Falling Star (film)
{{Infobox film
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|it|Stella cadente|nolink=yes}}
| director = Lluís Miñarro
| starring = {{Plain list|
- Alex Brendemühl
- Lola Dueñas
- Lorenzo Balducci
- Bárbara Lennie
- Francesc Garrido
- Àlex Batllori
- Gonzalo Cunill
- Francesc Orella
}}
| studio = Eddie Saeta
| screenplay = {{ubl|Lluís Miñarro|Sergi Belbel}}
| cinematography = Jimmy Gimferrer
| editing = Núria Esquerra
| language = {{ubl|Catalan|Spanish}}
| country = Spain
| released = {{Film date|2014|01||Rotterdam|2014|05|30|Spain|df=yes}}
}}
Falling Star ({{langx|it|Stella cadente|links=no}}) is a 2014 Spanish historical film directed by Lluís Miñarro which stars Alex Brendemühl as King Amadeo. It features dialogue in Catalan and Spanish.
Plot
Including surrealist elements and erotic scenes and starting in 1870, the plot follows the ill reign of Amadeo, King of Spain and his attempts to modernize an ungovernable country.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Alex Brendemühl as Amadeo{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/ficcio-i-cinema/alex-brendemuhl-nominat-com-a-millor-actor-als-premis-fenix-per-stella-cadente/noticia/2723862/|website=TV3|via=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals|date=6 October 2014|title=Àlex Brendemühl, nominat com a millor actor als premis FENIX per "Stella cadente"}}
- Lola Dueñas as cuinera
- Lorenzo Balducci as assistent del rei
- Bárbara Lennie as María Victoria
- Francesc Garrido as ministre Serrano
- {{ill|Àlex Batllori|es}} as criat jove
- Gonzalo Cunill as ministre Zorrilla
- Francesc Orella as bisbe
}}
Production
The film is an Eddie Saeta production.{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/251573/|website=Cineuropa|date=28 January 2014|first=David|last=González|title=Stella cadente: los fetiches de la historia}} It was shot in Barcelona and southern Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/estrenos-del-30-de-mayo-stella-cadente|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 30 de mayo. Stella cadente. Réquiem por un hombre que soñó otra España}}
Release
The film made its world premiere at the 2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam.{{Cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2014/films/stella-cadente|website=International Film Festival Rotterdam|access-date=29 December 2022|title=Stella cadente}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodic.com/valencia/filmoteca-culturarts-estrena-valencia-stella-cadente_327800|website=El Periòdic|title=La Filmoteca de CulturArts estrena en Valencia "Stella Cadente"|date=1 October 2014}} It was theatrically released in Spain on 30 May 2014.
Reception
Jay Weissberg of Variety pointed out that the helmer is interested in "a surreal-absurdist mood piece wedded to camp aesthetics", with the film resulting rather in to "a hothouse fantasy rather than a historical biopic".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-falling-star-1201120292/#!|website=Variety|first=Jay|last=Weissberg|date=25 February 2014|title=Film Review: 'Falling Star'}}
Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter summed up the film as "a royal treat: crisply sumptuous, wryly offbeat glimpses into an obscure Spanish monarch's ill-fated reign.".{{Cite web|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Neil|last=Young|title=Falling Star (Stella cadente): Rotterdam Review|date=6 February 2014|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/falling-star-stella-cadente-rotterdam-677765/#!}}
Daniel de Partearroyo of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, considering that Brendemühl is "exultant and hilarious".{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Stella cadente|date=21 July 2014|first=Daniel de|last=Partearroyo|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/stella-cadente-19471/}}
Accolades
{{Awards table|5}}
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| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2014 || rowspan = "2" | 1st Fénix Awards || Best Actor || Alex Brendemühl || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/los-nominados-a-los-premios-fenix|website=Milenio|date=30 October 2014|title=Los nominados a los Premios Fénix}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.prensa.com/cine_y_mas/ganadores-Premios-Fenix_7_4063163647.html|website=La Prensa|date=1 November 2014|title=Los ganadores de los Premios Fénix 2014}}
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| Best Art Direction || Sebastián Vogler || {{nom}}
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| rowspan = "13" align = "center" | 2015 || rowspan = "13" | 7th Gaudí Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || {{nom}} || rowspan = "13" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/21308/10000-km-triunfa-7-premios-gaudi-2015/|website=ecartelera|date=2 February 2015|first=Adrián|last=Lavado|title='10.000 Km' triunfa en los Premios Gaudí 2015}}{{Cite web|website=Arabalears.cat|url=https://www.arabalears.cat/cultura/tots-nominats-premis-gaudi-cinema_1_3614697.html|date=30 December 2014|title=Tots els nominats als premis Gaudí de cinema 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/10-000-km-gran-triomfadora-duns-gaudi-que-premien-rastres-de-sandal-com-a-millor-pellicula/noticia/2636335/|website=3/24|via=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals|title="10.000 KM", gran triomfadora d'uns Gaudí que premien "Rastres de sàndal" com a millor pel·lícula|date=1 February 2015}}
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| Best Director || Lluís Miñarro || {{nom}}
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| Best Screenplay || Lluís Miñarro, Sergi Belbel || {{nom}}
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| Best Actor || Àlex Brendemühl || {{nom}}
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| Best Actress || Bárbara Lennie || {{nom}}
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| rowspan = "2" | Best Supporting Actor || Àlex Batllori || {{nom}}
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| Francesc Garrido || {{nom}}
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| Best Art Direction || Sebastián Vogler || {{won}}
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| Best Editing || Núria Esquerra || {{nom}}
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| Best Cinematography || Jimmy Gimferrer || {{nom}}
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| Best Costume Design || Núria Esquerra || {{won}}
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| Best Sound || Dani Fontrodona, Alejandro Castillo, Ricard Casals || {{nom}}
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| Best Makeup and Hairstyles || Ignasi Ruiz || {{nom}}
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