
Three films have been enough for Sevillian Celia Rico Clavellino to stand as one of the big names of the Spanish film scene. Away from large productions of slight commercial vocation, Journey to a mother's room y The little loves Perhaps they did not achieve the necessary support from the public that goes to the rooms, but they showed us a filmmaker of enormous maturity and intelligence that will surely contribute great moments without giving their voice. The good lyricshis third feature film, comes to sign that we are facing a director with an already consolidated domain.
In a subtle and content registry, Loreto Mauleón plays Ana, a woman who struggles to carry out her family in a context marked by the deep wounds that the Spanish civil war has left in her husband Tomás (Roger Casamajor) and her brother -in -law Antonio (Enric Auquer). Submissive and patient, Ana represents the woman sacrificed by her family and selfless to fulfill a socially assigned role, which will be interrupted by the appearance of Isabel, wife of Antonio, a hurricane of modernity from London. With a staging away from fuss but of enormous precision, Rico Clavellino raises a story where silences and looks make us see a torrent of relations full of secrets and sacrifices, in an environment where the appearance of calm hides systemic repression.
A luminous Loreta Mauleón loads on his shoulders all the scenes of The good lyricsthat travel from their conditioned relationship with the other characters to a solo liberty point as deserved as dramatic. The good lyrics He talks about the inability to enjoy a whole generation of women who saw how his life had to adapt to circumstances where good forms were the norm. A generation that was made guilty of dancing a tango or enjoying a ray of sun.
Premiere in Spain: April 30, 2025
Source: https://cineenserio.com/la-buena-letra-de-celia-rico-clavellino-festival-de-malaga-2025/