In the City of Sylvia
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Jose Luis Guerin Screenplay Jose Luis Guerin Writer Jose Luis Guerin Language FrenchSpanish | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 5 September 2007 (2007-09-05) (Venice Film Festival)14 September 2007 (2007-09-14) (Spain) Initial release September 14, 2007 (Spain) Initial DVD release June 22, 2009 (United Kingdom) Similar movies Pilar Lopez de Ayala movies, Spanish movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Violin from in the city of sylvia
In the City of Sylvia (Spanish: En la Ciudad de Sylvia) is a 2007 film directed by José Luis Guerín. The film follows a young man credited only as 'Él' (English:'Him') as he wanders central Strasbourg in search of Sylvia, a woman he asked for directions in a bar six years earlier.
Contents
- Violin from in the city of sylvia
- In the city of sylvia uk film trailer
- Critical reception
- Awards and nominations
- References
In the city of sylvia uk film trailer
Critical reception
The film appeared on some critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008. V.A. Musetto of the New York Post named it the best film of 2008, J. Hoberman of The Village Voice named it the 8th best film of 2008., and Sam C. Mac of In Review Online [1] named it the 2nd best film of 2008. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club described it as "something of a masterpiece."
Awards and nominations
En la Ciudad de Sylvia was nominated for the 2007 Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, although the award was eventually presented to Ang Lee for Lust, Caution. En la Ciudad de Sylvia won the 2008 Australian Film Critics Association award for the 'best unreleased film' in Australia at the time of the awards. Guerín won the best director award of the Premios ACE 2009 for this film.
References
In the City of Sylvia WikipediaIn the City of Sylvia IMDb In the City of Sylvia themoviedb.org