Manticore (2022 film)
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Spanish | Mantícora |
Directed by | Carlos Vermut |
Written by | Carlos Vermut |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Alana Mejía González |
Edited by | Emma Tusell |
Music by | Damián Schwartz |
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Distributed by | BTeam Pictures |
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Language | Spanish |
Manticore (Spanish: Mantícora) is 2022 psychological drama thriller film directed and written by Carlos Vermut which stars Nacho Sánchez and Zoe Stein.
Blending
Manticore world premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. It scooped 4 nominations to the 37th Goya Awards (Director, Original Screenplay, Leading Actor, and New Actress).
Plot
Living alone in an apartment in the
Julián is summoned to a company meeting. He is disclosed that, pursuant to his contract with the company, the management had a register of all works developed with the company's tools, thus having the power to know about the full extent of Julián's virtual portfolio. Julián tries to communicate to Diana by phone. Diana
Cast
- Nacho Sánchez as Julián[2]
- Zoe Stein as Diana[2]
- Vicenta Ndongo[2]
- Aitziber Garmendia[2]
- Miquel Insua[2]
- Ángela Boix[2]
- Catalina Sopelana[3]
- Javier Lago[3]
- Álvaro Sanz Rodríguez[4]
- Patrick Martino[3]
Production
The screenplay was penned by Carlos Vermut.[5] The project was motivated as an adaptation of classic werewolf films, upon the premise that they originally sought to depict "humans managing forbidden sexual desires", with the fiction thereby approaching the theme of pedophilia as a curse, likewise portraying ways about how a pedophile may try to "cheat" on that forbidden impulse with proxies (such as VR or a substitutive target being a child look-alike) in current-day society.[6] Vermut told that the original idea for the film came from the story of a lesbian friend somewhat resembling Justin Bieber who felt used in a relationship because she found out that the aforementioned look-alike was the reason for which her partner was with her.[7] Vermut stated that "I think it is my film with the highest levels of discomfort. I like to confront the things that scare me through film. And I guess looking Julián in the eye is a way of dealing with it".[8]
The film makes references to
Alana Mejía González took over cinematography duties for the first time in a feature film.
Release
The film was slated to make its
Reception
According to the
Shelagh Rowan-Legg of
Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa pointed out that, possible objections by some viewers about an "amoral or scandalous" nature notwithstanding, the story manages to address the issue of "the need for affection that we all have", wondering if this is "the most brilliantly contrived and terrible love story in cinema today".[28]
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 75 out of 100 points ("good"), writing that Vermut delivers "a disconcerting film at times, suffocating at others, in which you never know what might happen and you are permanently on guard" as well as highlighting a "very intelligent" mise-en-scène that helps to "demonstrate that it is not necessary to be excessively explicit in order to enter into the most obsessive, deep and disconcerting corners of people".[29]
Manu Yáñez of Fotogramas rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, assessing that Vermut reneges on the aesthetic pirouettes and narrative twists present in his previous films, otherwise highlighting "the sobriety of the scenic and writing work".[30]
Daniel de Partearroyo of Cinemanía rated Manticore 5 out of 5 stars, describing the film as "a hair-raising character study grappling with taboo and horror at the blackness before one's own soul", as well as Vermut's "most polished and daring film to date".[31]
Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a complex and problematic film, because what it talks about is always problematic", as well as, more than simply unsettling, "[an] uncomfortable, restive, and discomfort- and uneasiness-inducing [viewing]".[32]
Luis Martínez of El Mundo rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a prodigious film with a structure that is as simple as it is dense" as well as the "consummation of a filmography now stripping itself of the juggling of [Vermut's] previous works".[33]
Wendy Ide of
Top ten lists
The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2022;
- 4th — El País (Eneko Ruiz Jiménez)[34]
- 6th — El Confidencial (Marta Medina del Valle)[34]
- 6th — Europa Press (Israel Arias)[34]
- 6th — Cinemanía (Daniel de Partearroyo)[34]
- 6th — TVG (Ángel Suanzes)[34]
- 8th — Antena 3 (Gonzalo del Prado)[34]
- 8th — Agencia EFE (Alicia García Arribas)[34]
- 10th — Fotogramas (Juan Silvestre)[34]
In addition, it also appeared on top ten lists of the best European films of 2022;
As well as in best Spanish films of 2022 top ten lists:
- 1st — El Cultural (Javier Yuste)[36]
- 2nd — El Cultural (Carlos Reviriego)[36]
- 2nd — Cadena SER (Pepa Blanes )[37]
- 2nd — El Cultural (Manu Yáñez)[36]
- 2nd — El Cultural (Juan Sardá)[36]
- 3rd — El Periódico de Catalunya (critics)[38]
- 3rd — El Confidencial (Marta Medina)[39]
- 3rd — Cadena SER ('El cine en la SER' critics)[37]
- 4th — Vanity Fair (Juan Sanguino & Paloma Rando)[40]
- 4th — Cadena SER (Jose M. Romero)[37]
- 5th — El Español ('Series&más' critics)[41]
- 6th — El Mundo (Luis Martínez)[42]
- 7th — ABC (Oti Rodríguez Marchante)[43]
- 9th — El Cultural (Carlos Heredero)[36]
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | 28th Forqué Awards | Best Film Actor | Nacho Sánchez | Nominated | [44][45] |
2023 | 15th Gaudí Awards | Best Non-Catalan Language Film | Nominated | [46] | |
Best New Performance | Zoe Stein | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Alana Mejía González | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Vinyet Escobar | Nominated | |||
10th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | Nacho Sánchez | Won | [47] | |
Best Film Poster | Carlos Vermut | Won | |||
Best Trailer | Miguel Ángel Trudu | Nominated | |||
78th CEC Medals | Best Director | Carlos Vermut | Nominated | [48][49] | |
Best Actor | Nacho Sánchez | Nominated | |||
Best New Actress | Zoe Stein | Nominated | |||
37th Goya Awards | Best Director | Carlos Vermut | Nominated | [50] | |
Best Original Screenplay | Carlos Vermut | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Nacho Sánchez | Nominated | |||
Best New Actress | Zoe Stein | Nominated | |||
28th Toulouse Spanish Film Festival | Golden Violet |
Won | [51] | ||
Best Actor | Nacho Sánchez | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | Alana Mejía González | Won |
See also
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