Tag Archives: Carla Simón

Not everything is peachy in sunny Spain in Carla Simón’s Academy Award nominated film.

Joyce Glasser reviews Alcarràs (January 6, 2023) Cert. 15, 120 mins. Carla Simón’s first feature, Summer 1993 was autobiographical, observing a lonely orphan struggling to adapt to rural life with her ...

andrew 443 views 0 likes Jan 13, 2023

Carla Simón evokes a six-year-old’s traumatic summer with uncanny precision

Joyce Glasser reviews Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993) (July 13, 2018) Cert. 12A, 98 min. She may be as far away from the characters in French writer/director Robin Campillo’s 120 BPM or from Hollywood’s Dall ...

Mark 1908 views 0 likes Jul 18, 2018