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¡Que Suene La Música! (Military Wives, 2019) De Peter Cattaneo 2020 ¡Que suene la música! (Military Wives, 2019) de Peter Cattaneo Fitxa tècnica Fitxa artística Guió: Rosanne Flynn i Rachel Tunnard / Fotografia: Hubert Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Greg Wise, Jason Taczanowski / Música: Lorne Balfe / País: Gran Bretanya Flemyng, Gaby French i Emma Lowndes Any: 2019 / Durada: 110 minuts / No recomanada a menors de 7 anys. SINOPSI. Un grup de dones angleses formen un club de cant. A mesura que floreixen llaços inesperats d’amistat, la música i les rialles transformen les seves vides, i s’ajuden mútuament a superar els seus temors pels éssers estimats en combat. EL DIRECTOR. Peter Joseph Cattaneo (Twickenham, Londres, Anglaterra, 1 de juliol de 1964) és un director de cinema britànic. El seu pare era animador londinenc de descendència italiana. Després d’assistir a l’institut Leeds Polytechnic per a un curs d’art, i després de graduar-se al Royal College of Art el 1989, va ser nominat a l’Oscar al millor curtmetratge d’acció en viu per Dear Rosie el 1990. El seu debut en la pantalla gran va arribar amb la comèdia The Full Monty (1997), la qual va ser un èxit rotund tant en el Regne Unit com internacionalment La pel·lícula va recaptar 160.049.344 lliures en la taquilla per un pressupost de 3 milions de lliures i va ser nominada a l’Oscar a la millor pel·lícula, al millor director i a la millor banda sonora, guanyant aquest últim. Cattaneo ha dirigit a més els llargmetratges Opal Dream, de 2006, i The Rocker, de 2008, i també va ser l’encarregat de dirigir tots els episodis de la multipremiada sèrie britànica Rev., emesa per la cadena BBC Two entre 2010 i 2014. El 1998 li va ser atorgat el títol de l’Orde de l’Imperi Britànic. CRÍTIQUES (.) ¿Y qué tal? Resulta difícil empezar mejor en la industria del cine de lo que lo hizo el inglés Petter Cattaneo. En 1991, cuando solo tenía 27 años, fue nominado al Oscar con el cortometraje ‘Dear Rosie’. En 1997, su ópera prima llegó a las salas con un éxito contagioso e inesperado: ‘Full Monty’ se convirtió en uno de los mayores éxitos de la historia del cine europeo con un retrato de una comunidad obrera devastada por la crisis económica y la falta de trabajo. La película conquistó a críticos, votantes de las asociaciones de premios y, sobre todo, el gran público. Con 33 años recién cumpli- dos, Cattaneo recibía una candidatura a los premios de la Academia de Hollywood al mejor director y consiguió que su fábula social derrotase en los BAFTA de su país a la todopoderosa ‘Titanic’. Su carrera había empezado por todo lo alto, pero lo que llegó después fue una dosis de realidad tan grande como la que tenían que aceptar los protagonistas de la popular comedia social: por una noche su vida pareció un sueño del que habría que despertarse a la mañana siguiente para volver a empezar (casi) de cero. En los 22 años que han pasado desde el boom de ‘Full Monty’, el cineasta solo ha firmado tres películas y un puñado de series de televisión sin mayor éxito. Cattaneo y su habilidad nata para dirigir actores y pasar de forma milagrosamente natural de la comedia al drama no eran suficiente si no tenía un buen guion entre manos. En sus dos trabajos nominados al Oscar había puesto en imágenes los libretos de dos de los guionistas más prestigiosos de Inglaterra: Peter Morgan (‘The Crown’, ‘La reina’) y Simon Beaufoy (‘Slumdog Millionaire’, ‘127 ho- ras’). Sin ellos a su lado, la magia de su cine desparecía. Con su primera película desde 2008 Cattaneo tiene todos los ingredientes para conseguir su mayor éxito de popular desde su insuperable ópera prima. ‘Military Wives’ también habla de una comunidad, pero su entorno socioeconómico es muy diferente al mundo en el que habitaban los parados de ‘Full Monty’. El escollo más difícil de superar para esta comedia dramática era que su discurso a medio camino de lo conservador y lo moderno funcionara de forma orgánica y evitara sus contradicciones. Basada