Life Without Sara Amat (Catalan: La vida sense la Sara Amat) is a 2019 coming-of-age
drama film directed by Laura Jou from a screenplay by Coral Cruz based on the novel of
the same name by Pep Puig which stars Biel Rosell and Maria Morera.
It is shot in Catalan
The plot is set in a village in the 1980s.[1] Sara Amat, the crush of
13-year-old Pep, is missing. Pep just
happens to find her in his room, with Sara asking to stay for a while
and subjecting Pep to tests that
force him to mature quickly before the end of the summer.
Cast
- Biel Rossell as Pep
- Maria Morera as Sara Amat
- Francesca Piñón as Pep's grandmother
- Anna Sabaté as Sara's mother
- Jordi Figueras as Sara's father
- Isaac Alcayde as mayor
- Joan Amargós
Production
The film was produced by La Xarxa de Comunicació Local alongside Massa d'Or Produccions.
Shooting locations in Catalonia included Tàrrega and Granyanella (both in the province of Lleida) and
Cerdanyola del Vallès and Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana (both in the province of Barcelona).
Release
The film was presented at the BCN Film Festival on 28 April 2019.
Distributed by Alfa Pictures,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 July 2019.
Reception
Federico Marín Bellón of ABC assessed that the kids' performances are fantastic and that the mise-en-scène displays no superflous dialogues
Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that "its storytelling is thoughtful, its youthful actors work suitably well and, overall, it is enjoyable to watch".
Toni Vall of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars writing that the story "improves as the film goes on" and "the ending is open, inspiring, fantastic