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Saturn Return

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A rock band has to record their third LP, the one that will make them either rise to stardom or fall into oblivion. Their idea, despite the reluctance of the executives, is for the recording to take place in NY. But everything gets complicated, and the creative process becomes hell. Desertions of band members, sentimental breakups, rehearsals where drugs and alcohol run rampant, and the unbearable pressure of the record company are generating endless fights and arguments only alternated by small moments of happiness. Meanwhile, without knowing it, they will be composing an album that will mark a whole generation.

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Carlos Aguilar Variety The astounding feat of directors Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez’s “Saturn Return” is how it cinematically evokes that intertwined creative and personal turmoil with frantic visual energy and formal audaciousness. Dec 2, 2024 Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending Directors skirt the homoeroticism between the two, which is unfortunate because that kind of nuance might have made for a much more fascinating study. Instead, the characters are fairly one-dimensional... poetic songs to fill in some blanks. Rated: B- Dec 19, 2024 Full Review Nadine Whitney AWFJ.org Lacuesta and co-director Rodríguez favour visual layers where the unreal occurs in conjunction with ‘the real’ – building up like dreampop harmonics. Saturn Return captures what cannot be held with ineffable magic. Dec 8, 2024 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Takuro Takeuchi’s cinematography, with its frequent close-ups, use of blurring, beguiling shadows and blow-out blasts of light, plunges us into the heart of the action. Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 4, 2024 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome Saturn Return puts audiences in the thick of it all and lets them see how the magic is made. Music is always about more than a hit song on the radio. It’s about the emotions behind it all. Nov 27, 2024 Full Review Josh Parham Next Best Picture Simply being a slightly different iteration of a tired genre is not enough to make an enthralling work. What is presented could have been more alluring had it been more interested in the individuals at the heart of this story. Rated: 5/10 Nov 25, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis A rock band has to record their third LP, the one that will make them either rise to stardom or fall into oblivion. Their idea, despite the reluctance of the executives, is for the recording to take place in NY. But everything gets complicated, and the creative process becomes hell. Desertions of band members, sentimental breakups, rehearsals where drugs and alcohol run rampant, and the unbearable pressure of the record company are generating endless fights and arguments only alternated by small moments of happiness. Meanwhile, without knowing it, they will be composing an album that will mark a whole generation.
Director
Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez
Producer
Roberto Butragueño, Cristóbal García
Screenwriter
Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez, Fernando Navarro, Isaki Lacuesta, Fernando Navarro
Production Co
La Terraza Films, Aralán Films, Capricci Films, Ikiru Films, Bteam Pictures, Sideral Cinema
Genre
Drama, Music
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 45m