The Fortress (2022 film)
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Spanish | La fortaleza |
Directed by | Chiqui Carabante |
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Cinematography | Juan Hernández |
Edited by | Cristina Laguna |
Music by | Dario Valderrama |
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Distributed by | Syldavia Cinema |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
The Fortress (Spanish: La fortaleza) is a 2022 Spanish black comedy thriller film directed by Chiqui Carabante which stars Fernando Cayo, Goya Toledo, José Manuel Poga, Fernando Tejero, Vito Sanz, Carla Nieto, and Lola Casamayor.
Plot
Upon the death of their father Arturo Viaplana, the Viaplana siblings (Arturo, Mónica, Jorge, Eduardo, and Paula) meet at the reading of the testament to find out about the recipient of the hefty inheritance, only to find out that their deceased father has set a macabre game.[1][2]
Cast
- Fernando Cayo as Arturo[2]
- Goya Toledo as Mónica[2]
- José Manuel Poga as Jorge[2]
- Carla Nieto as Paula[2]
- Vito Sanz as Eduardo[2]
- Fernando Tejero as notario[2] ('notary')
- Lola Casamayor as Gertrudis[2]
- Manuel Zarzo as Arturo padre[2]
- Nacho Fresneda as marido de Mónica[2] ('Mónica's husband')
- Manolo Solo as amigo de Jorge[2] ('Jorge's friend')
Production
The film is a Lolita Films, Womack Studios, Featurent and Un Fin De Semana Juntos AIE production.
Release
The film had its
Reception
Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the "grotesque, macabre, and even a little bit coarse" film 3 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be "a vernacular whodunit with more Glass Onion than Buñuel and Berlanga".[6]
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 60 points ('acceptable'), pointing out that the efficiency of its best assets (the black humour and the broadsides) wanes as the film progressively deflates.[7]
See also
References
- ^ D'Ocon, Manuel (14 June 2023). ""¿Qué pinta tiene un notario?": Así es 'La Fortaleza', la nueva comedia negra española con Fernando Tejero, Goya Toledo y Fernando Cayo". Fotogramas.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (19 June 2023). "Los estrenos del 23 de junio. 'La fortaleza'. Juegos macabros". Aisge.
- ^ a b Sánchez Sequera, Marco (20 June 2023). "'La fortaleza' – estreno en cines 23 de junio". Audiovisual451.
- ^ "Sevilla exhibe el mejor cine europeo". Canal Sur. 5 November 2022.
- ^ Ortiz Jaime, Bruno (23 June 2023). "Lo que sabemos sobre "La fortaleza": de qué trata, fecha de estreno y tráiler". mag – via El Comercio.
- 20minutos.es.
- ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (21 June 2023). "Crítica de La fortaleza, un thriller cómico coral sobre herencias envenenadas". HobbyConsolas.