Salve Maria

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Salve Maria
Film poster
Directed byMar Coll
Screenplay by
  • Mar Coll
  • Valentina Viso
Based onAmek ez dute
by Katixa Agirre
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyNilo Zimmermann
Edited byAina Calleja
Music byZeltia Montes
Production
companies
  • Escándalo Films
  • Elastica Films
Distributed byElastica Films
Release dates
  • 8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) (Locarno)
  • 31 October 2024 (2024-10-31) (Spain)
Running time
111 minutes
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Spanish

Salve Maria is a 2024 Spanish drama film directed, co-written by Mar Coll starring Laura Weissmahr. Based on the novel Amek ez dute by Basque writer Katixa Agirre,[1] it follows Maria (Weissmahr), a promising young writer and new mother, who becomes obsessed by the case of a woman who drowned her twins in the bathtub.[2] The film competed for Golden Leopard in main competition of 77th Locarno Film Festival[3] and had its world premiere on 8 August 2024.[4] It is mostly shot in Catalan.[5]

Synopsis

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Maria, a talented young author and new mother, comes across a disturbing headline: a French woman has drowned her 10-month-old twins in the bathtub. This horrifying event captures Maria's thoughts, turning into an all-consuming fixation. She grapples with the question: Why did the woman commit such an act? From then on, the shadow of infanticide hangs over Maria's existence, haunting her.

Cast

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Production

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Salve Maria marks the return of Mar Coll to the cinema. Produced by Escándalo Films and Elastica Films with the support of ICEC and ICAA, and the participation of RTVE and Movistar Plus+.[7]

Mar Coll talking to Variety about the protagonist said, "María is a repentant mother, an association of words that generates automatic unease".[8]

Filming began in the last week of January 2024 in Barcelona, La Vall de Boí (Lleida Pyrenees) and Tarragona.[9]

Release

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Salve Maria premiered on 8 August 2024, as part of the 77th Locarno Film Festival, in Competition.[10][11] It also made it to the official selection slate of the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival.[12]

The film will be released on 31 October 2024 in theatres by Elastica Films.[13]

Reception

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Mariana Hristova reviewing the film at Locarno for Cineuropa indicated that while the script is skillfully written and effectively portrays the protagonist's intense emotions, the focus on symptoms rather than delving into the underlying reasons for the character's emotional breakdown feels superficial. The obvious pressures of personal time constraints and societal expectations related to motherhood are explored, but deeper analysis is lacking.[14]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily described Salve Maria as a film "whose concerns feel totally in tune with the times".[5]

Beatriz Martínez of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "dark, tremendously disturbing, suffocating work that talks about motherhood and postpartum depression in an unprecedented way".[15]

Philipp Engel of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, declaring it "impeccable in its form".[16]

Carmela López Lobo of La Razón rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting "Laura Weissmahr's excellent work" and the "deeply unsettling" nature of the film as its best.[17]

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País wrote that the chilling picture "confronts the viewer with the tragedy of a woman dragged into the repulsion of her own flesh".[18]

Accolades

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Laura Weissmahr holding her Goya Award for Best New Actress at the 39th Goya Awards in February 2025
Award Ceremony date Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Locarno Film Festival 17 August 2024 Golden Leopard Mar Coll Nominated [19]
Special Mention Special Mention [20]
Valladolid International Film Festival 26 October 2024 Golden Spike Salve Maria Nominated [21][22]
Best Actress Laura Weissmahr Won
El Gouna Film Festival 1 November 2024 Best Actress Won
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Gaudí Awards 18 January 2025 Best Film Salve Maria Nominated
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Best Adapted Screenplay Mar Coll, Valentina Viso Won
Best Supporting Actor Oriol Pla Nominated
Best New Performance Laura Weissmahr Won
Best Cinematography Nilo Zimmerman Nominated
Best Original Score Zeltia Montes Nominated
Best Editing Aina Calleja Nominated
Feroz Awards 25 January 2025 Best Drama Film Salve Maria Won
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Best Main Actress in a Film Laura Weissmahr Nominated
Best Film Poster Octavio Terol, Lluís Tudela Won
Best Original Soundtrack Zeltia Montes Nominated
Goya Awards 8 February 2025 Best New Actress Laura Weissmahr Won
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Best Adapted Screenplay Mar Coll, Valentina Viso Nominated
Actors and Actresses Union Awards 10 March 2025 Best New Actress Laura Weissmahr Nominated
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