Teresa (2023 film)

The plot follows the dialectic duel between mystic nun Teresa of Ávila and an inquisitor, delving into the former's life memories and beliefs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/paula-ortiz-la-novia-rodara-teresa-santa-teresa-de-jesus-152377/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=28 May 2020|title=Paula Ortiz ('La novia') rodará 'Teresa' una película sobre Santa Teresa de Jesús|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo}}

{{Cast listing|

• Blanca Portillo as Teresa (old)
• Greta Fernández as Teresa (young)
• Ainet Jounou as Teresa (child){{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/Santa-Teresa-Jesus-modernidad-apabullante_0_1712829492.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|publisher=Grupo Joly|first=Magdalena|last=Tsanis|date=20 August 2022|title="Santa Teresa de Jesús tiene hoy una modernidad apabullante"}}
• Asier Etxeandia as Inquisitor
• Consuelo Trujillo as {{ill|Guiomar de Ulloa|es|lt=Guiomar}}{{Cite web|url=https://barcelona.cines-verdi.com/storage/app/media/PDF/81250.pdf|website=Cines Verdi|access-date=27 November 2023|title=Teresa}}
• Cayetano Fernández{{Cite web|url=https://www.seminci.com/peliculas/teresa/|access-date=9 September 2023|title=Teresa|website=Seminci}}
• Luis Bermejo
• Claudia Traisac as Juana Juárez{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.es/articulos/teresa-pelicula-paula-ortiz|website=Glamour|date=23 November 2023|title='Teresa', la poética película de Paula Ortiz que toca el cielo|first=Gema|last=Hospido}}
• Urko Olazábal as {{ill|Alonso Sánchez de Cepeda|es|lt=Teresa's father}}
• Julia de Castro

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The screenplay is an adaptation of Juan Mayorga's play La lengua en pedazos, which was in turn developed by Mayorga upon bits of Teresa of Ávila's El libro de la vida, written by the mystic toward 1588.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/santa-teresa-vuela-mano-paula-ortiz-20220822003959-nt.html|website=ABC|date=23 August 2022|first=Fernando|last=Muñoz|title=Santa Teresa ya vuela de mano de Paula Ortiz}} The film was produced by Bluebird Films, Inicia Films, and La Lengua en Pedazos AIE alongside Nu Boyana Portugal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.seminci.com/en/2023/news/manuel-martin-cuenca-antonio-mendez-esparza-lois-patino-victor-iriarte-and-laura-ferres-will-compete-for-the-golden-spike/|website=Seminci|date=24 August 2023|title=Official Section will premiere out of competition the new featufe films by Paula Ortiz, Patricia Ortega, Patricia Font and Lone Scherfig}} and it had the participation of RTVE, Orange and Aragón TV and funding from ICAA and ICEC. Shooting locations included Jaca.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/concluye-el-rodaje-de-teresa-tercer-largometraje-de-paula-ortiz/|website=Audiovisual451|title=Concluye el rodaje de 'Teresa', tercer largometraje de Paula Ortiz|date=6 September 2022}}

The film screened out of competition at the 68th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 23 October 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/seminci-2023-peliculas-espanolas-destacas-festival-5166418/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Seminci 2023: las películas españolas más destacadas que se verán en el festival|date=23 August 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://efe.com/castilla-y-leon/2023-10-23/paula-ortiz-exprime-ultimo-filme-dudas-teresa-jesus/|website=EFE|date=23 October 2023|title=Paula Ortiz exprime en su último filme las dudas de Santa Teresa de Jesús}} It also made it to the official selection competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) for its international premiere.{{Cite web|url=https://poff.ee/en/news/official-selection-full-lineup/|website=PÖFF|title=Official Selection Competition out now|date=13 October 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/tallinn-completes-main-competition-with-16-further-titles/5186886.article|website=ScreenDaily|first=Ben|last=Dalton|date=13 October 2023|title=Tallinn Black Nights completes main competition with 16 further titles including 11 world premieres}} Distributed by BTeam Pictures,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameraandlightmag.com/noticias/teresa-la-nueva-pelicula-de-paula-ortiz-se-rodara-este-verano/|website=Camera and Light Mag|title='Teresa', la nueva película de Paula Ortiz, se rodará este verano|date=4 July 2022}} the film was released theatrically in Spain on 24 November 2023.{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|date=14 June 2023|title=Las 111 películas españolas que más esperamos en 2023|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/g41749215/peliculas-espanolas-2023/|access-date=1 July 2023}}

The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2023:

• 6th — El Confidencial (consensus){{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2023-12-21/mejores-peliculas-espanolas-2023_3793386/|website=El Confidencial|first=Marta|last=Medina|title=Las 10 mejores películas españolas de 2023: niños robados, sexualidad femenina y monjas, muchas monjas|date=21 December 2023}}

{{Awards table|5}}

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| {{center|2023}} || 29th Forqué Awards || Best Actress in a Film || Blanca Portillo || {{nom}} || {{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/palmares-completo-premios-forque-2023-20000-especies-abejas-mesias-5199618/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2023: '20.000 especies de abejas' y 'La Mesías' lideran la apertura de la temporada|date=17 December 2023|first=Enrique|last=Abenia}}

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| rowspan = "4" | {{center|2024}}

| 11th Feroz Awards || colspan = "2" | 'Arrebato' Special Award (Fiction) || {{nom}} || {{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a46557760/premios-feroz-2024-palmares-completo/|title=Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2024: 'La mesías' sigue arrasando y los Goya ganan emoción con unos premios muy divididos en cine|date=27 January 2024|first=Rafael|last=Sánchez Casademont}}

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| rowspan = "2" | 79th CEC Medals || Best Adapted Screenplay || Paula Ortiz, Javier García Arredondo || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://decine21.com/noticias/126773-nominados-medallas-premios-cec-2023|website=Decine21|title=Candidaturas de los Premios del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, Medallas CEC|date=28 December 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2024/02/06/17031-todos-los-ganadores-de-las-medallas-del-cec-circulo-de-escritores-cinematograficos-de-espana|website=Escribiendo Cine|date=6 February 2024|title=Todos los ganadores de las Medallas del CEC (Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos de España)}}

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| Best Actress || Blanca Portillo || {{nom}}

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| 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Film Actress in a Minor Role || Greta Fernández || {{nom}} || {{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2024/02/05/17023-todos-los-nominados-de-la-32-edicion-de-los-premios-union-de-actores-y-actrices-de-espana|website=Escribiendo Cine|title=Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España|date=4 February 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-malena-alterio-maribel-verdu-lola-duenas-quim-gutierrez-protagonistas-32-premios-ua-20240312042138.html|website=Europa Press|title=Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Lola Dueñas y Quim Gutiérrez, entre los protagonistas de los 32 Premios UA|date=12 March 2024}}}}

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• List of Spanish films of 2023

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Category:Films shot in the province of Huesca

Category:Spanish historical drama films

Category:2020s Spanish-language films

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Category:Films set in the 16th century

Category:Films about Catholic nuns

Category:Cultural depictions of Teresa of Ávila

Category:2023 drama films