Three Days With the Family (Catalan: Tres dies amb la família) is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Mar Coll (in her directorial debut feature) which stars Nausicaa Bonnín alongside Eduard Fernández, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Francesc Orella, and Ramon Fontserè.
Plot
The plot tracks the three days in the life of a young woman based in Bourdeaux upon her return to Girona on occasion of her grandfather's funeral, thereby meeting with her relatives, members of the Catalan haute bourgeoisie.
Cast
Production
The film was produced by Escándalo Films in association with TVE and TVC.
Release
The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in April 2009. It was released theatrically in Spain on 26 June 2009.
Critical reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be an "evocative portrait of a Catalan clan being unhappy in its own way".
Fernando Méndez-Leite of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, hailing "the director's rigor and fine cruelty" as the film's best.
Cliff Doerksen of Chicago Reader described the film as a "rote domestic drama about an emotionally stunted upper-bourgeois Catalan clan".
Accolades
See also
- List of Spanish films of 2009
References
