We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns

We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns (Catalan: Nosaltres no ens matarem amb pistoles; Spanish: Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas) is a 2022 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Maria Ripoll which stars Lorena López, Carlos Troya, Elena Martín, Joe Manjón, and Ingrid García-Jonsson.

We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns
Film poster
CatalanNosaltres no ens matarem amb pistoles
SpanishNosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas
Directed byMaria Ripoll
Screenplay by
  • Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez
  • Antonio Escámez Osuna
Based onNosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas
by Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez
Produced by
  • Lina Badenes
  • Belén Sánchez Silvero
Starring
CinematographyJoan Bordera
Edited byJuliana Montañés
Music bySimon Smith
Production
companies
  • Un Capricho de Producciones
  • Turanga Films
Distributed byFilmax
Release dates
  • 24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) (Málaga)
  • 17 June 2022 (2022-06-17) (Spain)
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Spanish

Plot

Upon initiative from Blanca, a group of five friends in their 30s (completed by Miguel, Sigfrido, Elena, and Marina) meet again in town after years of not seeing each other.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Penned by Víctor Sánchez and Antonio Escámez, the screenplay adapts Sánchez's play Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas.[3] The film is a Turanga Films (Lina Badenes) and Un Capricho de Producciones (Belén Sánchez) production, with support from IVC, ICEC, TVC, À Punt Mèdia and IB3, and in association with AMC and Pasarela.[4][3] It features dialogue in Catalan and Spanish.[5][n. 1] It was shot in Sagunto and other locations in Camp de Morvedre, including Quartell, Almardá Beach, and Grau Vell.[7]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the 25th Málaga Film Festival on 24 March 2022.[8] It also screened at the 6th BCN Film Fest in April 2022 for its Catalonia premiere.[9] Distributed by Filmax,[10] it was theatrically released in Spain on 17 June 2022.

Reception

Júlia Olmo of Cineuropa pointed out that "on paper, the premise would appear interesting, as the starting point has great potential" but "the big problem with the film is that none of this goes beyond mere intentions" and the film gets "bogged down in platitudes, clichés and naivety – even triviality".[11]

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País, pointed that the film's flashes place it among the best of Ripoll's filmography while lamenting that final party's [poor] climax with "that beer commercial look", even though Ripoll gets it right with the tragicomic tone.[12]

Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico de España rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, pointing out that "everything is too shallow" and the clichés "are difficult to overcome, although at least they are defended by a stupendous group of actors".[13]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ ouf ot 5 stars, determining that it "cunningly combines the nostalgic element, comedy and emotional thriller".[10]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 52 points ("so-so"), praising how it manages to portray "the disenchantment of an entire generation" and their structural problems, while negatively pointing out how "it does not delve into anything, it is impossible to empathize with the characters" and the viewing becomes a struggle.[14]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
202315th Gaudí AwardsBest FilmNominated[15]
Best Adapted ScreenplayVíctor Sánchez Rodríguez, Antonio Escámez OsunaNominated

See also

References
  1. According to production company Un Capricho de Producciones, in a 55% (Catalan) – 45% (Spanish) basis.[6]

References
  1. Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (15 June 2022). "Los estrenos del 17 de junio. 'Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas'. Cuando íbamos ganando". Aisge.
  2. "Tenéis que venir a verla, Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas, Comuneros, Rendir los machos y Pico Reja, la verdad que la tierra esconde". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 17 June 2022.
  3. "Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 14 September 2021.
  4. "Nosaltres no ens matarem amb pistoles (Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas) (VOSE)". Festival de Málaga. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. Vaccaro, Vaccaro & Sánchez Barba 2022, p. 227.
  6. "Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas". Un capricho producciones. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  7. "Culmina en Sagunt el rodaje de 'Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas'". Europa Press. 14 October 2021.
  8. "María Ripoll trae al Festival de Málaga 'Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas', retrato de una generación desesperada". Europa Press. 24 March 2022.
  9. Vaccaro, Virginia; Vaccaro, Juan; Sánchez Barba, Francesc (2022). "VI Edición del Festival Internacional de Cinema de Barcelona (BCN Sant Jordi Film-Fest)". Filmhistoria. Barcelona: Universidad de Barcelona. 32 (1): 227.
  10. Pinilla, Sergio F. (14 June 2022). "Crítica de 'Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  11. Olmo, Júlia (29 March 2022). "Review: We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns". Cineuropa.
  12. Fernández-Santos, Elsa (17 June 2022). "'Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas': el fracaso generacional de la España de la crisis". El País.
  13. Casas, Quim; Martínez, Beatriz; Salvà, Nando (17 June 2022). "Las críticas de cine de la semana: 'Lightyear', 'La brigada de la cocina', 'Piedra noche', 'Tenéis que venir a verla'..." El Periódico de España. Prensa Ibérica.
  14. Hernández Luján, Raquel (15 June 2022). "Crítica de Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas, un deprimente reencuentro levantino". HobbyConsolas.
  15. "En directe | Premis Gaudí: "Alcarràs" i "Un año, una noche", les més nominades de la nit". 3/24. 22 January 2023.
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