The Spanish Apartment
2002
· Movie
· 122 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1962
- IMDb #1575
- Rotten Tomatoes #1535
- Metacritic #2020
- Letterboxd #1600
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2340
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1021
- Metacritic Critics #1949
- Metacritic Audience #2247
- Criticker #1251
- Kinopoisk #2029
- AlloCiné #1392
- Trakt #1414
Every rating
55–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 86.
See the most agreed on films →A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
Details
- Director
- Cédric Klapisch
- Writer
- Cédric Klapisch
- Released
- 19 June 2002
- Country
- France, Spain
- Language
- French, Spanish, English, Catalan, Danish, German, Italian
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Budget
- $5.3M
- Box office
- $3.9M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (21) →
Awards & nominations
See all 13 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 13 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| César Awards 2002 | Most Promising Actress | Cécile de France | Winner |
| César Awards 2002 | Best Editing | Francine Sandberg | Nominee |
| César Awards 2002 | Best Film | L'Auberge espagnole | Nominee |
| César Awards 2002 | Best Director | Cédric Klapisch | Nominee |
| César Awards 2002 | Best Supporting Actress | Judith Godrèche | Nominee |
| César Awards 2002 | Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation | Cédric Klapisch | Nominee |
| Brisbane International Film Festival 2002 | Audience Award | L'Auberge espagnole | Winner |
| European Film Awards 2002 | People's Choice Award for Best European Film | L'Auberge espagnole | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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César Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Most Promising Actress | Cécile de France | Winner |
| Best Director | Cédric Klapisch | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Francine Sandberg | Nominee |
| Best Film | L'Auberge espagnole | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation | Cédric Klapisch | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Judith Godrèche | Nominee |
Lumière Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Cédric Klapisch | Winner |
| Most Promising Actress | Cécile de France | Winner |
Brisbane International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | L'Auberge espagnole | Winner |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | L'Auberge espagnole | Winner |
Sydney Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | L'Auberge espagnole | Winner |
European Film Awards
1 nomination
| People's Choice Award for Best European Film | L'Auberge espagnole | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | L'Auberge espagnole | Nominee |