''The Open Door'' ( es, La puerta abierta, links=no) is a 2016 Spanish tragicomedy film written and directed by Marina Seresesky which stars

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and Asier Etxeandia.

Plot

Rosa (a prostitute), lives with her mother (a former prostitute which whom she does not get along) in a flat in

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. They are torn about adopting the daughter of another prostitute who died because of an overdose.

Cast

Production

Written and directed by Marina Seresesky, ''The Open Door'' is her feature film's directorial debut. The film was produced by Meridional Producciones and Chester Media Producciones alongside Stop&Play, Babilonia Films and MilCiclos, with the participation of

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. Shooting took place in

, specifically in a '' corrala'' in the from December 2014 to February 2015.

Release

Prior to its theatrical release, the film screened at the

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(FICG), the

Sofia International Film Festival Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) (Bulgarian: ''Международен София Филм Фест, София Филм Фест''), also known as Sofia Film Fest, is an annual film festival in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, taking pla ...

(SIFF) and the

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(TIFF), among others. Distributed by Pirámide Films, ''The Open Door'' was theatrically released in Spain on 2 September 2016.

Reception

Reviewing for ''

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'', Jonathan Holland deemed the film to be "an admirably abrasive by-women-for-women drama that works just fine until it starts to pull its punches later on". Pere Vall of ''

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'' gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing about the talented and (carefully directed) cast. Quim Casas of ''

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'' gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, considering that, good intentions notwithstanding, it belongs to a type of cinema that is already outdated, "solidarity between people on the edge (hookers, transvestites, drug addicts) and very little else". Sergio F. Pinilla of ''

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'' gave it 3 out of 5 stars, noting an evolution from previous shorts films by Seresesky, who is right on betting on a less neutral than voyeuristic point of view.

Awards and nominations

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31st Goya Awards The 31st Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on 4 February 2017 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016. Actor and comedian Dani Rovira was the master of ceremonies for the third time in a row. Nomina ...

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26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards The 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 13 March 2017 at the Circo Price in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolita ...

, , Best Film Actress in a Leading Role , , Carmen Machi , , , , rowspan = "3" , , - , Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role , , Terele Pávez , , , - , Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role , , Asier Etxeandia , ,

References

External links

''La puerta abierta''
at ICAA's ''Catálogo de Cinespañol'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Open Door, The 2016 films Spanish comedy-drama films Tragicomedy films Films about prostitution Films shot in Madrid 2010s Spanish-language films Films set in Madrid 2010s Spanish films