Hwith only 24 hours to avoid losing the house and finding herself on the street, Azucena, played by an intense Penélope Cruz in the film All in one dayset – precisely – within the time frame of those 24 hours. Airing this evening on prime TV at 9.30pm on Rai 3, it is a denunciation film, filmed in Madrid in the midst of an economic and social crisisand tells the story of three characters dealing with the same drama: executive eviction.
All in one daythe plot of the film premiering on Rai 3 with Penélope Cruz
Azucena (Penélope Cruz) is a courageous young mother who lives in Madrid with her husband, son and many problems. Married to the worker Manuel (Juan Diego Botto), fight every day to make it to the end of the month with Manuel’s paltry salary. Covering all expenses becomes more and more of a problem. Then one bad day, the bank decides to take back their house to repay the debts incurred by the man and Azucena only has 24 hours to try to save the situation.
Also in Madrid, the elderly Teodora (Adelfa Calvo) lives with a penniless son and no desire to workdespite his mother trying in every way to find him a job. Unable to pay the rent, given the low pension, receives an eviction notice from his landlords: it’s a very hard blow.
Rafa (Luis Tosar) on the other hand is a lawyer whose mission is to concretely help those in difficulty with housing. For this daily commitment he does not receive money and dedicates all his timewith the result that his wife begins to think about filing for divorce. One day, while he is working on a family custody case – an Arab girl risks having her daughter taken away -, Rafa crosses paths with Azucena and Teodora and decides to do what he can to help them.
Penélope Cruz in a scene from “All in a Day”. (BIM Distribution)
A social drama on the problem of evictions
First film as director of the Spanish-Argentine actor Juan Diego Botto (who plays Cruz’s husband in the film), All in one day And a denunciation film that addresses the problem of housing and evictionsa true social plague, even in Spain.
The film is supported by a frenetic pace and a more than noble intention intersects three stories but fails to delve into the three characters protagonists with the same precision. It’s the fault of an excessively layered screenplay which sometimes gets lost in unnecessary digressions. Some moments, however, leave their marklike the scenes of the elderly Teodora and her son without art or role, who blames himself for having squandered the family fortune.
Set in the suburban neighborhoods of a dark Madrid crushed by lack of work, All in one day photographs a dramatic social reality: it is therefore a film of denunciation of social injustices and psychological violence suffered by the weakest groups of the population. Also producer, Penélope Cruz she is very good in the role of mother couragealmost a Spanish version of Anna Magnani. A heartfelt and passionate interpretation that brought her a well-deserved victory nomination for the Goya awards.
Penélope Cruz, intense mother courage
Actress capable of moving with ease from auteur cinema to blockbusters, Penélope Cruz she divides her time between sets all over the world and the house where she lives with her husband Javier Bardem and their two children: Leonardo, born in 2011, and Luna, in 2013.
In the future, two important projects: the first is adaptation Spanish cinema, by director Isabel Coixet, of Elena Ferrante’s novel The days of abandonmentAlready brought to the screen in 2005 by Roberto Faenza starring Margherita Buy. The story is that of a wife and mother of two children who is suddenly abandoned by her husband for a younger woman.
The second is The Bride directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal with Christian Bale and rising star Jessie Buckely. Inspired by the immortal Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the film is set in 1930s Chicago and sees the monster Frankenstein ask Doctor Euphronio to help create a mate for him. Together they bring a murdered woman back to lifehowever, arousing the interest of the police.
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