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  • 2000
  • Colifilms Distribution
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2000
  • Colifilms Distribution
  • 1 h 27 m
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Summary A mature and ill man, a medieval literature professor, has gone over his personal life and has decided, amongst his doubts, what he wants to leave others once he passes away. An inheritance in the form of an essay, based on Llull's "The Book of the Friend and the Beloved," which he has saved in the memory of his personal computer. (Stra...

Directed By: Ventura Pons

Written By: Josep Maria Benet i Jornet

  • 2000
  • Colifilms Distribution
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2000
  • Colifilms Distribution
  • 1 h 27 m

Beloved/Friend

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Summary A mature and ill man, a medieval literature professor, has gone over his personal life and has decided, amongst his doubts, what he wants to leave others once he passes away. An inheritance in the form of an essay, based on Llull's "The Book of the Friend and the Beloved," which he has saved in the memory of his personal computer. (Stra...

Directed By: Ventura Pons

Written By: Josep Maria Benet i Jornet

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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More exciting and truthful than most better-looking films dare to be.
By Dennis Lim FULL REVIEW
38
A talky, pretentious soap opera about Spanish intellectuals.
By Hannah Brown FULL REVIEW
30
Like its title, it's a clumsy contraption.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
30
An unintentional parody of the kind of overwrought melodrama Pedro Almodovar once reworked to far better effect.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Els Films de la Rambla, Televisión Española (TVE), Canal+ España, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3), Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura
Release Date Feb 4, 2000
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Awards

Goya Awards
• 3 Nominations
Toulouse Cinespaña
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Butaca Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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