanía (Spain)

The story of a woman beaten by a disgusting environment and a hostile system. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Sep 26, 2024

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Carolina G. Guerrero

EscribiendoCine

Soy Nevenka becomes an essential document on sexual harassment, gender violence and political impunity... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Sep 26, 2024

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Andrea Zamora

Sensacine

The excellent work behind the camera would be meaningless without a leading woman up to the task. Mireia Oriol, in an incredible role, embodies Nevenka with poise, confidence and authenticity... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 25, 2024

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Genni P

Essential viewing, this is a conscientiously-made and well documented portrayal of a real-life politician boss and his abuse of power towards a young woman employee, Nevenka, making her life hell on earth because, while achieving an excellent work record she rejected him after a short relationship which she quickly regretted and tried to exit from, to concentrate on her career. Her subsequent legal action against her boss was not only unprecendented and beyond brave (he was hugely popular in his home district), but impacted on her life afterwards so that she paid a massive personal and professional price for speaking out. Excellent acting and thoroughly absorbing, this true story set in Spain over twenty years ago could not be more topical, today in the UK and in so many countries across the world. The film generates discussion and merits viewing as widely as possible by women and men, politicians and bosses, employees, parents, school and college teachers and students. As the director says, these situations are happening to women every day but the change is that now the responses are different - women are being listened to and some action taken to investigate and expose the perpetrators of such abuses of power. The film also highlights how colleagues and some friends who witness inappropriate behaviour or verbal bullying shy away from speaking out or villify the victim. Now that many more women and some men too are speaking out, such abuses are being taken seriously. A film that is altogether powerful and truly deserves to be seen internationally.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Fred O

A very strong and moving true story about a young woman being abused by her boss, a high ranking Spanish political figure, before #metoo time. Behind the camera, a talented female filmmaker who does a very serious job to make us feel the physical pain of sexual harassment.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Nevenka Fernández was 23 years old when she started working at the City Council of Ponferrada, a small Spanish city. She was young, beautiful and full of dreams. But the mayor, accustomed to exercising his power, was immediately infatuated with her. Instead of putting up with it, Nevenka stood up and she faced her entire city, the media and the public opinion of a whole country who chose to pigeonhole her and spoke of her as a calculating exploiter, questioning her intimate life and behavior and undermined her dignity. Despite all this controversy, Nevenka Fernández obtained the first conviction for sexual harassment of a politician in Spain in 2002.

Director: Icíar Bollaín
Producer: Juan Moreno, Guillermo Sempere, Koldo Zuazua
Screenwriter: Icíar Bollaín, Isa Campo, Nevenka Fernández
Distributor: Buena Vista International
Production Co: Kowalski Films, Movistar+
Genre: Drama
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 52m