Magical Girl is a 2014 Spanish neo-noir film directed by Carlos Vermut. The film was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Shell. It won the Goya Award for Best Actress for Bárbara Lennie at the 29th Goya Awards ceremony.
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Plot
Luis (played by Luis Bermejo), an unemployed literature teacher, tries to fulfill the last wish of his 12-year-old daughter Alicia (Lucía Pollán), terminally ill of cancer: owning the official costume of anime series Magical Girl Yukiko. The elevated price of the costume makes Luis get into an unusual and obscure chain of blackmails that involves Damián (José Sacristán) and Bárbara (Bárbara Lennie), changing their lives forever.
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Cast
- José Sacristán as Damián
- Bárbara Lennie as Bárbara
- Luis Bermejo as Luis
- Israel Elejalde as Alfredo
- Lucía Pollán as Alicia
- Elisabet Gelabert as Ada
- Miquel Insua as Oliver
- Teresa Soria Ruano as Adela
- David Pareja as Javier
- Eva Llorach as Laura
- Lorena Iglesias as Psychologist
- Marisol Membrillo as Marisol
- Julio Arrojo as Driver
- Alberto Chaves as Shopkeeper
- Julián Génisson as Jewellery shop assistant
- Marina Andruix as Bárbara child
- María Martín Cuevas as Baby
Influence
Carlos Vermut states that there are some little parts in the movie influenced by the popular magical girl series Sailor Moon. However, in terms of story and dark style, they were highly influenced by the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Carlos stated he liked the story in Madoka, where there is no reward but punishment. He noted "I received inspiration from the dark part of that "Madoka Magica", not just imitating, but matching it with the image I was thinking and putting it in Magical Girl."
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Magical Girl on IMDb
Source of article : Wikipedia
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