en hechos reales (los coros de esposas de militares son un fenómeno global que ha llegado a liderar las listas de ventas en Inglaterra), ‘Military Wives’ es una historia sobre la sororidad protagonizada por un grupo de mujeres que, voluntariamente, están situadas en el asiento del copiloto de sus propias vidas, siempre dependiendo de las obligaciones de sus maridos militares y con un tradicional que les exige apoyo, comprensión y paciencia. Es en esta ambivalencia donde Cattaneo consigue llevar el barco a buen puerto dejando de lado cualquier rastro de propaganda o controversia posible (en un momento de la historia las “esposas” del título se cruzan con unos mani- festantes contra la guerra de Afganistán pero los personajes, como la propia película, pasan de largo sin hacer mayor aprecio o desprecio) para centrarse en su verdadero fuerte, las integrantes del coro que lideran, pese a sus diferencias, los personajes interpretados por Sharon Horgan (conocida anteriormente por su labor como creadora y protagonista de la serie de culto ‘Catastrophe’) y Kristin Scott Thomas (una vez más fantástica en uno de esos papeles de mujer en crisis que esconde sus emociones detrás de una aparente máscara de seriedad y frialdad emocional). Sus peripecias emocionales no son sorprendentes (la rivalidad entre los estilos de liderazgo de sus cabecillas, la eventual aparición de la muerte en sus vidas, el gran concierto como meta final del viaje o los fantasmas del pasado de sus protagonistas), pero sí tremendamente efectivos. Es la sensación buscada por sus artífices y, muy posiblemente, por su público obje- tivo. Ni más ni menos. El guion escrito por Rosanne Flynn y Rachel Turnard tiene muy presente la hoja de ruta de cualquier película ‘feel good’ que se precie y Cattaneo, como buen artesano que es cada vez que el libreto adecuado caen en sus manos, sabe que su trabajo es ponerse al servicio de su historia y dejar que ésta respire, emocione y haga reír en cada momento que el guion así lo demanda. Tras veinte años deambulando por la industria audiovisual británica, el director ha aprendido la lección: su misión no es ser el mejor ni el más brillante (nunca lo será), sino llegar al examen con los deberes aprendidos. ¿El resultado? Progresa adecuadamente. Daniel Martinez Mantilla. Fotogramas ****** Todos conocemos la partitura de esta película, porque el cine británico la ha interpretado hasta la saciedad: la historia real de a) un colectivo que las pasa canutas por una situación extrema, que es capaz de superar gracias a b) una cierta vocación artística amateur y c) un irrefrenable ataque de solidaridad. ¿Resultado? Lágrimas y catarsis en el espectador. De hecho, el director, Peter Cattaneo, se marcó todo un hit con The Full Monty y sus strippers proletarios en 1997. Aquí toca la misma canción salvo que, en esta ocasión, la novedad reside en que las protagonistas son las esposas de los soldados británicos en Afganistán, y en retratar esa guerra silenciosa e invisible que se vive en la retaguardia, cuando no sabes si tu marido volverá con vida del frente. Es, sin duda, la parte más interesante del filme: el inusual retrato de la intimidad de toda una panoplia de mujeres y de la angustia de su día a día, mientras montan un coro y cantan para espantar sus temores. Su otra gran baza es el duelo interpretativo entre una Kristin Scott Thomas, en su enésima y genial encarnación de mujer de hielo que se derrite con una chispa, y una Sharon Horgan en modo Catastrophe, siempre al borde del caos. Pese al inevitable tonillo patriotero, el filme es efectivo. La canción final no te la firman los Beatles, pero sí unos Tear for Fears o unos Yazoo, versionados por estas chicas del coro creciditas. La vieja melodía del cine popular británico vuelve a funcionar Ruben Romero Santos. Cinemania ÉS UN projecte DE: Associació Cultural Granollers C/ Joan Camps, 1 [email protected] @ACGranollers www.cinemaedison.cat AC Granollers @edisoncinema acgranollers.
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