Carmen (2021 film)
2021 film by Valerie Buhagiar
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Carmen is a 2021 drama film written and directed by Valerie Buhagiar.[1] Inspired in part by the real experiences of Buhagiar's own aunt Rita, the film stars Natascha McElhone as Carmen, a Maltese spinster who has spent her adult life serving as a caretaker for her brother, who is a Roman Catholic priest, but who finds herself feeling free to explore her own desires and goals in life as she nears age 50.[1] The cast also includes Steven Love, Michaela Farrugia, Peter Galea, Mikhail Basmadjian, Henry Zammit Cordina, and Richard Clarkin.
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- Pierre Ellul
- Coral Aiken
- Anika Psaila Savona
- Natascha McElhone
- Steven Love
- Michela Farrugia
- Peter Galea
- Pauline Fenech
- André Agius
- Rachel Fabri
- Mikhail Basmadjian
- Paul Cilia
- Henry Zammit Cordina
- Paul Portelli
- Richard Clarkin
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| Directed by | Valerie Buhagiar |
| Written by | Valerie Buhagiar |
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| Cinematography | Diego Guijarro |
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| Distributed by | Vortex Media |
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Shot in Malta in 2019,[2] the film was screened for distributors in the Industry Selects program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, but was not made available to the general public.[3] It had its public premiere at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival,[4] where Diego Guijarro won the award for Best Cinematography in a Borsos Competition film.[5] In 2022, it was screened at the Canadian Film Festival in Toronto, where it won the award for Best Film.[6] The film was released by Vortex Media in Canada in select theatres on August 19, 2022, and on video on demand on September 23, 2022.[7][8][9] In Malta, it was released theatrically on September 21, 2022.[10] In the United States, it was released theatrically in major cities and on video on demand on September 23, 2022, by Good Deed Entertainment.[9][11]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 24 critics, with an average rating of 7/10.[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[13]
