Menemsha Films is proud to announce the US Theatrical Premiere of Nora's Will, the award-winning film from Mexican writer/director Mariana Chenillo! Variety calls Nora's Will "warm and entertaining", and it has been charming audiences and critics at film festivals all over the world. Nora's Will opens in Miami this Friday, April 2nd, at the Tower Theater (at Miami Dade College)!
Nora had a plan. It would bring her ex-husband, Jose (Fernando Lujan), and the rest of their family together for one last magnificent Passover feast. But there is a flaw in her plan- a mysterious photograph from the past, hidden under the bed, which leads Jose to re-examine their relationship and rediscover their undying love for each other.
The film is playing at:
Tower Theater (at Miami Dade College)
1508 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33135
(305) 643-8706
Website
Showtimes:
Friday 4/2: 6:30 PM
Sat 4/3: 4:30, 6:30
Sun 4/4: 2:50, 8:00
Tues 4/6: 6:30
Wed 4/7: 9:15
Thurs 4/8: 6:30
- Nominated for 11 Ariel Awards (Mexico's Academy Awards)
(including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress (2), Best Original Screenplay)
- Winner, Audience Award - 2009 Miami International Film Festival
- Winner, Jury Award (Best Director, Best First Film) - 2009 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
- Winner, Best Film - 2009 Mar del Plata International Film Festival
- Winner, Audience Award - 2008 Morelia International Film Festival
- Winner, Silver St. George (Best Director) - 2009 Moscow International Film Festival
Jay Weissberg, Variety:
Mariana Chenillo's warm and entertaining feature debut, "5 Days without Nora" (also titled "Nora's Will") may not sound like a comedy, but Chenillo loads the scenario with more Yiddishkeit than a gross of matzo, sure to elicit laughs and knowing nods throughout the Diaspora. Though custom-made for Jewish fests worldwide, "Nora" has amply demonstrated its crossover credentials with a string of awards in Miami, Morelia and Moscow (…) All the performers appear to thoroughly enjoy themselves, especially vet Lujan, who maintains a marvelously underplayed comic timing yet still gives Jose an emotional heart.
Eleanor Ringel Cater, former lead critic for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
First time director Mariana Chenillo never loses sight of the essential humanity of the situation which, at its core, is the on-going friction between those who believe and those who don’t.
Diana Gonzáles, Cinema Network:
…la actuación contenida de Luján, llena de ironía y fino humor negro, ofrece el mayor contrapunto a la conjunción y confrontación de culturas y visiones. (Luján´s acting, filled with a refined black humor, offers a counterpoint to the conjunction and confrontation of visions and cultures. )
Paxton Hernández, Cine Visiones:
La fenomenal ópera prima de Mariana Chenillo, Cinco días sin Nora, es una sencilla comedia negra elevada a niveles de grandeza pura gracias a su humildad y buen corazón. (Mariana Chenillo´s phenomenal opera prima, Nora´s Will, is a simple black comedy taken to a level of pure greatness thanks to good-hearted humulity.)
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I thought this movie very well done. You learn that Nora and her ex-husband (the lead character) had very painful lives together and apart. The comedy allows one the distance one needs to absorb and reflect on it. I agree with the reviewer that the lead, Nora's ex-husband was excellent, allowing the movie to be what it is, far more than a comedy. To me, it is superior to "A Serious Man".
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