Magical Girl (film)

Magical Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Vermut
Written byCarlos Vermut
Produced by
  • Pedro Hernández Santos
  • Amadeo Hernández Bueno
  • Alvaro Portanet Hernández
Starring
CinematographySantiago Racaj
Edited byEmma Tusell
Production
company
Aquí y Allí Films
Distributed by
  • Avalon (Spain)
  • Condor (France)
Release dates
  • September 2014 (2014-09) (TIFF)
  • 17 October 2014 (2014-10-17) (Spain)
  • 12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) (France)
Running time
127 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

Magical Girl (titled La niña de fuego in France) is a 2014 neo-noir film written and directed by Carlos Vermut,[1] and starring Bárbara Lennie, Luis Bermejo and José Sacristán. The plot tracks the events triggered by the decision of a father (Bermejo) to fulfill the secret wish of his dying 12-year-old otaku daughter (Pollán).

A Spanish-French co-production, the film made its world premiere at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014,[2] also screening at the 62nd San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Shell for Best Film and the Silver Shell for Best Director. Lennie also won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance.

  1. ^ "Magical Girl" (in Spanish). AQUÍ Y ALLÍ FILMS. 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Carlos Vermut estrena en Toronto 'Magical girl' y revela su obsesión por crear guiones atrayentes". La Vanguardia. 9 September 2014.