The Summer We Lived

The Summer We Lived
The Summer We Lived
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	El verano que vivimos
Directed by	Carlos Sedes
Screenplay by	Ramón Campos; Gema R. Neira; David Orea; Salvador S. Molina; Javier Chacártegui;
Produced by	Ramón Campos; Teresa Fernández-Valdés; Mercedes Gamero; Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo; Jordi Gasull;
Starring	Blanca Suárez; Javier Rey; Pablo Molinero; Carlos Cuevas; Guiomar Puerta; María Pedraza; Alfonso Agra; Adelfa Calvo; Antonio Durán "Morris"; Manuel Morón; Mercedes Sampietro;
Cinematography	Jacobo Martínez
Edited by	Julia Juanatey
Music by	Federico Jusid
Production; companies	Mr. Fields and Friends; Atresmedia Cine; Warner Bros. Entertainment España; Bambú Producciones; Aquel Verano Movie AIE; La Claqueta PC; 4Cats Pictures;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	20 September 2020 (Zinemaldia); 4 December 2020 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Summer We Lived^[1] (Spanish: El verano que vivimos) is a 2020 romantic melodrama film directed by Carlos Sedes [gl] which stars Javier Rey, Blanca Suárez, and Pablo Molinero in a love triangle.

Plot

The plot delves into a love triangle that took place in the summer of 1958 in Jerez de la Frontera, concerning an architect who arrived in town to build a winery (Gonzalo), the one ordering the winery (Hernán) and the latter's fiancee (Lucía). A different timeline set in 1998 deals with the reconstruction of the aforementioned love story upon the investigations carried out by a journalist trainee working with obituaries (Isabel) who enlists the collaboration of Carlos, the architect's son.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cast

Javier Rey as Gonzalo^[6]
Blanca Suárez as Lucía^[6]
Pablo Molinero as Hernán^[6]
Guiomar Puerta [es] as Isabel^[2]
Carlos Cuevas as Carlos^[2]
Adelfa Calvo^[6]
Manuel Morón [es]^[6]
María Pedraza as Adela^[6]
Moreno Borja^[6]
Mercedes Sampietro^[7]
Joaquín Núñez [es]^[6]
Pedro Rudolphi^[6]
Paloma Reynaud^[6]
Antonio Durán^[8]
Alfonso Agra^[9]

Production

The screenplay was penned by Ramón Campos [gl], Gema R. Neira, Salvador S. Molina, Javier Chacártegui and David Orea.^[10] The film is an Aquel Verano Movie AIE, Warner Bros Entertainment España, Atresmedia Cine, Mr. Fields and Friends, La Claqueta PC, Bambú Producciones and 4 Cats Pictures production.^[11] Shooting began on 5 August 2019 in Jerez de la Frontera.^[12] Shooting locations also included Galicia.^[13]

Release

The film was presented at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 20 September 2020.^[4] Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España,^[14] it was theatrically released in Spain on 4 December 2020.^[15]

Reception

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País wrote that the film "confuses eroticism and passion with a grandiloquent epic akin to a tourist postcard, redundant music, aerial shots, and a string of metaphors", with the film resenting from, among other issues, a screenplay "without much narrative foundation" and otherwise also turning out to be "implausible and whimsical".^[3]

Mireia Mullor of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting the landscapes of Jerez de la Frontera vis-à-vis the film's setting as the best thing about the film.^[16]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, determining as a veredict that the film is "a formulaic [kind of] cinema... which, for that reason, [it] works".^[5]

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2021	35th Goya Awards	Best Original Score	Federico Jusid	Nominated	^[17]
2021	35th Goya Awards	Best Original Song	"El verano que vivimos" by Alejandro Sanz, Alfonso Pérez Arias	Nominated	^[17]

References

^ "The Summer We Lived". Prime Video. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Drama en 'El verano que vivimos'". Las Provincias. 4 December 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fernández-Santos, Elsa (4 December 2020). "Un folletín regado en Tío Pepe". El País.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Gimeno, Santiago; Zamora, Andrea (20 September 2020). "San Sebastián 2020: 'El verano que vivimos', una película romántica sin fisuras para los adeptos al amor verdadero". Sensacine.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bermejo, Andrea G. (30 November 2020). "El verano que vivimos". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Valero, M. (27 October 2020). "Abre los ojos... es Jerez". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly.
^ Zurro, Javier (4 December 2020). "El triángulo amoroso que quiere rescatar al cine español en la taquilla". El Español.
^ "Javier Rey protagoniza 'El verano que vivimos': "Estrenar en cines es un acto de valentía y responsabilidad"". Europa Press. 3 December 2020.
^ Fernández, Miguel Anxo (11 December 2020). "«El verano que vivimos»: Un amor de época". La Voz de Galicia.
^ "San Sebastián 2019: 'El verano que vivimos' se presenta en el festival". Fotogramas. 22 September 2019.
^ "El verano que vivimos". Film Madrid. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "'El verano que vivimos' se traslada a la Catedral y a la Tasca San Pablo". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 21 August 2019.
^ "Ya hay fecha de estreno para la película 'El verano que vivimos'". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 9 February 2020.
^ "Ya puedes ver el póster de 'El verano que vivimos', con Blanca Suárez, Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero". Atresmedia Cine. 10 November 2020.
^ Alverú, Santiago (6 December 2020). "Entrevistamos a Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero por 'El verano que vivimos'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
^ Mullor, Mireia (3 December 2020). "Crítica de 'El verano que vivimos'". Fotogramas.
^ "El verano que vivimos". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[1] "The Summer We Lived". Prime Video. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[lasprovincias-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Drama en 'El verano que vivimos'". Las Provincias. 4 December 2020.

[efdezsantos-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fernández-Santos, Elsa (4 December 2020). "Un folletín regado en Tío Pepe". El País.

[sensacine-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Gimeno, Santiago; Zamora, Andrea (20 September 2020). "San Sebastián 2020: 'El verano que vivimos', una película romántica sin fisuras para los adeptos al amor verdadero". Sensacine.

[bermejo-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bermejo, Andrea G. (30 November 2020). "El verano que vivimos". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

[valero-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Valero, M. (27 October 2020). "Abre los ojos... es Jerez". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly.

[zurro-7] Zurro, Javier (4 December 2020). "El triángulo amoroso que quiere rescatar al cine español en la taquilla". El Español.

[8] "Javier Rey protagoniza 'El verano que vivimos': "Estrenar en cines es un acto de valentía y responsabilidad"". Europa Press. 3 December 2020.

[9] Fernández, Miguel Anxo (11 December 2020). "«El verano que vivimos»: Un amor de época". La Voz de Galicia.

[10] "San Sebastián 2019: 'El verano que vivimos' se presenta en el festival". Fotogramas. 22 September 2019.

[11] "El verano que vivimos". Film Madrid. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[12] "'El verano que vivimos' se traslada a la Catedral y a la Tasca San Pablo". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 21 August 2019.

[13] "Ya hay fecha de estreno para la película 'El verano que vivimos'". Diario de Jerez. Grupo Joly. 9 February 2020.

[14] "Ya puedes ver el póster de 'El verano que vivimos', con Blanca Suárez, Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero". Atresmedia Cine. 10 November 2020.

[alveru-15] Alverú, Santiago (6 December 2020). "Entrevistamos a Javier Rey y Pablo Molinero por 'El verano que vivimos'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

[16] Mullor, Mireia (3 December 2020). "Crítica de 'El verano que vivimos'". Fotogramas.

[17] "El verano que vivimos". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

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