Alimañas Explained
Cinematography: | Juan Molina Temboury |
Music: | Isabel Royán |
Editing: | Azucena Baños |
Country: | Spain |
Language: | Spanish |
Distributor: | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Gross: | €1.2 million[1] |
Alimañas is a 2023 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pep Antón Gómez and Jordi Sánchez which stars Sánchez, Carlos Areces, Sílvia Abril, Loles Léon, and Carmina Barrios.
Plot
The plot follows two brothers (Carlos and Paco) hoping for their mother to die so they can inherit an apartment building in the centre of Madrid.[2] [3]
Production
The film is a Feelgood, Kowalski Films, Goblin Audiovisual, and Alimañas AIE production, with the association of Sony Pictures International Productions, the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, and Canal Sur and funding from the Madrid regional administration and ICAA.[4]
Release
Included as a late addition to the slate of the Manresa-based,[5] Alimañas premiered on 20 October 2023.[6] Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment,[7] it was released theatrically in Spain on 27 October 2023.[8]
Reception
Enid Román Almansa of Cinemanía rated the film 2½ ot of 5 stars, deeming it to be "made for fans of the actors and no one else".[9]
Pablo Vázquez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, describing it as "morally sordid, minimalist, nihilistic, uncomfortable and dark as a rat's belly, sometimes coarse and often insidious".[10]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Acumulado cine español 2023. 12 November 2023. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. 16 November 2023.
- Web site: "Alimañas", la opera prima "de humor internacional" del actor Jordi Sánchez. La Vanguardia. 24 October 2023.
- Web site: 'Alimañas': La avaricia rompe el saco. ecartelera. Miguel Ángel. Pizarro. 27 October 2023.
- Web site: ‘Alimañas’ – estreno en cines 27 de octubre. Marco. Sánchez Sequera. Audiovisual451. 24 October 2023.
- Web site: El festival de cine social Clam 2023 programa por sorpresa 'Alimañas', un film de Jordi Sánchez y Pep Anton Gómez. El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 19 October 2023.
- Web site: El Festival Clam lliura els guardons als millors films. Regió7. Prensa Ibérica. 20 October 2023.
- Web site: 'Alimañas': tráiler, cartel y sinopsis de la película de Jordi Sánchez con Carlos Areces. rtve.es. 10 October 2023.
- Web site: Pep Antón Gómez (estrena su película 'Alimañas'): "El dinero puede destruir hasta los vínculos más fuertes". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 30 October 2023. Álvaro. Jordán.
- Web site: Cinemanía. 26 October 2023. 20minutos.es. Crítica de 'Alimañas': Jordi Sánchez vuelve a demostrar lo peor del ser humano, de la familia y de la comunidad de vecinos. Enid. Román Almansa.
- Web site: 27 October 2023. Fotogramas. Crítica de ‘Alimañas’, la comedia que se avecina con Jordi Sánchez, Loles León, Silvia Abril y Carlos Areces. Pablo. Vázquez.