Carmen & Lola

Carmen & Lola
Film poster
Original title	Carmen y Lola
Directed by	Arantxa Echevarría
Screenplay by	Arantxa Echevarría
Produced by	Eduardo Santana
Starring	Zaira Romero Rosy Rodríguez Moreno Borja Rafaela León Carolina Yuste
Cinematography	Pilar Sánchez Díaz
Edited by	Renato Sanjuán
Music by	Nina Aranda
Production company	Tvtec Servicios audiovisuales
Distributed by	Super8
Release dates	15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) (Cannes) 7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Carmen & Lola (Spanish: Carmen y Lola) is a 2018 Spanish drama film directed by Arantxa Echevarría which stars Zaira Romero and Rosy Rodríguez alongside Moreno Borja, Rafaela León and Carolina Yuste. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

Carmen lives in a Romani community in the suburbs of Madrid. Like every other woman she has ever met, she is destined to live a life that is repeated generation after generation: getting married and raising as many children as possible. But one day she meets Lola, an uncommon Romani woman who dreams about going to university and draws bird graffiti. Carmen quickly develops an understanding with Lola who's shy, independent and likes girls. They discover a world that, inevitably, leads them to be rejected by their families.^[1]

Cast

• Zaira Romero as Lola^[2]
• Rosy Rodríguez as Carmen^[2]
• Moreno Borja as Paco^[2]
• Rafaela León as Flor^[2]
• Carolina Yuste as Paqui^[3]

Production

The film was produced by TVTEC Servicios Audiovisuales with the support of Orange España, the Madrid regional administration and ICAA.^[2]

Release

Selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight independent section of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the film premiered on 15 May 2018.^[4][5][6] Distributed by Super 8 Distribución,^[7] it opened in Spanish theatres on 7 September 2018.

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90%, based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10.^[8]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2018	23rd Toulouse Spanish Film Festival	Golden Violet		Won	[9]
2019	6th Feroz Awards	Best Drama Film		Nominated	[10][11]
		Best Director	Arancha Echevarría	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Arancha Echevarría	Nominated
		Best Trailer	Pedro Jiménez	Nominated
	33rd Goya Awards	Best Film		Nominated	[12]
		Best New Director	Arancha Echevarría	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Arancha Echevarría	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Carolina Yuste	Won
		Best New Actress	Rosy Rodríguez	Nominated
			Zaira Moreno	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Moreno Borja	Nominated
		Best Original Song	"Me vas a extrañar" by Paco de la Rosa	Nominated
	28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role	Carolina Yuste	Nominated	[13][14]
		Best New Actress	Zaira Romero	Nominated

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2018

References

1. "Carmen y Lola". Directors' Fortnight. French Guild of Directors. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
2. Kiang, Jessica (23 May 2018). "Film Review: 'Carmen and Lola'". Variety.
3. "Carolina Yuste logra el Goya como mejor actriz de reparto por "Carmen y Lola"". La Vanguardia. 2 February 2019.
4. Prats, Marina (7 September 2018). "Las dos miradas de la polémica 'Carmen y Lola', la cinta de amor entre dos gitanas". HuffPost.
5. Goodfellow, Melanie (17 April 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight unveils 2018 line-up". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
6. Keslassy, Elsa (17 April 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Boasts Colombia's 'Birds of Passage,' Nicolas Cage in 'Mandy'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
7. "'Carmen y Lola' – estreno en cines 7 de septiembre". Audiovisual451. 2 September 2018.
8. "Eva and Lola". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
9. "La película 'Carmen y Lola' logra el premio Violeta de Oro en Toulouse". Córdoba. Grupo Zeta. 14 October 2018.
10. "Premios Feroz 2019: Lista completa de nominados y gala en directo". Europa Press. 19 January 2019.
11. Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
12. "Carmen y Lola". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
13. "Los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices anuncian sus nominados". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 12 February 2019.
14. Silvestre, Juan (12 March 2019). "'Arde Madrid' arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". Fotogramas.

External links

• Carmen & Lola at IMDb