Blog (film)

2010 Spanish film

Blog

Film poster

Directed by| Elena Trapé
Story by|

* Elena Trapé
* Tomàs Aragay
* Lluís Segura

Starring|

* Candela Antón
* Anna Castillo
* Lola Errando
* Sara Gómez
* Lidia Torrent
* Irene Trullén
* Alada Vila

Cinematography| Bet Rourich
Edited by| Liana Artigal

Production
company

Escándalo Films

Distributed by| Emon Films

Release dates

* 18 September 2010 (2010-09-18) (Zinemaldia)
* 21 January 2011 (2011-01-21) (Spain)

Country| Spain
Language| Spanish

Blog is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Elena Trapé [es]. It stars Candela Antón, Anna Castillo, Lola Errando, Sara Gómez, Lidia Torrent, Irene Trullén, and Alada Vila.

## Plot

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A group of upper-middle class 15-year-old girls devise a secret plan to get all pregnant.[1][2]

## Cast

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* Candela Antón [es] as Marta[3]
* Irene Trullén as Paula[2]
* Anna Castillo as Bea[2]
* Sara Gómez as Sandra[2]
* Lola Errando as María[2]
* Lidia Torrent as Laura[2]
* Alada Vila [ca] as Aurea[2]

## Production

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According to Trapé, the film was developed upon the premises of Escándalo Films wanting to shot a film about teens with a domestic camera and Trapé's wish to adapt the Gloucester high school multiple pregnancy case.[4] It was produced by Escándalo Films,[5] a film studio associated to the ESCAC.[6]

## Release

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The film made it to the 'Zabaltegi' slate of the 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival,[7] landing its presentation on the 2nd day of the festival.[8] It was released theatrically in Spain on 21 January 2011.[5]

## Reception

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Desirée de Fez of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "the strong point of 'Blog' is its naturalness".[9]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed Blog to be an "stimulating" debut film, being both an "exercise in style", "a paradigm of social cinema far removed from dogmatism, and a desolate display of the affective canons of Spanish upper-middle class adolescence".[10]

## Accolades

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

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2012 | 67th CEC Medals | Best New Director | Elena Trapé | Nominated | [11]

## See also

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* List of Spanish films of 2011

## References

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1. ^ "La debutante Elena Trapé estrena la película 'Blog' el 21 de enero". EiTB. 12 January 2011.
2. ^ a b c d e f g González de Dios & Valdés Rodríguez 2018, p. 27.
3. ^ González de Dios, Javier; Valdés Rodríguez, José (2018). "La adolescencia como género cinematográfico: de la reivindicación a la oportunidad" [Adolescence as a cinematographic genre: from vindication to opportunity] (PDF). Revista de Pediatría de Atención Primaria. 20 (77). Madrid: 27. ISSN 1139-7632.
4. ^ "El blog de 'Blog'". Fotogramas. 18 January 2011.
5. ^ a b "2011. Películas españolas estrenadas" (PDF). Academia. Revista del Cine Español (175). Madrid: Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 45. February 2011. ISSN 1136-8144.
6. ^ Pereda, Olga (19 September 2010). "Sant Sebastià aplaudeix l'innocent retrat de l'adolescència de 'Blog'". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
7. ^ "'Blog', de Elena Trapé, competirá en la sección Zabaltegi del Festival de San Sebastián". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 8 August 2010.
8. ^ León Meliá, José Manuel (19 September 2010). "San Sebastián, entre Álex de la Iglesia, Santiago Segura y Don Siegel". La Rioja. Grupo Vocento.
9. ^ Fez, Desirée de (28 December 2010). "Blog". Fotogramas.
10. ^ Ocaña, Javier (21 January 2011). "Pacto de sangre 2.0". El País.
11. ^ "Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2011". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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