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Foremost By Night

2023 1h 49m Drama List
100% Tomatometer 9 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
When Vera was young, she wasn’t able to take care of her son and had to give him up for adoption. Years later, when she tried to find him, the institutions told her that her file did not exist. She has continued to look for him ever since. When Cora was young, her doctor told her that she could not have children and that only by adopting could she start a family. Cora has dedicated her life to teaching piano lessons and caring for her adopted son, Egoz, about to turn 18. Now, the paths of these three characters – a mother, a son, a mother – are about to cross. And their encounter will change their lives forever.

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Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) An illuminating, profound, and mysterious exercise in peripatetic cinema. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 5, 2023 Full Review Jordi Batlle Caminal Fotogramas ... A daring exercise of creative, experimental freedom that flirts with both realistic and dreamlike images. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) Iriarte applies a strange and sometimes endearing use of space and time to his film, which in many moments seems to parallel Chantal Akerman's style. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Nuria Vidal Cinemanía (Spain) A dark drama full of light, within a drama made of silences. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Nov 30, 2023 Full Review Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo Our own narratives are very important. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4.5/5 Nov 30, 2023 Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine Foremost By Night elegantly defies conventional categorizations, fusing genres to deliver a rich and emotional experience. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Nov 15, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis When Vera was young, she wasn’t able to take care of her son and had to give him up for adoption. Years later, when she tried to find him, the institutions told her that her file did not exist. She has continued to look for him ever since. When Cora was young, her doctor told her that she could not have children and that only by adopting could she start a family. Cora has dedicated her life to teaching piano lessons and caring for her adopted son, Egoz, about to turn 18. Now, the paths of these three characters – a mother, a son, a mother – are about to cross. And their encounter will change their lives forever.
Director
Víctor Iriarte
Screenwriter
Víctor Iriarte, Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt
Production Co
Televisió de Catalunya (TV3), Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB), Termita Films, La, cSc Films, Atekaleun Films, Ukbar Filmes, 4A4 Productions, Filmin, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 49m