Summer 1993

"A new family. A new world."

2017 1h 38m CA

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 236

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Synopsis

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After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.

“A new family. A new world.”

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Cast

Laia Artigas
Frida
Paula Robles
Anna
Bruna Cusí
Marga
David Verdaguer
Esteve
Fermí Reixach
Avi
Montse Sanz
Lola
Isabel Rocatti
Àvia
Berta Pipó
Tieta Àngela

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carla Simón
Writers: Carla Simón
Languages: Catalan
Countries: Spain

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carla Simón, shot by Santiago Racaj. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ernest Pipó. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ana Pfaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Laia Artigas and Paula Robles and Bruna Cusí carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A new family. A new world.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5897636 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Carla Simón directs. Santiago Racaj behind the camera. Ernest Pipó scores. Ana Pfaff cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Catalan.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Directed by Carla Simón, shot by Santiago Racaj. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Ernest Pipó. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ana Pfaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Laia Artigas and Paula Robles and Bruna Cusí carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A new family. A new world.".
8IMDB entry: tt5897636 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "countryside", "based on true story", "summer", "family".
10Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Santiago Racaj
Original score: Ernest Pipó
Editing: Ana Pfaff
Production design: Mónica Bernuy
Costume design: Anna Aguilà
Makeup / hair: Núria Ribera
VFX supervisor: Juanma Nogales
Sound: Carlos Jiménez
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Status: Released
Budget: $960,000
Box office: $2,700,000
Return: 281% of budget
Original language: CA
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Summer 1993 (2017)

Awards

Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language
Crystal Bear
Goya Award for Best New Director

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badelf2023-03-27
★ 10/10
I have now watched the second of both Carla Simón's feature-length, award-winning films, and I have to say: I am in complete awe of her talent as a story-teller and a director. Even if (like Rainer Maria Rilke) this is the best she's got, then (also like said poet), it's more than enough. In Spain, after Franco finally died, a counter-culture movement, la movida madrileña, exploded into a party of art, music, film (Almodovar for one), and of course sex and drugs. As a direct consequence, so many people contracted HIV and died in late 80s and 90s (not only in Spain). This is a story of one child (Frida - autobiographically then, Carla Simón herself) who lost both parents, and was suddenly forced to adopt a new mother and father. The painful experience of adopting to a new family is told from the child's POV. It's heart-rending. It's beautiful. And it's brilliant: For 90 minutes, I kept asking myself "How in the hell did this director elicit those performances from not one, but TWO very young actors?" Everything about the movie rises to that level.

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