Basic Info
Title:
Little Ashes
Genre:
Drama
Country:
United Kingdom, Spain
Language:
English
Running
time: 107 minutes
Release
date: 7 October 2008 (Raindance Film Festival), 8
May 2009
Staff
Director:
Paul Morrison
Produced by: Carlo Dusi, Jonny Persey, Jaume
Vilalta
Screenplay: Philippa Goslett
Cinematography:
Adam Suschitzky
Music:
Miguel Mera
Editor:
Rachel Tunnard, Samantha Patterine
Cast
Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dalí
Javier Beltrán as Federico García
Lorca
Matthew McNulty as Luis Buñuel
Marina Gatell as Magdalena
Esther Nubiola as Adela
Arly Jover as Gala Dalí
Summary
“Little Ashes” is a 2008
Spanish-British drama film set in Spain during the 1920s and 1930s, where three
of the most creative and talented young men of that era meet at university and
start on a course to change their world. Film director Luis Buñuel watches
helplessly as the friendship between surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and the
poet Federico García Lorca develops into a love affair. This film won the GLAAD
Media Award for "Outstanding Film−Limited
Release".
Plot
In 1922, 18-year-old Salvador Dalí arrives at art school in Madrid. The Students' Residence has a modern environment that encourages Spain's brightest young people. Deciding to become a great artist, Salvador soon catches the attention of the Residence’s elite poet Federico García Lorca and aspiring filmmaker Luis Buñuel, who together form the nucleus of Madrid's most modern artist group.
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| Salvador Dalí |
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| Federico García Lorca |
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| Luis Buñuel |
Their private lives become more and
more complicated as Federico ignores the talented advancement of his devoted
friend and writer Magdalena, and Salvador himself feels he is attracted to
Federico's charm. Increasingly isolated by the closeness of the two, Luis
decides to move to Paris to fulfill his artistic ambitions. Meanwhile, Salvador
and Federico leave Madrid and spend the summer in the seaside village of
Cadaques, at the home of Salvador’s family… (Continue)
Movie
Review
“Haunting and captivating
film with wonderful actors”
“One of my favourite films
of the year”
“A Devastating, Brilliant
& Surreal film”
“Big impressions”
“A great surprise of a
film”
“Good accomplish”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. The title of this film is taken from Salvador Dalí's 1928 painting "Cenicitas (Little Ashes)." The original title of this painting was "The Birth of Venus", after which it was changed to "Sterile Efforts" and finally "Cenicitas". The painting is now in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid.
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| Cenicitas (Little Ashes), Salvador Dali (1928) |
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| Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía |
2. The film scored 4.2
out of 10 on the film review site “Rotten Tomatoes” and received only 24%
favorable reviews based on 70 reviews. The site commented, "The cast of
this film is beautiful, but it is a film that suffered from an uneven tone and
a surplus of unintentionally silly moments."
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