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Everybody Knows (Spanish: Todos lo saben, lit. 'Everyone Knows It') is a 2018 Spanish-language mystery/crime drama film written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, and starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Ricardo Darín.
May 8, 2018 · Extended families, class differences, children being crushed underfoot (mostly metaphorically), long-ago secrets that reluctantly float to the surface — on paper, Everybody Knows (Todos lo...
Everybody Knows. Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Asghar Farhadi
- 2019-02-08
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The story follows Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, who returns with her teenage daughter Irene and young son Diego to her small hometown just outside Madridfor her younger sister's wedding. Laura runs into her old friend Paco in the town square while Irene flirts with a local teenage boy named Felipe. After dancing with Felipe at the ...
Penélope Cruz as Laura, Mariana and Ana’s sister, Alejandro’s wife, Irene and Diego's mother, and Antonio’s daughterThe film is a French-Spanish-Italian co-production and received funding from Canal+, Eurimages, France Télévisions, Ciné+, ICAA, and Movistar, among others. Principal photographystarted in August 2017.
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 8 May 2018. Shortly after, Focus Features acquired distribution rights to the film in various territories. It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2018. It was released in Spain on 14 September 2018.It was released in the United States on 8 February 20...
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, and an average rating of . The Critics Consensus says: "Everybody Knows is somewhat less than the sum of its parts despite the efforts of an outstanding cast - and a disappointing step back for writer-director Asghar Farhadi." On the aggregator Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Writing for The A.V....
Awards and nominations
|-| rowspan = "29" | 2019 || rowspan = "2" | 24th Forqué Awards || Best Actor || Javier Bardem || || rowspan = "2" | |-| Best Actress || Penélope Cruz || |-| rowspan = "6" | 6th Feroz Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Drama Film || || rowspan = "6" | |-| Best Actor (film) || Javier Bardem || |-| Best Actress (film) || Penélope Cruz || |-| Best Supporting Actor (film) || Eduard Fernánez || |-| Best Supporting Actress (film) || Bárbara Lennie || |-| Best Trailer || || |-| rowspan = "8" | 74th CEC...
Web site: Asghar Farhadi Starts Shooting Latest Film in Spain. Iran Front Page News. IFP Editorial Staff. 22 August 2017. 23 August 2017.Web site: Everybody Knows (2018). Nash Information Services. Box Office Mojo. 4 March 2023.Web site: Asghar Farhadi begins Spanish-language thriller 'Everybody Knows'. Screen Daily. Screen International. Goodfellow. Melanie. 22 August 2017. 23 August 2017.Web site: Asghar Farhadi Begins Filming 'Everybody Knows' With Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz in Spain. Elsa. Keslassy. 22 August 2017. Variety. Penske Business Media. 22 August 2017.Feb 15, 2019 · Penelope Cruz talks about the intensely emotional shoot of 'Everybody Knows', working with Javier Bardem, and the star-studded spy thriller '355' with Jessica Chastain.
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The film starts so brightly, and with a beguiling sense of the teeming love-of-life that Spanish culture can embody. However, tensions and rivalries float beneath the surface. Farhadi wants us to love these characters and we soon do.
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Extended families, class differences, children being crushed underfoot (mostly metaphorically), long-ago secrets that reluctantly float to the surface — on paper, Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) has the classic ingredients of the best work of Asghar Farhadi, who won Oscars for his Iranian dramas A Separation and The Salesman and who earlier ...
