The Good Boss

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The Good Boss
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Film poster
SpanishEl buen patrón
Directed byFernando León de Aranoa
Written byFernando León de Aranoa
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPau Esteve Birba
Edited byVanessa Marimbert
Music byZeltia Montes
Production
companies
Distributed byTripictures
Release dates
  • 21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) (SSIFF)[1]
  • 15 October 2021 (2021-10-15) (Spain)
Running time
c. 120 minutes[2][3]
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Good Boss (Spanish: El buen patrón) is a 2021 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem.[4][5] A corporate satire,[6] the plot tracks a charismatic and manipulative factory owner meddling in the lives of their employees.

The film earned a record-breaking 20 nominations to the 36th Goya Awards.[7]

Plot[]

Julio Blanco, the charismatic and manipulative owner of a family-run factory of industrial scales in a Spanish provincial town,[8][9] meddles in the lives of his employees in an attempt to win an award for business excellence.

Cast[]

Production[]

The Good Boss was produced by Reposado PC, The Mediapro Studio and Básculas Blanco AIE, with the participation of RTVE, TV3 and Orange.[13] Filming began in Spain in October 2020 and wrapped in December 2020.[15][16][17] It was shot in Móstoles and other locations across the Madrid region.[18]

Release[]

The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival on 21 September 2021.[1][19] Distributed by Tripictures,[1][20] it was then released theatrically in Spain on 15 October 2021.[1] It became the 4th highest-grossing Spanish film release in the domestic market in 2021 with a revenue of 3,278,021 € and 518,254 viewers in the aforementioned year.[21]

Cohen Media Group acquired US rights to the film.[22]

Reception[]

The film has an 90% percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on ten reviews.[23]

Guy Lodge of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Fernando León de Aranoa's corporate satire is too long and languidly paced to pull off its farcical inclinations, but it gets by on its star's magnetism."[3]

Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Slickly entertaining, considering its rather weighty subject matter..."[2]

Javier Zurro of El Español deemed the film to be the best Aranoa film since the 2002 Mondays in the Sun and the best Spanish comedy in (many) years, a genre dominated for some time now by either family comedies or remakes of international titles, generally lacking in original proposals.[24]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 90 out of 100 points, deeming it "excellent", praising the "sharp script", the (actors') direction, and the "careful staging".[25]

Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya considered the film to be "a good tragicomedy of social criticism that could well be the counterpart to Mondays in the Sun".[26]

Jonathan Holland of Screen Daily considered the film to be "slickly-made and entertaining, but ultimately a little déjà vu".[9] Plotwise, he deemed the film to be "as smooth and efficient as a well-run factory".[9]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas gave The Good Boss 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting an immense, eminent Javier Bardem in one of his most dazzling performances to date ("he is, quite simply, the movie"), also considering that Aranoa offers viewers a dark comedy displaying a grim portrayal of labour relations.[27]

Reviewing for Cinemanía, Santiago Alverú gave the film 5 out of 5 stars, writing that the political commitment from León de Aranoa and Javier Bardem mixed with the expressive talent of both of them have created a highly entertaining vindication, concluding that "except for Amancio Ortega, the whole of Spain should like it".[28]

The AACCE selected it as the Spanish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards over Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea and Parallel Mothers,[29] and it made the 15-film pre-nomination shortlist in December 2021.[30]

Awards and nominations[]

León de Aranoa wins the award for Best Original Screenplay at the 13th CiBRA Festival in Toledo (November 2021)
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2021 13th  [es] Best Original Screenplay Fernando León de Aranoa Won [31][32]
27th Forqué Awards Best Fiction or Animation Film Won [33]
Best Actor (film) Javier Bardem Won
2022 9th Feroz Awards Best Comedy Film Pending [34]
Best Director Fernando León de Aranoa Pending
Best Screenplay Fernando León de Aranoa Pending
Best Actor (film) Javier Bardem Pending
Best Supporting Actress (film) Almudena Amor Pending
Best Supporting Actor (film) Manolo Solo Pending
Celso Bugallo Pending
Best Original Score Zeltia Montes Pending
Best Trailer Maurits Malschaert & Mick Aerts Pending
1st Carmen Awards Best Supporting Actor Manolo Solo Pending [35]
Best New Actress Mara Guil Pending
Best Cinematography Pau Esteve Pending
Best Costume Design Fernando García Pending
77th CEC Medals Best Film Pending [36]
Best Direction Fernando León de Aranoa Pending
Best Actor Javier Bardem Pending
Best Supporting Actor Manolo Solo Pending
Celso Bugallo Pending
Best Supporting Actress Sonia Almarcha Pending
Best New Actor Óscar de la Fuente Pending
Tarik Rmili Pending
Best New Actress Almudena Amor Pending
Best Original Screenplay Fernando León de Aranoa Pending
Best Cinematography Pau Esteve Birba Pending
Best Editing Vanessa Marimbert Pending
Best Score Zeltia Montes Pending
36th Goya Awards Best Film Pending [37]
Best Director Fernando León de Aranoa Pending
Best Actor Javier Bardem Pending
Best Supporting Actor Fernando Albizu Pending
Celso Bugallo Pending
Manolo Solo Pending
Best Supporting Actress Sonia Almarcha Pending
Best New Actor Óscar de la Fuente Pending
Tarik Rmili Pending
Best New Actress Almudena Amor Pending
Best Original Screenplay Fernando León de Aranoa Pending
Best Cinematography Pau Esteve Birba Pending
Best Editing Vanessa L. Marimbert Pending
Best Art Direction Cesar Macarrón Pending
Best Production Supervision Luis Gutiérrez Pending
Best Sound Iván Marín, Pelayo Gutiérrez, Valeria Arcieri Pending
Best Special Effects Raúl Romanillos, Míriam Piquer Pending
Best Costume Design Fernando García Pending
Best Makeup and Hairstyles Almudena Fonseca, Manolo García Pending
Best Original Score Zeltia Montes Pending
26th Satellite Awards Best Foreign Language Film Pending [38]

See also[]

References[]

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