Blog (film)

Blog
Film poster
Directed by	Elena Trapé
Story by	Elena Trapé Tomàs Aragay Lluís Segura
Starring	Candela Antón Anna Castillo Lola Errando Sara Gómez Lidia Torrent Irene Trullén Alada Vila
Cinematography	Bet Rourich
Edited by	Liana Artigal
Production company	Escándalo Films
Distributed by	Emon Films
Release dates	18 September 2010 (2010-09-18) (Zinemaldia) 21 January 2011 (2011-01-21) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Blog is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Elena Trapé [es]. It stars Candela Antón, Anna Castillo, Lola Errando, Sara Gómez, Lidia Torrent, Irene Trullén, and Alada Vila.

Plot

A group of upper-middle class 15-year-old girls devise a secret plan to get all pregnant.^[1][2]

Cast

• Candela Antón [es] as Marta^[3]
• Irene Trullén as Paula^[2]
• Anna Castillo as Bea^[2]
• Sara Gómez as Sandra^[2]
• Lola Errando as María^[2]
• Lidia Torrent as Laura^[2]
• Alada Vila [ca] as Aurea^[2]

Production

According to Trapé, the film was developed upon the premises of Escándalo Films wanting to shot a film about teens with a domestic camera and Trapé's wish to adapt the Gloucester high school multiple pregnancy case.^[4] It was produced by Escándalo Films,^[5] a film studio associated to the ESCAC.^[6]

Release

The film made it to the 'Zabaltegi' slate of the 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival,^[7] landing its presentation on the 2nd day of the festival.^[8] It was released theatrically in Spain on 21 January 2011.^[5]

Reception

Desirée de Fez of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "the strong point of 'Blog' is its naturalness".^[9]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed Blog to be an "stimulating" debut film, being both an "exercise in style", "a paradigm of social cinema far removed from dogmatism, and a desolate display of the affective canons of Spanish upper-middle class adolescence".^[10]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2012	67th CEC Medals	Best New Director	Elena Trapé	Nominated	[11]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2011

References

1. "La debutante Elena Trapé estrena la película 'Blog' el 21 de enero". EiTB. 12 January 2011.
2. González de Dios & Valdés Rodríguez 2018, p. 27.
3. González de Dios, Javier; Valdés Rodríguez, José (2018). "La adolescencia como género cinematográfico: de la reivindicación a la oportunidad" [Adolescence as a cinematographic genre: from vindication to opportunity] (PDF). Revista de Pediatría de Atención Primaria. 20 (77). Madrid: 27. ISSN 1139-7632.
4. "El blog de 'Blog'". Fotogramas. 18 January 2011.
5. "2011. Películas españolas estrenadas" (PDF). Academia. Revista del Cine Español (175). Madrid: Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 45. February 2011. ISSN 1136-8144.
6. Pereda, Olga (19 September 2010). "Sant Sebastià aplaudeix l'innocent retrat de l'adolescència de 'Blog'". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
7. "'Blog', de Elena Trapé, competirá en la sección Zabaltegi del Festival de San Sebastián". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 8 August 2010.
8. León Meliá, José Manuel (19 September 2010). "San Sebastián, entre Álex de la Iglesia, Santiago Segura y Don Siegel". La Rioja. Grupo Vocento.
9. Fez, Desirée de (28 December 2010). "Blog". Fotogramas.
10. Ocaña, Javier (21 January 2011). "Pacto de sangre 2.0". El País.
11. "Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2011". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.