They Will Be Dust

After a woman with an incurable disease (Claudia) decides to end her life, her significant other Flavio sets in motion a plan to die together in Switzerland, while their daughter Violeta ends up as an unmeant middle woman.

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• Ángela Molina as Claudia{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/452277/|website=Cineuropa|date=6 November 2023|title=Carlos Marqués-Marcet rueda la tragicomedia musical Polvo serán|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera}}
• Alfredo Castro as Flavio
• Mònica Almirall as Violeta
• {{ill|Patrícia Bargalló Moreira|es|lt=Patrícia Bargalló}} as Lea
• Alván Prado as Manuel
• Manuela Biedermann as Inger

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The film is a Spanish-Swiss-Italian co-production by Lastor Media, Alina Film, and Kino Produzioni, with backing and funding from ICAA, {{ill|Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals|ca|lt=ICEC}}, Creative Europe's MEDIA, RTVE, Movistar Plus+, {{ill|Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo|it|lt=DGCA}}, IDM Film Fund & Commission Südtirol Alto Adige and Eurimages. Gabriel Sandru took over cinematography duties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameraandlightmag.com/noticias/se-rueda-polvo-seran-la-nueva-pelicula-de-carlos-marques-marcet/|website=Camera and Light Mag|title=Se rueda ‘Polvo serán’, la nueva película de Carlos Marques-Marcet|date=3 November 2023}} The score was composed by Maria Arnal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2023/11/03/polvo-seran/|website=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|date=3 November 2023|title=Polvo serán}} Shooting locations included Barcelona.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20240723/9824266/carlos-marques-marcet-estrenara-seu-film-polvo-seran-festival-toronto-agenciaslv20240723.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=23 July 2024|title=Carlos Marqués-Marcet estrenarà el seu film 'Polvo Serán' al Festival de Toronto}}

The Will Be Dust had its world premiere in competition for the Platform Prize at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/markets-festivals/toronto-film-festival-platform-lineup-rodrigo-prieto-nacho-vigalondo-1236081276/|website=Variety|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=23 July 2024|title=Toronto Film Festival Unveils Platform Lineup Featuring Rodrigo Prieto’s ‘Pedro Páramo,’ Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Daniela Forever’ and More}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tiff-2024-platform-lineup-henry-golding-rodrigo-prieto-1235955385/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Nacho Vigalondo’s Sci-Fi Romance ‘Daniela Forever’ to Open Toronto Film Fest Platform Competition|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=23 July 2024}} It was also selected as the opening film of the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival.{{Cite web|website=rtve.es|url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20240821/polvo-seran-dirigida-carlos-marques-marcet-participada-rtve-inaugurara-69a-seminci/16223421.shtml|title= 'Polvo serán', dirigida por Carlos Marqués-Marcet y participada por RTVE, inaugurará la 69ª Seminci|date=21 August 2024}} Co-distributed by Wanda Vision and Elastica Films, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 15 November 2024.

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|100|7.4|11|ref=yes|access-date=29 November 2024}}

Stephen Saito of Variety wrote that the film "proves moving in more ways than one", "achieving a level of intimacy unusual even for its reliably sensitive director".{{Cite web|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/they-will-be-dust-review-1236136091/|title=‘They Will Be Dust’ Review: Carlos Marqués-Marcet Orchestrates a Delicate Dance with Death in Lively Musical|date=7 September 2024|first=Stephen|last=Saito}}

Olivia Popp of Cineuropa wrote that the film "goes for broke in all its sincerity and quirkiness — and succeeds".{{Cite web|website=Cineuropa|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/467244|first=Olivia|last=Popp|title=Review: They Will Be Dust|date=16 September 2024}}

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily deemed the film to be an "admirably unsentimental and involving end-of-life drama that comes, unusually, peppered with dance sequences".{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/they-will-be-dust-toronto-review/5197276.article|website=ScreenDaily|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=18 September 2024|title=‘They Will Be Dust’: Toronto Review}}

Javier Ocaña of El País declared They Will Be Dust "a bold, almost senseless, volcanic, pretentious, vociferous, passionate (though not enthralling)" work, with some dance sequences veering towards Eliseo Subiela's levels of cheesiness.{{Cite web|website=El País|title=‘Polvo serán’: intenso y pretencioso musical sobre el amor y la muerte digna|author-link=Javier Ocaña|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|date=15 November 2024|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-11-15/polvo-seran-intenso-y-pretencioso-musical-sobre-el-amor-y-la-muerte-digna.html}}

