Amador (film)

2010 Spanish film

Amador

Directed by| Fernando León de Aranoa
Written by| Fernando León de Aranoa
Starring|

* Magaly Solier
* Celso Bugallo
* Pietro Sibille
* Sonia Almarcha
* Fanny de Castro

Cinematography| Ramiro Civita
Edited by| Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music by| Lucio Godoy

Production
companies

* Reposado PC
* Mediapro

Distributed by| Alta Films

Release date

* 8 October 2010 (2010-10-08)

Running time

| 112 minutes
Country| Spain
Language| Spanish
Box office| 481.100 euros[1]

Amador is a 2010 drama film directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa starring Magaly Solier and Celso Bugallo.

## Plot

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Marcela, an immigrant woman with grave economic problems, finds a job as the caretaker of Amador, an old man who can not move from his bed. Day by day, Marcela earns money that she desperately needs while Amador enjoys company that his own family has denied him. Through this, they develop a special connection with each other. However, this connection is prematurely cut when Amador dies. Marcela, desperate to keep her job, finds herself in a difficult moral dilemma.[2]

Director Fernando León de Aranoa and actor Magaly Solier at the 2011 Miami International Film Festival screening of Amador

## Cast

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* Magaly Solier as Marcela[3]
* Celso Bugallo as Amador[3]
* Pietro Sibille as Nelson[4]
* Sonia Almarcha as Yolanda[4]
* Fanny de Castro as Puri[4]
* Antonio Durán[5]
* Eleazar Ortiz[5]
* Raquel Pérez[5]
* Manolo Solo[5]
* Mayra Terry[5]

## Production

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Amador is a Reposado and Mediapro production.[6][7] Shooting locations included Madrid and Barcelona.[8]

## Release

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Distributed by Alta Films,[7] it was theatrically released in Spain on 8 October 2010.[9]

## Reception

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Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, drawing out Solier's performance as the best thing about the film.[10]

Reviewing for Cinemanía, Carlos Marañón scored 3½ out of 5 stars, considering that Amador "is not going to be his most complete film, nor the most groundbreaking, nor even the most remembered, but this is surely Fernando León's most optimistic film".[11]

Javier Ocaña of El País considered that Fernando León repeats much of the shortcomings of Princesses in Amador, even losing the comedy touch present in Barrio and Mondays in the Sun.[12]

## Accolades

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Year  | Award  | Category | Nominee(s)  | Result | Ref.

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2011 | 66th CEC Medals | Best Actress | Magaly Solier | Nominated | [13]
Best Supporting Actor | Celso Bugallo | Nominated
20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Fanny de Castro | Nominated | [14][15]

## References

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1. ^ "Fin de semana del 15 - 17 Octubre". Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
2. ^ "Amador (2010)".
3. ^ a b "Amador es aclamada en la Berlinale". Deutsche Welle. 16 February 2011.
4. ^ a b c José Martín, Jerónimo. "Amador". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
5. ^ a b c d e "Amador". Barcelona Film Commission | Catalunya Film Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
6. ^ Hopewell, John (20 July 2009). "Solier to co-star in Leon's 'Amador'". Variety.
7. ^ a b ""Amador", la despiadada ternura de Fernando León y Magaly Solier ya tiene tráiler". Filmin. 30 August 2010.
8. ^ Ros, Ana (September 2009). "Las claquetas son para el verano" (PDF). Academia. Revista del Cine Español. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 11. ISSN 1136-8144.
9. ^ "Amador". El Mundo. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
10. ^ Torreiro, Mirito (13 September 2010). "Amador". Fotogramas.
11. ^ Marañón, Carlos (8 October 2010). "Amador". Cinemanía - via 20minutos.es.
12. ^ Ocaña, Javier (8 October 2010). "Parientes serpientes". El País.
13. ^ "Tambien la lluvia obtiene ocho candidaturas en las Medallas CEC 2010". Cine y Tele. 17 January 2011.
14. ^ "La Unión de Actores entregará sus premios el 31 de octubre". ABC. 6 October 2011.
15. ^ "Bardem y Sonsoles Benedicto, premiados por la Unión de Autores". Faro de Vigo. 1 November 2011.

## External links

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* Amador at IMDb

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Films directed by Fernando León de Aranoa

Feature films|

* Familia (1996)
* Barrio (1998)
* Mondays in the Sun (2002)
* Princesses (2005)
* Amador (2010)
* A Perfect Day (2015)
* Escobar (2017)
* The Good Boss (2021)

Documentary|

* Caminantes (2001)
* Politics, an Instruction Manual (2016)

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