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2023 Spanish film
Stormy Lola
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgustí Villaronga
Screenplay by
  • Mario Torrecillas
  • Agustí Villaronga
Story byMario Torrecillas
StarringSusi Sánchez
Edited byAnabel Rodríguez Venzalá
Production
companies
  • Irusoin
  • Vilaüt Films
  • 3.000 obstáculos AIE
Distributed byCaramel Films/Youplanet Pictures
Release date
  • 31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Stormy Lola (Spanish: Loli Tormenta) is a 2023 Spanish comedy film directed by Agustí Villaronga, which is his final film prior to his death and stars Susi Sánchez. A posthumously released swan song by Villaronga, it is also his first comedy feature.

Plot

Set in the outskirts of Barcelona, the plot follows the plight of Lola, who suffers from a worsening condition of Alzheimer's disease and is in charge of her two grandchildren, Edgar and Robert. The latter, unwilling to go to a foster home, thereby decides to take care of their grandmother, concealing her disease.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Mario Torrecillas and Agustí Villaronga based on an original story by Torrecillas. The film was produced by Irusoin, Vilaüt Films, and 3.000 obstáculos AIE, and it had the participation of RTVE, TV3, Movistar Plus+, and funding from ICAA and ICEC [ca]. It was shot in Barcelona in 2022. Villaronga suspended the chemotherapy of his ongoing cancer in order to shoot the film.

Release

Loli Tormenta's distribution rights in Spain are handled by Caramel Films and Youplanet Pictures. The film was theatrically released in Spain on 31 March 2023. Villaronga died in January 2023, prior to the release.

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2024 16th Gaudí Awards Best Director Agustí Villaronga Nominated

See also

References

  1. "Post-Production". Spanish Films. Just Spainted. Winter/Spring 2023 (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. p. 146. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Muere el cineasta Agustí Villaronga, director de 'Pa Negre', a los 69 años en Barcelona". El Confidencial. 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Villaronga s'estrena al món de la comèdia amb "Loli Tormenta"". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica. 24 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Loli Tormenta". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 14 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Agustí Villaronga s'endinsa en la comèdia amb "Loli Tormenta"". TV3 (in Catalan). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  6. "Muere el cineasta Agustí Villaronga". Valencia Plaza. 22 January 2023.
  7. "La última película de Villaronga, 'Loli Tormenta', que rodó convaleciente de un cáncer, se estrenará este 2023". El Periódico de Catalunya. 22 September 2023.
  8. "'Loli Tormenta', la película póstuma de Agustí Villaronga se estrenará en cines el 31 de marzo". rtve.es. 31 January 2023.
  9. Oteo, Jana (5 February 2024). "Premios Gaudí 2024: Lista completa de los ganadores". La Razón.
Films directed by Agustí Villaronga
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