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| Cinematography | Juana Jiménez |
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| Distributed by | A Contracorriente Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Flores para Antonio[a] is a 2025 Spanish documentary film written and directed by Elena Molina and Isaki Lacuesta about the figure of musician Antonio Flores, primarily through the perspective of his daughter Alba Flores.
Subject
Alba Flores explores the life of her father Antonio Flores, accompanied by Ana Villa, Lolita, and Rosario, plus the additional participation of the likes of Antonio Carmona, Ariel Rot, Joaquín Sabina, and Silvia Pérez Cruz.[1]
Production
Flores para Antonio is a Movistar Plus+ original film produced by Flower Power Producciones, LACOproductora, Caballo Films, and Flores para Antonio la película AIE.[2] Alba Flores explained the film was "clearly made with the intention of easing the pain" about Antonio's early demise, as he was found dead in May 1995 in a cabin he built himself days after the death of his mother Lola Flores, when Alba was eight.[3]
Release
The film premiered in a non-competitive official selection slot of the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 23 September 2025.[3] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 28 November 2025, followed by a streaming release on Movistar Plus+ in early 2026.[2]
Reception
Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País assessed that the film's hallmark is Alba Flores' sincerity, "showing her pain with disarming naturalness and truth", otherwise a common trait of a family that has grown up in the public eye.[4]
Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, assessing that it results into the "best posthumous tribute Antonio Flores could receive", managing to outline a "much more interesting" profile of Antonio than the one sketched by 1990s mass media.[5]
In his 3-star rating, Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla deemed the film to be "a collage with a well-crafted narrative", although the reviewer declared to feel himself more interested in the parts leaning on reconstructing Antonio's career and personality than those tackling his legacy or his reflection on his daughter.[6]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2025 | 31st Forqué Awards | Best Documentary Film | Won | [7] | |
2026 |
81st CEC Medals | Best Documentary Film | Pending | [8] | |
| 40th Goya Awards | Best Documentary | Pending | [9] | ||
| Best Original Song | "Flores para Antonio" by Alba Flores and Sílvia Pérez Cruz | Pending | |||
See also
Informational notes
- ↑ 'Flowers for Antonio' or 'Flores to Antonio'.
References
- ↑ Martínez, Luis (23 September 2025). "San Sebastián se rinde a Antonio Flores, el príncipe caído de la verdadera monarquía española". El Mundo.
- 1 2 "'Flores para Antonio' llegará a los cines el 28 de noviembre". El Diario de Soria. 20 September 2025.
- 1 2 "El clan de los Flores se reúne en San Sebastián para recordar a Antonio". El País. 24 September 2025.
- ↑ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (28 November 2025). "'Flores para Antonio': Alba Flores ajusta cuentas con el fantasma de su padre para recuperar su propia voz". El País.
- ↑ Bermejo, Andrea G. (28 November 2025). "Crítica de 'Flores para Antonio': el mejor homenaje que podría recibir Antonio Flores". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ↑ Lombardo, Manuel J. (29 November 2025). "Buscando a un padre en el archivo". Diario de Sevilla. Grupo Joly.
- ↑ "'Los domingos' vence en los Premios Forqué y da su primer paso hacia los Goya". eldiario.es. 13 December 2025.
- ↑ "'Los domingos' lidera la lista de las nominaciones de las Medallas del CEC en su edición número 81". Kinótico. 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "Lista completa de nominados a los Premios Goya 2026". El Cultural (in Spanish). 13 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via El Español.