Uncertain Glory (2017 film)

2017 Spanish film

Uncertain Glory

Catalan film poster

Catalan| Incerta glòria
Directed by| Agustí Villaronga
Screenplay by|

* Agustí Villaronga
* Coral Cruz

Based on| Uncertain Glory
by Joan Sales
Produced by| Isona Passola
Starring|

* Marcel Borràs
* Núria Prims
* Oriol Pla
* Bruna Cusí
* Luisa Gavasa
* Terele Pávez
* Fernando Esteso
* Juan Diego

Production
companies

* Massa d'Or Produccions
* Televisió de Catalunya

Distributed by| Alfa Pictures

Release date

* 17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) (Spain)

Country| Spain
Language| Catalan

Uncertain Glory (Catalan: Incerta glòria) is a 2017 Spanish drama film directed by Agustí Villaronga based on the eponymous novel by Joan Sales. Shot in Catalan, its cast is led by Marcel Borràs, Núria Prims, Oriol Pla and Bruna Cusí.

## Plot

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Set in 1937, with the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, a young Republican officer becomes infatuated with a mysterious widow.

## Cast

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* Marcel Borràs [es] as Lluís[1]
* Núria Prims as Carlana[1]
* Oriol Pla as Soleràs[1]
* Bruna Cusí as Trini[1]
* Luisa Gavasa as tia Olerana[1]
* Fernando Esteso as moliner[1]
* Terele Pávez as molinera[1]
* Juan Diego as Cagorcio[1]

## Production

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Based on the eponymous novel by Joan Sales, Uncertain Glory was written by the director Agustí Villaronga alongside Coral Cruz.[2] Isona Passola took over production duties. It was produced by Massa D'or Produccions and Televisió de Catalunya (TVC) with the participation of RTVE, Movistar+ and Aragón TV and support from ICEC [ca] and ICAA.[2] It was shot in 2016. Filming primarily took place in Aragon, as well as La Garriga and Barcelona.[3]

## Release

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Distributed by Alfa Pictures,[2] the film was theatrically released on 17 March 2017.[4]

## Reception

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Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering that Villaronga "splendidly directs" the cast, Núria Prims in particular.[5] He deemed the war setting to have a secondary role in the plot, just as a device to switch everything else on: "a trail of conflicting feelings, affective hostilities, devastating sexual impulses, delusions, hatreds and quarrels, the seed of evil in its purest form".[5]

Reviewing for Fotogramas, Pere Vall gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming Oriol Pla's emotional performance to be the best about the film while noting as a negative point that the plot featured some trip to Barcelona that could have dealt with as an ellipsis.[6]

Toni Vall of Cinemanía scored 4 out of 5 stars, considering that the story tracking the five main characters "manages to transcend the purely historical sketch, taking possession of their souls, dissecting them and injecting cinema into them".[7]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed Uncertain Glory to be an "unquestionable" heir to Pa negre, a "fantastic production set in the rearguard of the Civil War", praising, in addition of Villaronga's craft, the cinematography, the production design, the "very risky" score and the cast.[8]

## Awards and nominations

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

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2018 | 5th Feroz Awards | Best Actress (film) | Núria Prims | Nominated | [9]
Best Supporting Actor (film) | Oriol Pla | Nominated
10th Gaudí Awards | Best Film | Nominated | [10][11]
Best Direction | Agustí Villaronga | Nominated
Best Leading Actress | Núria Prims | Won
Best Leading Actor | Marcel Borràs | Nominated
Best Supporting Actress | Bruna Cusí | Nominated
Best Supporting Actor | Oriol Pla | Won
Best Screenplay |  | Nominated
Best Production Supervision | Aleix Castellón | Won
Best Art Direction |  | Nominated
Best Editing |  | Nominated
Best Original Score |  | Nominated
Best Cinematography | Josep M. Civit | Won
Best Costume Design | Mercè Paloma | Won
Best Sound | Xavier Mas, Fernando Novillo & Ricard Galceran | Won
Best Visual Effects | Manuel López Egea & Bernat Aragonés | Won
Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Alma Casal | Won
32nd Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Agustí Villaronga & Coral Cruz | Nominated | [12]
27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Minor Role | Jorge Usón | Won | [13]

## See also

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* List of Spanish films of 2017

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h ""Incerta glòria": passions amoroses i amistats traïdes durant la Guerra Civil" (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
2. ^ a b c "'Incierta gloria' – estreno en cines 17 de marzo". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
3. ^ Alós, Ernest (21 June 2016). "Villaronga hace de 'Incerta glòria' un western emocional". El Periódico. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
4. ^ "La primera película rodada en catalán aterriza en Netflix". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
5. ^ a b "'Incerta glòria': la estrategia de la araña". El Periódico. 15 March 2017.
6. ^ Vall, Pere (9 February 2017). "Incierta Gloria". Fotogramas.
7. ^ "Incierta Gloria". Cinemanía. 4 March 2017 - via 20minutos.es.
8. ^ Ocaña, Javier (17 March 2017). "La batalla interior de la Guerra Civil". El País.
9. ^ Lázaro, Margarita (22 January 2018). "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018". HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
10. ^ Pulido, Adrián (29 December 2017). "Lista completa de nominados a los premios Gaudí 2018". ecartelera (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
11. ^ "'Estiu 1993' triomfa en uns premis Gaudí marcats per l'excepcionalitat política". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
12. ^ "Los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018". El País (in Spanish). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
13. ^ "XXVII Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices". Fotogramas. 13 March 2018.

## External links

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* Uncertain Glory at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol

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Films directed by Agustí Villaronga

* In a Glass Cage (1986)
* Moon Child (1989)
* The Stowaway (1995)
* 99.9 (1997)
* The Sea (2000)
* Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer (2002)
* Black Bread (2010)
* Carta a Eva (miniseries, 2013)
* The King of Havana (2015)
* Uncertain Glory (2017)
* Born a King (2019)
* The Belly of the Sea (2021)
* Loli Tormenta (2023)

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