Opposite Direction

For other uses, see Opposite direction (disambiguation).
Opposite Direction
Film poster
Directed byAlejandro Bellame Palacios
Written byAlejandro Bellame Palacios
Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles
StarringClaudia Rojas
Christian González
Erick Palacios
Diana Volpe
Alberto Alifa
CinematographyAlexandra Henao
Release date
  • 2020 (2020)
LanguageSpanish

Opposite Direction (Spanish: Dirección Opuesta) is an Italian-Venezuelan film released in 2020, directed by Alejandro Bellame Palacios and starring Claudia Rojas, Christian González and Erick Palacios.[1] It is based on the novel Blue Label (Spanish: Etiqueta Azul) by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles [es].[2] In the film "Eugenia, 30, is torn between fulfilling or not a promise she made 13 years ago to Luis, her brief and tragic adolescent love."[3]

Awards

The film was nominated for the 36th Goya Awards in 2022, for the Best Ibero-American Film category.[4][5] It received the 3rd place in the Audience Choice Awards of the Chicago Latino Film Festival.[6][7][8] In the 17th Venezuelan Film Festival the film was the winner in eight categories, including Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Fiction Feature, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Makeup, Audience Choice Award;[9][10] and in the Seattle Latino Film Festival it was the winner in seven categories, including Best Narrative, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing.[11]

References

  1. ^ Hamlet, Isaac. "Chicago Latino Film Festival makes showings available to Iowa residents this weekend". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  2. ^ "Venezuela le apuesta a Dirección opuesta en los Premios Goya 2022". El Pitazo (in Spanish). 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  3. ^ "Dirección opuesta, una película de Alejandro Bellame". ViceVersa Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  4. ^ "Dirección Opuesta compite por la nominación a los Premios Goya 2022". El Nacional (in Spanish). 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  5. ^ "Dirección opuesta". Goya Awards. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ "'Dirección opuesta', de Alejandro Bellame, seleccionada para el Chicago Latino Film Festival". Programa Ibermedia (in European Spanish). 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  7. ^ "La película venezolana Dirección opuesta llega al NY Latino Film Festival". PRODU.COM (in Spanish). 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  8. ^ ""Dirección opuesta": la película de los chamos que solo se quieren ir". Cinco8 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  9. ^ "Dirección opuesta llegará a las salas de cine el 17 de diciembre". El Nacional (in Spanish). 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  10. ^ ""Especial" y "Dirección opuesta" acapararon el palmarés del Festival del Cine Venezolano". Noticine. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  11. ^ "'Dirección opuesta', de Alejandro Bellame, es la gran apuesta de Venezuela para los Goya". Programa Ibermedia (in European Spanish). 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2022-02-12.


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