María (y los demás)

Ever since her mum died, María has taken care of her father and her siblings. María since the death of her mother has always been responsible for the family, everything happens under her supervision. Her great concern is her father who finally seems to come out of the serious illness he suffered from, her brothers, despite being far away, know that she is the one who decides everything that happens in family life, so when María decides to celebrate her first birthday their father totally healthy they know that they have no choice but to go no matter what happens. When everything is ready to celebrate the family birthday , her father shows up at the meeting with Cachita, the nurse who has been treating her in recent years. The reactions are not long in coming when he says he is in love with her, causing a controversy in the family that completely upsets María . That's why her father's announcement of marriage to his nurse brings María's world crashing down around her. At the age of 35, she'll have to change her fate.

A nice debut in which good humor reigns with unusual intelligence, something unusual in today's cinema. A film in which we immediately managed to empathize with the protagonist where we see ourselves reflected in many of the situations she has . A comedy in which anyone can feel identified, since who hasn't dreamed of fulfilling all their wishes . An amusing comedy seasoned with the right touches of drama to get us excited knowing that what we see on the screen can also happen to us. This story can have a lot of empathy with the Spanish public, since what it tells us is not very foreign to us, a young woman who has not yet emancipated herself, who seeks professional achievements, and builds a personal life within the standards, while her friends are ahead of her and she is falling behind. Regarding the originality of this story, it must be said that it is nothing new, this plot is very recurring in plays .

The actors are quite good , none of them are out of tune . María is stunningly played by Bárbara Lennie, an actress who won the last Goya for Best Actress (for Magical Girl). Being splendidly accompanied by fine secondaries as José Ángel Egido as the sick father ,Pablo Derqui, Vito Sanz, Marina Skell, Julián Villagrán , among others . At a very young age Bárbara Lennie moved with her family to Buenos Aires (Argentina), where she lived until the age of six, and then returned to Spain in 1990. Her physical regime includes Pilates, yoga, animal flow, cardio, boxing, dancing and hypopressive abs. She made her film debut in the film Más pena que Gloria (2001) and she was 16 at the time of the shooting. From now on , she played lots of successful of TV series , such as : Aguila Roja , Cueant Atrás , Isabel , El Incidente , Amar es para siempre , and notorious films , such as : Los renglones torcidos de Dios, Todos lo saben, Petra, El Reino , La Enfermedad del Domingo , A contratiempo , El Niño , Obaba, Las Furias , among others .

The film was presented to the public with the new directors award in San Sebastián and two nominations for the Feroz -Best Actress and Best Comedy-. And winning 8 Prizes & 16 nominations : José María Forqué Award Bárbara Lennie Best Actress . 2017 Nominado Goya Best Lead Actress Bárbara Lennie , Best New Director Nely Reguera . Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 2017 Nominado CEC Award Best New Director Nely Reguera . Fotogramas de Plata Bárbara Lennie 2017 Nominado Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actress Bárbara Lennie . Mestre Mateo Awards Bárbara Lennie 2017 winner Mestre Mateo Best Actress Bárbara Lennie , 2017 winner Mestre Mateo Best Screenplay Nely Reguera , 2017 Ganador Mestre Best Sound Juan J. Gay López , Miguel Barbosa , Mestre Mateo Best Original Music Nico Casal and Best Picture . Miami Film Festival 2017 Ganador HBO Ibero-American Competition Best Film Nely Reguera (director) . Turia Awards 2017 Ganador Turia Award Best First Work Nely Reguera , among others.