Eva (2011 film)

Eva was nominated in twelve categories at the 26th Goya Awards, scoring three wins—Best New Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Special Effects.Álex, a renowned cybernetic engineer, returns to his hometown of Santa Irene after a ten-year absence on the behest of the Robotic Faculty, led by Julia, his old mentor.Julia has commissioned him to finish the SI-9, a robot built to resemble a child—a project that Álex abandoned prematurely after working on it with Lana, his old lover, who is now married to David, his brother, both of whom had given up researching to teach.When a small robotic horse continually fails its tests, the pair of students decide to dismantle it with the phrase "What do you see when you close your eyes?"Leaving Max to clean, Álex takes a drive to observe children in order to find a "unique" child to model the SI-9 off of.The film ends with Eva narrating her dying dream—what she "sees," in response to the kill phrase: playing on a beach forever, with Álex and Lana.The film combines computer generated imagery of robots and engineering devices and retro clothing and props like a Saab 900 car.Miguel Juan Payán of the Acción Cine described the film as a "brave science fiction exercise", and compared it to classics such as Frankenstein, Metropolis, Blade Runner and A.I."[10] The website Critics Cinema gave Eva 4.5 out of five stars and described it as "an intelligent film that, aparts from notable effects, also offers interesting and emotional stories."[12] Carlos Fernández Castro of the Spanish blog Bandeja de Plata gave the film 4.5 points out of five, praising Claudia Vega's portrayal of Eva.In contrast to that, he named the performance of Daniel Brühl as "odd since the moment he had appeared in the film," and the character of Marta Etura as "shallow.