'All the Women' will represent Spain at EUFF this year.

The European Union Film Festival is an annual showcase of the best of contemporary cinema produced in the European Union. Each country has carte blanche to choose the film that will represent them. Together, their exciting selections make for a lively, provocative, stimulating, and entertaining state-of-the-Union celebration of the diversity, dynamism, and accomplishment of contemporary European filmmaking.

All the Women (Todas las Mujeres)

Directed by Mariano Barroso, Spain, 89 minutes. Winner of the 2014 Goya (Spanish Oscars) for best adapted screenplay. Official selection at the 2013 Festival de Malaga. Watch trailer.

The much-honoured Spanish actor Eduard Fernández is riveting in director Mariano Barroso’s incisive, insightful drama, adapted from a TV mini-series. Middle-aged veterinarian Nacho, a man in crisis, embarks on an ill-advised scheme to steal cattle. When his plans go awry, he turns to six women who have been important in his life for succour.

Engrossing… The most tightly-focused and emotionally penetrating film in a quietly formidable body of work from a director whose virtues continue to go largely unrecognized… A scaled-back, sharp-eyed, David Mamet-inspired deconstruction of the fragile psyches of Spanish and other males, anchored in Fernandez’s memorable central performance.

—Jonathan Holland, Hollywood Reporter

View the festival's full program (PDF). Book your seat now for the screening of All the Women (advance reservation). General admission is free to all films except Opening Night; Entrance on a first-come, first-served basis.

Venue

The Royal, 608 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1B4

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Phone

416-466-4400

More information

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