SPECIAL EVENT “A feel-good film par excellence.” Screen International
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
OPENING NIGHT: ROSA’S WEDDING LA BODA DE ROSA From writer/director Icíar Bollaín (Yuli, SFF19), the joyous new romantic comedy Rosa’s Wedding features the superb Candela Peña (Truman SFF16, Kiki, Love to Love, SFF17) as a woman who decides to take charge of her life after always putting others first. About to turn 45, seamstress Rosa (Peña) works in the wardrobe department of a film production company in Valencia. Besides the pressure of her job, she’s also besieged by the demands of family members: her widowed dad, Antonio (Ramón Barea); her divorced brother Armando (a scene-stealing Sergi López); her possibly-alcoholic sister Violeta (Nathalie Poza); and her grown-up daughter Lidia (Paula Usero). Plus, there’s the constant favours for friends and neighbours…
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Tired of living for others, Rosa retreats to her childhood home in the scenic coastal town of Benicàssim and – much to the consternation of her family - announces her engagement to someone that those around her can’t quite accept or believe! Breezily mixing comedy and pathos, Rosa’s Wedding is a life-affirming call to self-empowerment and independence.
DIRECTOR Iciar Bollaín
CAST Candela Peña, Sergi López, Nathalie Poza, Ramón Barea, Paula Usero
2020 | 97 MIN SPAIN, FRANCE DRAMA, COMEDY Spanish, Valencian, Catalan with English subs
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
WINNER: Special Jury Award, Best Supporting Actress, Málaga Spanish Film Festival 2020 WINNER: Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Song, Goya Awards 2021 NOMINATED: Best Actress, Best New Actress, Best Supp. Actor, Best Director, Best Orig. Screenplay, Best Film, Goya Awards 2021
