Glimmers
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{{Infobox film
| image = Glimmers poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Los destellos|nolink=yes}}
| director = Pilar Palomero
| writer = Pilar Palomero
| producer = {{ubl|Valérie Delpierre|Simón de Santiago|Fernando Bovaira}}
| based_on = {{Based on|Bihotz handiegia|Eider Rodriguez}}
| language = Spanish
| country = Spain
| cinematography = Daniela Cajías
| editing = Sofi Escudé Poulenc
| distributor = Caramel Films
| studio = {{ubl|MOD Producciones|Misent Producciones|Inicia Films}}
| starring = {{ubl|Patricia López Arnaiz|Antonio de la Torre|Marina Guerola|Julián López}}
| released = {{Film date|2024|09|22|Zinemaldia|2024|10|04|Spain|df=yes}}
}}
Glimmers ({{langx|es|Los destellos|links=no}}){{Cite web|website=Film Factory Entertainment|url=https://www.filmfactoryentertainment.com/films/glimmers/|access-date=7 April 2024|title=Glimmers}} is a 2024 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pilar Palomero based on the story Bihotz handiegia by {{ill|Eider Rodríguez|es|lt=Eider Rodriguez}} starring Patricia López Arnaiz alongside Antonio de la Torre, Marina Guerola, and Julián López.
Plot
Upon request from her daughter Madalen, Isabel starts paying regular visits to her former husband Ramón, who is now ill, unburying resentments.{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/berlin-2024-the-buzz-titles-from-spain/5190595.article|website=ScreenDaily|date=16 February 2024|title=Berlin 2024: The buzz titles from Spain}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Patricia López Arnaiz as Isabel{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/452142/|website=Cineuropa|date=2 November 2023|title=Pilar Palomero, inmersa en el rodaje de Los destellos|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera|access-date=7 April 2024|archive-date=7 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407205009/https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/452142/|url-status=live}}
- {{ill|Marina Guerola|es}} as Madalen
- Antonio de la Torre as Ramón
- Julián López as Nacho{{Cite web|website=rtve.es|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20240923/pilar-palomero-presenta-destellos-san-sebastian-pelicula-invitacion-a-vivir-vida/16258510.shtml|first=Jesús|last=Jiménez|title=Pilar Palomero presenta 'Los destellos' en San Sebastián: "La película es una invitación a vivir la vida"|date=23 September 2024}}
}}
Production
Written by Pilar Palomero, the screenplay adapts Eider Rodriguez's story Un corazón demasiado grande, contained in the book of the same name (Bihotz handiegia in the Basque original).{{Cite web|website=El Correo|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/culturas/cine/actriz-vitoriana-patricia-lopez-arnaiz-rueda-destellos-pilar-palomero-con-antonio-torre-20231009103453-nt.html|title=La vitoriana Patricia López Arnaiz rueda 'Los destellos' junto a Antonio de la Torre|date=9 October 2023|first=Ramón|last=Albertus}} The film is a MOD Producciones, Misent Producciones and Inicia Films production and it had the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, TVC and À Punt and backing from ICAA, ICEC, and IVC. It was lensed by Daniela Cajías.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameraandlightmag.com/noticias/ha-comenzado-el-rodaje-de-los-destellos-la-nueva-pelicula-de-pilar-palomero/|website=Camera and Light Mag|title=Ha comenzado el rodaje de 'Los destellos', la nueva película de Pilar Palomero|date=5 October 2023|access-date=7 April 2024|archive-date=7 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407205009/https://www.cameraandlightmag.com/noticias/ha-comenzado-el-rodaje-de-los-destellos-la-nueva-pelicula-de-pilar-palomero/|url-status=live}} Shooting locations included Horta de Sant Joan, Terra Alta.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/viajes/2023/11/05/pueblo-frontera-aragon-horta-sant-joan-pilar-palomero-rueda-pelicula-1688694.html|website=Heraldo de Aragón|date=5 November 2023|title=El pueblo en la frontera de Aragón donde Pilar Palomero rueda su nueva película|first=Laura|last=Arnedo|access-date=7 April 2024|archive-date=7 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407205009/https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/viajes/2023/11/05/pueblo-frontera-aragon-horta-sant-joan-pilar-palomero-rueda-pelicula-1688694.html|url-status=live}}
Release
Glimmers was presented in the official competition of the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 22 September 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/ester-exposito-iciar-bollain-paula-palomero-1236068653/|website=Variety|first1=John|last1=Hopewell|first2=Jamie|last2=Lang|title=San Sebastian Unveils Spanish Titles, Led by an Ester Expósito Chiller, New Pics From Albert Serra, Iciar Bollaín, Pilar Palomero|date=12 July 2024}}{{Cite web|title=Pilar Palomero y Paula Ortiz engrandecen el cine español en San Sebastián|first=Gregorio|last=Belinchón|date=23 September 2024|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-09-23/pilar-palomero-y-paula-ortiz-engrandecen-el-cine-espanol-en-san-sebastian.html|website=El País}} It will be released theatrically in Spain by Caramel Films on 4 October 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2023/10/05/los-destellos/|website=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|title=Los destellos|date=5 October 2023|access-date=7 April 2024|archive-date=10 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210184451/https://www.academiadecine.com/2023/10/05/los-destellos/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/alava/araba/destellos-actriz-vitoriana-patricia-lopez-estrena-zinemaldia-20240712122529-nt.html|website=El Correo|title='Los destellos', con la actriz vitoriana Patricia López, se estrena en el Zinemaldia|first=Ramón|last=Albertus|date=12 July 2024|publisher=Grupo Vocento}}
Reception
Luis Martínez of El Mundo gave Glimmers 4 stars, deeming it to be Palomero's best film and a "colossal film in each of its doubts".{{Cite web|website=El Mundo|title=Pilar Palomero completa con Los destellos un intenso, cálido y perfecto elogio de lo tenue (****)|date=22 September 2024|url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/cine/2024/09/22/66efb3c2fc6c83ab058b4588.html|first=Luis|last=Martínez}}
Júlia Olmo of Cineuropa described Glimmers as "a moving, devastating and beautiful film, that achieves great depth about the end of life and its continuity".{{Cite web|website=Cineuropa|first=Júlia|last=Olmo|title=Review: Glimmers|date=22 September 2024|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/467482}}
Nando Salvà of El Periódico de Catalunya rated Glimmers 4 out of 5 stars, considering it to be, "by far", Palomero's best film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20241003/critica-destellos-importancia-morir-viviendo-cine-estrenos-108873964|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|date=3 October 2024|first=Nando|last=Salvà|title=Crítica de 'Los destellos': la importancia de morir viviendo}}
Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla gave Glimmers 4 stars, claiming to have seen and heard a "truly moving film".{{Cite web|website=Diario de Sevilla|publisher=Grupo Joly|title=Mirar a la muerte|date=4 October 2024|first=Manuel J.|last=Lombardo|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/los-destellos-critica-cine-espanol-enfermedad-cuidados_0_2002496313.html}}
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