''Amador'' is a 2010 drama film directed and written by

Fernando León de Aranoa Fernando León de Aranoa (born 26 May 1968) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. León de Aranoa entered the film industry as a screenwriter. He made his feature film directorial debut with '' Familia'', which won him the Goya Award for ...

starring

Magaly Solier Magaly Solier Romero (born 11 June 1986) is a Peruvian actress and singer. Magaly Solier Romero was born on 11 June 1986 in to a Quechua family, the province of Huanta, in the region of Ayacucho in Peru. She speaks the indigenous language o ...

and

Celso Bugallo Celso Bugallo Aguiar (born 12 March 1947) is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * 1947 births Living people Spanish male film actors 20th-century Sp ...

Plot

Marcela, an immigrant woman with grave economic problems, finds a job as the caretaker of Amador, an old man who can not move from his bed. Day by day, Marcela earns money that she desperately needs while Amador enjoys company that his own family has denied him. Through this, they develop a special connection with each other. However, this connection is prematurely cut when Amador dies. Marcela, desperate to keep her job, finds herself in a difficult moral dilemma. Fernando Leon de Aranoa and Magaly Solier

Fernando Leon de Aranoa and Magaly Solier

Cast

Production

''Amador'' is a Reposado and

Mediapro Mediaproducción, S.L.U., better known as Mediapro, is a multimedia communications group in Spain founded in April 1994 in Barcelona. The company is well involved in movie and television production. The company holds branch offices in Madrid, Se ...

production. Shooting locations included

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

and

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

Release

Distributed by Alta Films, it was theatrically released in Spain on 8 October 2010.

Reception

Mirito Torreiro of ''

Fotogramas ''Fotogramas'' is Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain. History Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó a ...

'' rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, drawing out Solier's performance as the best thing about the film. Reviewing for ''

Cinemanía ''Cinemanía'' is a Spanish language monthly film magazine based in Madrid, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)( ...

'', Carlos Marañón scored 3½ out of 5 stars, considering that ''Amador'' "is not going to be his most complete film, nor the most groundbreaking, nor even the most remembered, but this is surely Fernando León's most optimistic film". Javier Ocaña of ''

El País ''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...

'' considered that Fernando León repeats much of the shortcomings of ''

Princesses Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

'' in ''Amador'', even losing the comedy touch present in ''

Barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...

'' and ''

Mondays in the Sun ''Mondays in the Sun'' ( es, Los lunes al sol, links=no) is a 2002 drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, starring Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar and José Ángel Egido. The film depicts the degrading effects of unemployment on a group of me ...

''.

Accolades

, - , rowspan = "3" align = "center" , 2011 , , rowspan = "2" , 66th CEC Medals , , Best Actress , , Magaly Solier , , , , rowspan = "2" , , - , Best Supporting Actor , , Celso Bugallo , , , - ,

20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards The 20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 31 October 2011 at the Teatro Circo Price in Madrid. The gala was hosted by . In addition to the competitive awards the Argentine association 'Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo The ...

, , Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role , , Fanny de Castro , , , ,

References

External links

* {{Fernando León de Aranoa 2010 films 2010 drama films 2010s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando León de Aranoa Films about immigration to Spain Films about old age Spanish drama films Films shot in Madrid Films shot in Barcelona 2010s Spanish films