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The Permanent Picture
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Catalan	La imatge permanent
Directed by	Laura Ferrés
Written by	Laura Ferrés Carlos Vermut (collaboration) Ulises Porra (collaboration)
Produced by	Adrià Monés Murlans Gabrielle Dumon
Starring	María Luengo Rosario Ortega
Cinematography	Agnès Piqué Corbera
Edited by	Aina Calleja
Music by	Fernando Moresi Haberman Sergio Bertran
Production companies	Fasten Films Permanent Picture AIE Le Bureau Materia Cinema
Distributed by	La Aventura
Release dates	6 August 2023 (2023-08-06) (Locarno) 17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) (Spain)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Spain France
Languages	Catalan Spanish
Box office	$11,914

The Permanent Picture (Catalan: La imatge permanent) is a 2023 Spanish-French drama film directed by Laura Ferrés in her feature debut, from a screenplay written by Ferrés with the collaboration of Carlos Vermut and Ulises Porra. It stars newcomers María Luengo and Rosario Ortega.

The film competed for the Golden Leopard at the 76th Locarno Film Festival. It won the Golden Spike at the 68th Valladolid International Film Festival. It is the first film in Catalan to receive the distinction.

Cast

• María Luengo as Carmen
• Rosario Ortega as Antonia
• Saraida Llamas
• Claudia Fimia
• Mila Collado
• Dolores Martínez

Production

The film was written by Ferrés with the collaboration of Carlos Vermut and Ulises Porra. It was produced by Fasten Films, in co-production with Permanent Picture AIE, Le Bureau (France) and Materia Cinema.

The film was shot primarily in Prat de Llobregat.

Release

The Permanent Picture was selected to compete for the Golden Leopard at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 6 August 2023.

It was theatrically released on 17 November 2023 by La Aventura.

Reception

Top ten lists

The film also appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2023:

• 7th — El Cultural (critics)
• 8th — El Mundo (Luis Martínez)

Accolades

References

1. ^ "La imatge permanent". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
2. "The Permanent Picture (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
3. ^ McLennan, Callum (28 February 2023). "Cannes Critics' Week Winner Laura Ferrés Feature Debut Swooped on By Be For Films (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
4. Rivera, Alfonso (12 October 2022). "Laura Ferrés makes the leap to feature films with The Permanent Picture". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
5. A.S (29 October 2023). "'La imatge permanent' de Laura Ferrés guanya l'Espiga d'Or a la millor pel·lícula a la Seminci". El Punt Avui+ (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
6. Franco, Roger (28 October 2023). "'La imatge permanent' de Laura Ferrés guanya l'Espiga d'Or" (in Catalan). RTVE. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
7. "'La imatge permanent' de Laura Ferrés guanya l'Espiga d'Or a la millor pel·lícula a la Seminci". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
8. Olmo, Júlia (6 August 2022). "Critique : The Permanent Picture". Cineuropa.
9. "La imagen permanente". infoicaa.mecd.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
10. "Laura Ferrés inicia el rodatge del seu primer llargmetratge, "La imatge permanent", amb la participació de TV3" (in Catalan). CCMA. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
11. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (5 July 2023). "Riz Ahmed To Be Feted By Locarno; Swiss Summer Fest Unveils Full Line-Up With Competition Slots For Quentin Dupieux, Lav Diaz & Sofia Exarchou". Deadline. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
12. "76 Locarno Film Festival: Program" (PDF). Locarno Festival. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
13. Nopca, Jordi (28 October 2023). "Laura Ferrés fa història a Valladolid: 'La imatge permanent' guanya l'Espiga d'Or de la Seminci". Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
14. "La imatge permanent" (in Spanish). La Aventura. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
15. "Las 10 mejores películas españolas de 2023, el año de 'Cerrar los ojos'". El Cultural. 21 December 2023 – via El Español.
16. Martínez, Luis (21 December 2023). "Las 10 mejores películas españolas de 2023, de 'Zinzindurrunkarratz' a 'La mesita del comedor'". El Mundo.
17. "Los Feroz anuncian los candidatos al Premio Arrebato 2024". La Vanguardia. 14 December 2023.
18. Martín Amorós, Ismael (12 December 2023). ""Creatura" i "Saben aquell", màximes favorites als Premis Gaudí: totes les nominacions". 3/24 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
19. "Premios Goya 2024 | Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la gran noche de 'La sociedad de la nieve'". Cinemanía. 11 February 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
20. Hopewell, John; Sandoval, Pablo (29 October 2023). "Valladolid: 'The Permanent Picture,' 'The Old Oak' Win Big as the Spanish Festival's Reboot Wins Applause". Variety. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

External links

• The Permanent Picture at IMDb 

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