{{use dmy|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox film | image = Your Next Life poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name ={{Infobox name module|es|La vida que te espera|nolink=yes}} | director = Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | screenplay = {{ubl|Ángeles González Sinde|Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón}} | producer = {{ubl|Gerardo Herrero|Pancho Casal}} | starring = {{Plain list| * Juan Diego * Luis Tosar * Marta Etura * Clara Lago * Celso Bugallo * Víctor Clavijo }} | cinematography = Gonzalo Berridi | editing = José Salcedo | music = Xavier Capellas | country = Spain | studio = {{ubl|Tornasol Films|Continental Producciones|Televisión de Galicia}} | language = Spanish | distributor = Alta Classics | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|01|30|Spain|2004|02|09|Berlinale}} }} '''''Your Next Life''''' ({{langx|es|'''La vida que te espera'''|links=no}}) is a 2004 Spanish rural thriller and romantic drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. It stars Juan Diego, Luis Tosar and Marta Etura alongside Clara Lago, Celso Bugallo and Víctor Clavijo.
== Plot == The plot is set in northern Spain. Over a cow-related row also involving the Severo's kidnapping of Val (Gildo's daughter), Gildo kills Severo. Val and Rai (Severo's son, unbeknownst of the identity of his father's killer) fall romantically for each other.
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Juan Diego as Gildo<ref name="holland" /> * Luis Tosar as Rai<ref name="holland" /> * Marta Etura as Val<ref name="holland" /> * Clara Lago as Genia<ref name="holland" /> * Celso Bugallo as Severo<ref name="holland" /> * Víctor Clavijo<ref name="latido">{{Cite web|title=Your Next Life|website=Latido Films|url=https://www.latidofilms.com/film/your-next-life/|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> * {{ill|José Manuel Olveira|gl|Xosé Manuel Olveira}}<ref name="latido" /> * {{ill|Manuel Millán|es}}<ref name="latido" /> * José Luis Bernal<ref name="latido" /> * {{ill|Santi Prego|es}}<ref name="latido" /> }}
== Production == The screenplay was penned by Ángeles González Sinde alongside Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.<ref name="ep">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/01/30/cine/107541720_850215.html|website=El País|first=Ángel|last=Fernández Santos|date=30 January 2004|author-link=Ángel Fernández-Santos|title=Asperezas de seda}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The film was produced by Tornasol Films, Continental Producciones and TVG with the participation of TVE, Canal+.<ref name="holland" /> It was shot in {{ill|Valle del Pas|es}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/12/02/espectaculos/1070319604_850215.html|website=El País|title=Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón concursará en Berlín con 'La vida que te espera'|first=Ciro|last=Krauthausen|first2=Jesús|last2=Ruiz Mantilla|date=2 December 2003}}</ref> Cantabria.
== Release == Distributed by Alta Classics,<ref name="holland" /> ''Your Next Life'' opened in Spanish theatres on 30 January 2004. It also screened at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival's main competition on 9 February 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/02/10/espectaculos/1076367603_850215.html|website=El País|title=División de opiniones ante 'La vida que te espera', de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón|first=Diego|last=Galán|author-link=Diego Galán|date=10 February 2004}}</ref>
== Reception == Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' described the film as "an enjoyably intense rural murder drama-cum-romancer set in the remote Valle de Pas in northern Spain", being "superior anthropology and, for its first hour, superior cinema, too", with "first-class perfs, sore-eyes scenery and solid production values".<ref name="holland">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/your-next-life-1200536737/|date=29 January 2004|title=Your Next Life|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|website=Variety}}</ref>
The review in ''Fotogramas'' highlighted the veracity of the film's characters and its actors, also assessing that whereas "Clara Lago confirms herself as an adult actress when she is still a child, Marta Etura is simply sensational".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a13586/la-vida-que-te-espera/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=La vida que te espera}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | align = "center" rowspan = "11" | 2005 || rowspan = "10" | 3rd Mestre Mateo Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || {{nom}} || rowspan = "10" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiagalegadoaudiovisual.gal/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FINALISTAS-PREMIOS-MESTRE-MATEO-04.pdf|publisher=Academia Galega do Audiovisual|access-date=22 May 2022|title=Finalistas aos Premios Mestre Mateo 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|access-date=22 May 2022|url=https://www.academiagalegadoaudiovisual.gal/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Ganadores_PMM-2004.pdf|publisher=Academia Galega do Audiovisual|title=Gañadores 2005. Premios Mestre Mateo}}</ref> |- | Best Direction || Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón || {{nom}} |- | rowspan = "2 | Best Actor || Juan Diego || {{nom}} |- | Luis Tosar || {{nom}} |- | Best Actress || Marta Etura || {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actor || Celso Bugallo || {{nom}} |- | Best Screenplay || Ángeles González Sinde, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón || {{won}} |- | Best Score || Xavier Capellas || {{nom}} |- | Best Editing || José Salcedo || {{nom}} |- | Best Art Direction || Félix Murcia || {{nom}} |- | 18th European Film Awards || People's Choice Award for Best Actor || Luis Tosar || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18378331.html|website=AlloCiné|title=European Film Awards 2005 : les nominations|date=14 November 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/archive/2005/winner|website=European Film Awards|access-date=22 May 2022|title=EFA Night 2005|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923121421/http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/archive/2005/winner|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2004
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/en-us/Peliculas/Detalle?q=true&Pelicula=44403 ''Your Next Life''] at ICAA's ''Catálogo de Cinespañol'' {{authority control}} Category:2004 films Category:Films set in Spain Category:Films shot in Cantabria Category:2004 thriller films Category:2004 romantic drama films Category:2004 Spanish-language films Category:Spanish romantic drama films Category:Spanish thriller films Category:Tornasol Films films Category:2004 Spanish films Category:Spanish-language romantic drama films