The Open Door (2016 film)

The Open Door
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	La puerta abierta
Directed by	Marina Seresesky
Written by	Marina Seresesky
Produced by	Álvaro Lavín
Starring	Carmen Machi Terele Pávez Asier Etxeandía
Cinematography	Roberto Fernández
Edited by	Raúl de Torres
Music by	Mariano Marín
Production companies	Meridional Producciones Chester Media Producciones Stop&Play Babilonia Films MilCiclos
Distributed by	Pirámide Films
Release dates	March 2016 (2016-03) (FICG) 2 September 2016 (2016-09-02) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Open Door (Spanish: La puerta abierta) is a 2016 Spanish tragicomedy film written and directed by Marina Seresesky which stars Carmen Machi, Terele Pávez 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 Madrid. They are torn about adopting the daughter of another prostitute who died because of an overdose.

Cast

• Carmen Machi as Rosa.[1]
• Terele Pávez as Antonia.[1]
• Asier Etxeandía as Lupita.[1]
• Lucía Balas as Lyuba.[1]
• Paco Tous as Paco.[2]
• Sonia Almarcha as Juana.[2]
• Yoima Valdés as Teresa.[2]
• Hugo Ndiaye as Eduardito.[2]
• Emilio Palacios as Yuri.[2]
• Mar Saura as Policía Isabel.[2]
• Christian Sánchez [es] as Policía Carlos.[2]
• Monika Kowalska as Masha.[2]

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 Telemadrid.[2] Shooting took place in Madrid, specifically in a corrala in the Calle de Santa Brígida [es] from December 2014 to February 2015.[2]

Release

Prior to its theatrical release, the film screened at the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG), the Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) and the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF),[3] among others. Distributed by Pirámide Films,[4] The Open Door was theatrically released in Spain on 2 September 2016.

Reception

Reviewing for The Hollywood Reporter, 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".[5]

Pere Vall of Fotogramas gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing about the talented and (carefully directed) cast.[1]

Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya 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".[6]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía 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.[7]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2017	22nd Forqué Awards	Best Actress	Carmen Machi	Nominated	[8]
	4th Feroz Awards	Best Comedy Film		Nominated	[9]
		Best Actress (film)	Carmen Machi	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress (film)	Terele Pávez	Nominated
	72nd CEC Medals	Best New Director	Marina Seresesky	Nominated	[10][11]
		Best Actress	Carmen Machi	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Terele Pávez	Nominated
	31st Goya Awards	Best Actress	Carmen Machi	Nominated	[12]
		Best Supporting Actress	Terele Pávez	Nominated
	67th Fotogramas de Plata	Best Film Actress	Carmen Machi	Nominated	[13]
	26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Leading Role	Carmen Machi	Won	[14][15]
		Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role	Terele Pávez	Nominated
		Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role	Asier Etxeandia	Nominated

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2016

References

1. Vall, Pere (30 August 2016). "La puerta abierta". Fotogramas.
2. "'La puerta abierta', el debut de Marina Seresesky financiado a pulso". Audivisual451. 31 August 2016.
3. Dobroiu, Ștefan (1 June 2016). "La puerta abierta: la fascinación de la maternidad". Cineuropa.
4. "'La puerta abierta' – estreno en cines 2 de septiembre". Audiovisual451. 29 August 2016.
5. Holland, Jonathan (25 March 2016). "'The Open Door' ('La Puerta Abierta'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
6. Casas, Quim (1 September 2016). "'La puerta abierta': Solidaridad de barrio". El Periódico de Catalunya.
7. Pinilla, Sergio F. (19 August 2016). "La puerta abierta". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
8. Caz, Ángela del (15 January 2017). "Lista de ganadores de los Premios Forqué 2017: Raúl Arévalo triunfa en su debut como director". Bekia.
9. "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017". HuffPost. 23 January 2017.
10. "'Tarde para la ira' encabeza las candidaturas a las 72ª Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". Audiovisual451. 11 January 2017.
11. "Películas ganadoras de la 72 edición de los premios del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (CEC)". SGAE. 31 January 2017.
12. "Todos los ganadores de la gala de los Premios Goya 2017". El Mundo. 5 February 2017.
13. "Carmen Maura y Emma Suárez relucen en unos Fotogramas de Plata muy femeninos". Heraldo de Aragón. 7 March 2017.
14. "'Tarde para la ira' arrasa en unos Premios Unión de Actores con marcado carácter femenino". 20minutos.es. 14 March 2017.
15. "Javier Pereira, entre los nominados a los Premios Unión de Actores". La Información. 13 February 2017.

External links

• La puerta abierta at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol