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8 (2025 film)

8 is a 2025 Spanish historical drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Julio Medem and starring Javier Rey and Ana Rujas.

Plot

Set over a 90-year period against the backdrop of the vicissitudes of 20th-century Spanish history, the plot explores the romantic relationship between Octavio and Adela, both born on 14 April 1931, in eight sequence shots.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The film is a Barbazul la película AIE, Eidan Produce, and Morena Films production alongside Quexito Films, with the participation of RTVE and Movistar Plus+.[1] Shooting locations included Artzineaga, Orduña, and Bilbao.[4] Latido Films is the film's international sales agent.[3]

Release

8 was presented on 16 March 2025 in a non-competitive slot of the 28th Málaga Film Festival's official selection.[5][6] Distributed by Vercine, the film is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 21 March 2025.[7]

Reception

Víctor A. Gómez of La Opinión de Málaga declared the film "a shameless journey between delirium and nonsense, which fails hopelessly in all its objectives".[8]

Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa considered that, in the film, Medem demonstrates again his ability to combine "the most sublime, melancholic and sensitive with the most ridiculous, pedantic and embarrassing".[9]

Javier Ocaña of El País determined the film to be a "fiasco", lamenting that while "the form still has its visual power" [the heart of the film] "is a political catechism for children".[10]

Juan Pando [es] of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, warning that Medem's universe, "so personal, [it] demands a complicity that is not shared by all viewers", and the film is not an exception.[11]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2025
 28th Málaga Film Festival Silver Biznaga, Audience Award for Best Film (Out of Competition) Won
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See also

References

  1. ^ a b "8". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (15 February 2024). "Latido Films gestiona lo nuevo de Jim Sheridan y Julio Medem en Berlín". Cineuropa.
  3. ^ a b c Marroquín, Alberto (24 March 2023). "De las aulas de la Universidad de Burgos a producir la última película de Julio Medem". El Correo de Burgos.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Valle, Andrea (11 March 2023). "Las calles de Bilbao acogen el rodaje de 'Ocho', de Julio Médem". Deia.
  5. ^ "Julio Medem regresa al Festival de Málaga con su última película, '8', fuera de concurso". Infobae. 14 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Médem presenta película sobre el amor en las "dos Españas": "Tengo el corazón preocupado"". Infobae. 16 March 2025.
  7. ^ ""8", la nueva película dirigida por Julio Medem, se estrenará en cines el próximo 21 de marzo". Morena Films. 29 January 2025.
  8. ^ Gómez, Víctor A. (16 March 2025). "Medem, cuéntame qué te pasó". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica.
  9. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (20 March 2025). "Review: 8". Cineuropa.
  10. ^ Ocaña, Javier (21 March 2025). "El declive del romanticismo visual de Medem se confirma en la ingenua reflexión política de '8'". El País.
  11. ^ Pando, Juan (21 March 2025). "Crítica de '8', la nueva película de Julio Medem: "Un resumen de la historia cainita de España desde el primer tercio del siglo XX"". Fotogramas.
  12. ^ "Palmarés 28 Festival de Málaga" (PDF). Retrieved 22 March 2025.