''When Brooklyn Met Seville'' ( es, Sevillanas de Brooklyn, links=no) is a 2021 Spanish comedy film directed by Vicente Villanueva, which stars

Carolina Yuste Carolina Ortega Yuste (born 30 July 1991) is a Spanish actress. Her film credits include performances in ''Carmen & Lola'', '' Quién te cantará'' and '' Sky High''. She has also featured in television series ''La sonata del silencio'' and ''Bri ...

and Sergio Momo, also featuring Estefanía de los Santos and

Manolo Solo Manuel Fernández Serrano (born 1964), better known as Manolo Solo, is a Spanish actor. Biography Born in Algeciras in 1964, Manuel Fernández Serrano (his real name) was raised in neighbouring Los Barrios until age 6, later moving to Sevill ...

. It blends elements of

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

and family comedy.

Plot

Facing eviction from her home in a rough

Sevillian Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

neighborhood, Carmen decides to scam an agency into renting a room to Ariel Brooklyn (an Afro-American foreign student from a well-off family) in exchange of €700. Meanwhile, Carmen's daughter, Ana, is desperate to leave the neighborhood.

Cast

Production

Directed by , the film was written by Juan Apolo and Nacho La Casa. Featuring a budget of around 2.6 million €, the film was produced by Capitán Araña and Pecado Films alongside 700 pavos AIE, with the participation of

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and Movistar+, support from the Junta de Andalucía and funding from ICAA,

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and Crea SGR. Shooting began in

Alcalá de Guadaíra Alcalá de Guadaíra () is a town located approximately 17 km southeast of Seville, Spain; in recent years the expansion of Seville has meant that Alcalá has become a suburb of that city. Alcalá used to be known as ''Alcalá de los Panadero ...

by July 2020. Composed by Riki Rivera, the score feature songs performed by , and

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Release

The film was presented on 9 June 2021 at the 24th

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(FCME), as part of the festival's official selection, but out of competition. Distributed by

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, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 17 September 2021.

Reception

Anton Merikaetxebarria of ''

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'' gave the film 1 out of 3 stars, describing it as "typical '' costumbrista'' plot, full of clichés about the Andalusian people, in which bits of social criticism are inserted", otherwise highlighting Yuste's performance as the best thing about the film. Declaring himself unable to withstand ten minutes of the film's tone and manners, Manuel J. Lombardo of ''

Diario de Sevilla ''Diario de Sevilla'' is a Spanish newspaper founded in 1999 in Seville. It is part of the communications group Grupo Joly. Its circulation as of 2013 was 23,172. The current ''Diario'' is not to be confused with a previous periodical of the sam ...

'' considered that the film exploits "the most stale clichés about class differences" in a sort of a "decaffeinated '' sainete''". Sergio F. Pinilla of '' Cinemanía'' gave the film 4½ out of 5 stars, considering it a "delicious" film "blending the idiosyncratic, miscegenation and class struggle" in which Villanueva finds "the right balance between hilarity, movement and emotion". Pablo Vázquez of '' Fotogramas'' gave it 3 out of 5 stars, finding Yuste's performance to be the best of the film whereas negatively assessing "some somewhat questionable plot licenses" as the worst thing of the film. Beatriz Martínez of '' El Periódico de Catalunya'' gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering it a "cocktail full of wit in which the overwhelming resence ofEstefanía de los Santos, who plays the matriarch of the clan, becomes the real queen of the show".

Awards and nominations

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1st Carmen Awards The 1st Carmen Awards, presented by the Andalusian Film Academy, were held on 30 January 2022 at the in Málaga. The gala, broadcast on Canal Sur, was hosted by Adelfa Calvo and Pedro Casablanc. History The Andalusian Film Academy disclosed the ...

, , Best Fiction Feature Film , , Pecado Films , , , , rowspan = "11" , , - , Best Actress , , Estefanía de los Santos , , , - , Best Original Score , , Riki Rivera , , , - , Best Special Effects , , Amparo Martínez , , , - , Best Makeup and Hairstyles , , Anabel Beato & Carmela Martín , , , - , Best Art Direction , , Lala Obrero , , , - , Best Sound , , Antonio Rodríguez, Jorge Marín , , , - , Best New Actress , , Andrea Haro , , , - , Best Editing , , Ana Álvarez-Ossorio , , , - , Best Costume Design , , Lourdes Fuentes , , , - , Best Supporting Actor , , Manolo Solo , ,

References

External links

''When Brooklyn Met Seville''
at ICAA's ''Catálogo de Cinespañol'' {{authority control 2020s Spanish-language films Films set in Seville Films shot in Andalusia 2021 films Spanish comedy films Films shot in the province of Seville 2021 comedy films 2020s Spanish films Pecado Films films Spanish-language comedy films Films about social class