La Singla (film)
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- Paloma Zapata
- Nadja Smith
- Paola Sáinz de Baranda
- Helena Kaittani
- Antonia Singla
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| Directed by | Paloma Zapata |
| Screenplay by | Paloma Zapata |
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| Edited by | Paloma Zapata |
| Music by | Juliane Heinemann |
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| Distributed by | Atera Films |
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| Language | Spanish |
La Singla is a 2023 Spanish-German documentary film written and directed by Paloma Zapata about Flamenco dancer Antonia Singla.
Cast
- Antonia Singla "La Singla"[3]
- Helena Kaittani[3]
- Adelfa Calvo[3]
- María Alfonsa Rosso[3]
- Isabel Steva Hernández "Colita"[3]
- Juan Miguel Rother "Miguel Vargas"[3]
- María Ángeles Narváez Anguita "La Niña del Silencio"[3]
- Natalia Marín López[3]
Production
The film is a Spanish-German co-production by La Fábrica Naranja, Malandar Films and Inselfilm Produktion and it had the participation of Arte/ZDF, Canal Sur, TVC and Movistar Plus+, and backing from ICEC, ICAA, and Creative Europe's MEDIA.[2][4]
Release
The film premiered at the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in March 2023.[4] It also screened at the Teatro Cervantes during the 26th Málaga Film Festival on 15 March 2023.[5] Distributed by Atera Films,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 10 November 2023.
Reception
Carlos Pérez de Ziriza of Mondosonoro rated the film 8 out of 10 points deeming it to be "an ode to the torrential power of music and also a vindication of collective memory".[6]
Philipp Engel of La Vanguardia rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a unique story, told as an investigative thriller starring Helena Kaittani from Córdoba".[7]