The Family (2017 film)

The Family
The Family
	Film poster
Spanish	La familia
Directed by	Gustavo Rondón Córdova
Written by	Gustavo Rondón Córdova
Starring	Giovanni Garcia; Reggie Reyes;
Release date	23 May 2017 (Cannes);
Running time	82 minutes
Countries	Venezuela; Chile; Norway
Language	Spanish

The Family (Spanish: La familia) is a 2017 drama film directed by Gustavo Rondón Córdova.^[1] It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]^[3] It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[4]^[5] It is a co-production between Venezuela, Chile and Norway.^[6]

Plot

Near Caracas, a father and his teenage son go on the run after a violent altercation puts their lives at risk.^[7]

As of June 2020^[update], the film holds a 91% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on eleven reviews with an average rating of 7.75/10.^[8]

^ "The Family". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
^ "Selection of the 56th Critics' Week". Critics' Week. Syndicat Français de la Critique. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ de Seille, Dany (21 April 2017). "56th Critics' Week Press Kit" (PDF). Critics' Week. Syndicat Français de la Critique. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ "Película "La Familia" es la apuesta venezolana para los premios Oscar". Globovisión. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ "This Gritty Drama Is Venezuela's Entry for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar". Remezcla. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Film "La Familia" gana en Chile Festival Sanfic | La República EC" (in Spanish). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ van Hoeij, Boyd (28 May 2017). "'La familia': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
^ "La familia (2018)". Retrieved 4 June 2020 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.