Before the Fall (2008 film)
{{Short description|2008 Spanish film by F. Javier Gutiérrez}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Before the Fall (2008 film) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|3 días|nolink=yes}}
| director = F. Javier Gutiérrez
| producer = Antonio P. Pérez
| starring = {{Plain list|
}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Juan Velarde|F. Javier Gutiérrez}}
| cinematography = Miguel A. Mora
| editing = Nacho Ruiz Capillas
| music = Antonio Meliveo
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|02|14|Berlinale|2008|04|25|Spain}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| studio = {{ubl|Maestranza Films|Green Moon Producciones|Pentagrama Films}}
}}
Before the Fall ({{langx|es|3 días|links=no}}; {{translation|'3 Days'}}) is a 2008 Spanish thriller film with apocalyptic themes directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez which stars Víctor Clavijo, Mariana Cordero, and Eduard Fernández.
Plot
Upon the news delivered by the UN Secretary General announcing the end of the world in 72 hours by an impact event, Ale decides to spend his time left drinking and listening music, but he has to deal with the arrival of mysterious Lucio, focusing then on helping his mother Rosa and his brother Tomás' four children instead.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20080917/3-dias/158396.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=17 September 2008|title=3 días}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Víctor Clavijo as Ale
- Mariana Cordero as Rosa
- Eduard Fernández as Lucio
- {{ill|Daniel Casadellà|es}} as Emilio
- Ana de las Cuevas as Raquel
- Elvira de Armiñán as Clara
- Juan Galván as Nico
- Vicente Romero as Marcial
- Pepe Salas as Don Miguel
- Antonio Dechent as Urbano{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/external/programme/archive/pdf/20085007.pdf|publisher=berlinale.de|title=3 días|access-date=8 August 2022|page=144}}
- Alejandro Muñoz as Josema
- Miguel Zurita as Damián
}}
Production
The screenplay was penned by the director alongside Juan Velarde.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/20080413/cultura/thriller-apocaliptico-dias-silvia-20080413.html|website=El Norte de Castilla|date=13 April 2008|title=El 'thriller' apocalíptico '3 días' y Silvia Munt triunfan en el Festival de Málaga|author=Boquerini}} The film is a Maestranza Films, Green Moon Producciones and Pentagrama Films production. It was shot in the province of Seville.
Release
Selected in the 'Panorama' lineup of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival,{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/82137/|website=Cineuropa|title=Cuatro producciones españolas en una Berlinale rendida a Buñuel|date=6 February 2008|first=Sergio|last=Ríos Pérez}} the film was presented on 14 February 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/it/newsdetail/82409/|first=Valentina|last=Di Michele|website=Cineuropa|title=A tre giorni dalla fine
|date=14 February 2008}} It later screened at Málaga Film Festival's main competition on 5 April 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-malaga-festival-javier-gutierrez-narra-cuento-actualizado-fin-mundo-tres-dias-20080405154319.html|website=Europa Press|date=5 April 2008|title=Málaga.- Festival.- Javier Gutiérrez narra un cuento "actualizado" sobre el fin del mundo en 'Tres días'}} It was theatrically released in Spain on 25 April 2008.
Reception
Jay Weissberg of Variety summed up the "unpleasant predictable" thriller as "usual psycho killer looking for revenge drama gets an end of the world overlay".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/before-the-fall-1200548146/#:~:text=unpleasant%2C%20predictable%20thriller|website=Variety|date=11 February 2008|title=Before the Fall|first=Jay|last=Weissberg}}
Jordi Costa of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting its "visual power" whilst citing its subpar writing as a negative point.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a9940/3-dias/|website=Fotogramas|first=Jordi|last=Costa|title=3 días|date=29 May 2008}}
Rubén Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that after achieving the most difficult, the director, displaying "clear symptoms of suffering from horror vacui", goes on making "unnecessary formal pirouettes and forced plot twists", albeit conceding that "all in all, [the films is] a good and necessary debut".{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/3-dias-17605/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Rubén|last=Romero|date=25 April 2008|title=3 días}}
Accolades
{{Awards table|5}}
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| rowspan = "4" align = "center" | 2008 || rowspan = "4" | 11th Málaga Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Golden Biznaga || {{won}} || rowspan = "4" align = "center" | {{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/04/13/cultura/1208037602_850215.html|website=El País|title=La ópera prima '3 días' triunfa con cuatro premios en Málaga|date=13 April 2008|first=Aurora|last=Intxausti}}
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| Best Supporting Actress || Mariana Cordero || {{won}}
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| Best Makeup || Anabel Beato, Yolanda Piña || {{won}}
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| Best New Screenwriter || Juan Velarde, F. Javier Gutiérrez || {{won}}
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| rowspan = "6" align = "center" | 2009
| rowspan = "3" | 64th CEC Medals || Best Cinematography || Miguel A. Mora || {{nom}} || rowspan = "3" | {{Cite web|url=http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2008.htm|website=Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos|title=Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801192118/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2008.htm |accessdate=8 August 2022|archive-date=2020-08-01}}
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| Best Editing || Nacho Ruiz Capillas || {{won}}
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| Best Newcomer || F. Javier Gutiérrez || {{nom}}
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| 23rd Goya Awards || Best Sound || Daniel de Zayas, Jorge Marín, Maite Rivera || {{won}} || align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/3-dias|website=premiosgoya.com|title=3 días|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|access-date=8 August 2022}}
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| rowspan = "2" | 18th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Film Actor in a Leading Role || Víctor Clavijo || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|website=20minutos.es|title=Penélope Cruz y Chus Lampreave, rivales en los Premios de la Unión de Actores|date=19 January 2009|language=es|access-date=16 November 2021|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/444262/0/union/actores/nominaciones/}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/cultura/2009/03/11/filme-camino-arrasa-premios-union-47846289.html|website=El Periódico de Aragón|title=El filme ´Camino´ arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores|date=11 March 2009|language=es|access-date=16 November 2021}}
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| Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role || Eduard Fernández || {{nom}}
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