Filly Brown

Filly Brown
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Youssef Delara
  • Michael D. Olmos
Produced by Edward James Olmos
Written by Youssef Delara
Starring
Music by Reza Safinia
Cinematography Ben Kufrin
Edited by
  • Eric R. Broduer
  • Youssef Delara
Production
company
  • Cima Productions
  • Olmos Productions
  • Silent Giant Entertainment
Distributed by Indomina Releasing[1]
Release date
  • January 20, 2012 (2012-01-20) (Sundance)
  • April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19) (United States)
Running time
 101 minutes[2]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1.3–2 million[3][2]
Box office $2.9 million[2]

Filly Brown is a 2012 drama film directed by Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Feature Film at the 2013 Noor Iranian Film Festival. The whole cast won the award Special Achievement in Film at the 2013 American Latino Media Arts Awards, or ALMA Award and the late Jenni Rivera was also given a moment of silence.[4] This was Rivera's first and only film before her death on December 9, 2012.

Cast

Cast & crew at the Miami International Film Festival premiere. From left: Michael D. Olmos, Edward James Olmos, Gina Rodriguez, Lou Diamond Phillips and Youssef Delara

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 45% based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10.[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "MAKERS". Archived from the original on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  2. 1 2 3 Filly Brown at Box Office Mojo
  3. ↑ "2013 Feature Film Production Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/28/alma-awards-2013_n_4008251.html
  5. ↑ "Filly Brown (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Filly Brown Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 19, 2018.


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