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The Motive
Spanish release poster
Spanish	El autor
Directed by	Manuel Martín Cuenca
Written by	Manuel Martín Cuenca Alejandro Hernández
Produced by	Mónica Lozano Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson David Naranjo Manuel Martín Cuenca
Starring	Javier Gutiérrez María León Antonio de la Torre Adriana Paz Tenoch Huerta Adelfa Calvo José Carlos Carmona
Cinematography	Pau Esteve
Edited by	Ángel Hernández Zoido
Music by	José Luis Perales Pablo Perales Carrasco
Production companies	Icónica Producciones Lazona Films La Loma Blanca PC
Release dates	9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) (Toronto) 17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) (Spain)
Running time	112 minutes
Countries	Spain Mexico
Languages	Spanish English

The Motive (Spanish: El autor, lit. 'The author') is a 2017 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca, from a screenplay by Alejandro Hernández and Martín Cuenca. It stars Javier Gutiérrez alongside María León and Antonio de la Torre.

The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot

Álvaro separates from his wife Amanda, an elated best-seller writer, and motivated by her success, makes up his mind to write a great novel. Problem is, he lacks talent and imagination. He figures out that great fiction is drawn from reality, and he begins to manipulate his neighbors and to get involved in their lives in order to find inspiration for his writing.

Cast

• Javier Gutiérrez as Álvaro
• María León as Amanda
• Adelfa Calvo as Portera (caretaker)
• Adriana Paz as Irene
• Tenoch Huerta as Enrique
• Rafael Téllez as Sr. Montero
• Antonio de la Torre as Juan
• Domi del Postigo as Presentador (presenter)
• José Carlos Carmona as Jesús
• Alberto González as Don Alfonso

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 60%, based on 20 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10.

Accolades

Trivia

Some of the "penguins scene" from Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World is featured in the first scene.

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2017

References

1. ^ Holland, Jonathan (9 September 2017). "'The Motive' ('El Autor'): Film Review; TIFF 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
2. "The Motive (El autor) (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
3. Sánchez Guerra, Sandra (13 January 2018). "Lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Forqué 2018". ecartelera.
4. Lázaro, Margarita (22 January 2018). "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018". HuffPost.
5. "Premios Goya 2018: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es. 3 February 2018.
6. "Ya sabemos los nominados a los premios de la Unión de Actores 2018". 8MadriTV. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
7. "Penélope Cruz y Javier Bardem, las grandes estrellas de la noche de los Premios Unión de Actores 2018". Bekia. 13 March 2018.
8. "La lista de ganadores de los premios Platino 2018: la argentina "Zama" se llevó tres galardones". Infobae. 30 April 2018.

External links

• El autor at IMDb

• 2017 films
• 2017 drama films
• Spanish drama films
• Films about writers
• 2010s Spanish-language films
• 2010s Spanish films
• Mexican drama films
• 2010s Mexican films