Philipp Engel of Cinemanía rated The Will Be Dust 4 out of 5 stars, writing about an "intelligent" film, "without the slightest hint of sentimentality".{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=14 November 2024|first=Philipp|last=Engel|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-polvo-seran-una-pelicula-valiente-audaz-que-se-disfruta-tanto-como-se-sufre-5653252/|title=Crítica de 'Polvo serán': una película valiente y audaz que se disfruta tanto como se sufre}}

{{Awards table|5}}

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| rowspan = "3" | {{center|2024}} || 2024 Toronto International Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Platform Prize || {{won}} || {{Cite web|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/the-life-of-chuck-wins-tiff-peoples-choice-award-toronto-film-festival-1236088207/|date=15 September 2024|title=‘The Life Of Chuck’ Wins TIFF People’s Choice Award – Toronto Film Festival|first=Pete|last=Hammond}}

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| 69th Valladolid International Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Silver Spike || {{won}} || {{Cite web|website=rtve.es|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20241026/premios-festival-cine-seminci-lista-ganadores/16304492.shtml|date=26 October 2024|title='Misericordia', del cineasta francés Alan Guiraudie, gana la Espiga de Oro de la Seminci 2024}}

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| 19th Rome Film Festival || Best Actress || Ángela Molina || {{won}} || {{Cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2024/10/26/vincitori-festa-cinema-roma-2024|website=sky.it|date=26 October 2024|title=Festa del Cinema di Roma 2024, vincono Elio Germano e Bound in Heaven di Huo Xin}}

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| rowspan = "19" | {{center|2025}}

| rowspan = "14" | 17th Gaudí Awards

| colspan = "2" | Best Non-Catalan Language Film || {{won}}

| rowspan = "14" | {{Cite web|website=3/24|title=EN DIRECTE {{!}} Premis Gaudí 2025: "El 47" i "Casa en flames" parteixen com a favorites|date=18 January 2025|via=3Cat|url=https://www.3cat.cat/324/en-directe-premis-gaudi-2025-el-47-i-casa-en-flames-parteixen-com-a-favorites/noticia/3331088/}}

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| Best Director || Carlos Marques-Marcet || {{nom}}

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| Best Original Screenplay || Carlos Marques-Marcet, Clara Roquet, Coral Cruz || {{nom}}

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| Best Actress || Ángela Molina || {{nom}}

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| Best Actor || Alfredo Castro || {{nom}}

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| Best Original Score || Maria Arnal || {{won}}

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| Best Cinematography || Gabriel Sandru || {{nom}}

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| Best Editing || Chiara Dainese || {{won}}

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| Best Production Supervision || Mayca Sanz, Andrés Mellinas || {{nom}}

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| Best Art Direction || Laia Ateca || {{won}}

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| Best Costume Design || Pau Aulí || {{nom}}

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| Best Makeup and Hairstyles || Natalia Albert, Marta Xipell || {{nom}}

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| Best Sound || Xavier Lavorel, Maya Baur, Kathleen Moser, Denis Séchaud || {{nom}}

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| Best Visual Effects || Diana Cuyàs || {{nom}}

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| rowspan = "4" | 12th Feroz Awards || Best Original Soundtrack || Maria Arnal || {{nom}} || rowspan = "4" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/palmares-completo-premios-feroz-2025-salve-maria-casa-llamas-querer-almodovar-5676029/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2025: 'Salve María' emerge entre 'Casa en llamas', 'Querer' y Almodóvar|date=26 January 2025|first=Enrique|last=Abenia}}

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| Best Trailer || Miguel Ángel Trudu || {{won}}

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| Best Film Poster || Emilio Lorente, Lluís Tudela || {{nom}}

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| colspan = "2" | 'Arrebato' Special Award (Fiction) || {{won}}

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| rowspan = "1" | 39th Goya Awards || Best Actor || Alfredo Castro || {{pending}} || rowspan = "1" | {{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2025-nominaciones-directo-gala-cine-espanol-5664953/|date=18 December 2024|first=Daniel de|last=Partearroyo|title=Premios Goya 2025: 'El 47' domina con 14 nominaciones, seguida de 'La infiltrada'}}

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