The Haunting (2009 film)

The Haunting
The Haunting
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	NO-DO
Directed by	Elio Quiroga
Written by	Elio Quiroga
Starring	Ana Torrent; Francisco Boira; Héctor Colomé; Alfonsa Rosso; Miriam Cepa; Rocío Muñoz; Paco Casares;
Cinematography	Juan Carlos Gómez
Music by	Alfons Conde
Production; company	Eqlipse
Release dates	March 2009 (Las Palmas); 12 June 2009 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Haunting or The Beckoning (Spanish: NO-DO) is a Spanish supernatural mystery horror film written and directed by Elio Quiroga [es] which stars Ana Torrent.

Plot

The plot follows the plight of Francesca, a pediatrician coping with the

Francoist regime (and hidden by the Catholic Church) recording every miraculous development in Spain and which ended up stumbling upon some dark gods.^[3]^[4]^[2]

Cast

Ana Torrent as Francesca^[4]
Francisco Boira as Pedro^[4]
Héctor Colomé [es] as Miguel^[4]
Alfonsa Rosso [fi] as Blanca^[4]
Miriam Cepa as Rosa^[4]
Rocío Muñoz [es] as Jean^[4]
Francisco Casares as Gabriel^[4]
Aitor Gaviria [es] as Senel^[4]
Lucía Navarro as Paqui^[4]
Alejandra Lorenzo as niña^[4]

Production

An Eqlipse Producciones Cinematográficas production,

ICAA, Cabildo de Gran Canaria and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival.^[5]

Release

The film was presented in March 2009 at Las Palmas Film Festival.^[6] It was theatrically released in Spain on 12 June 2009.^[4]

Reception

The review in Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be an "appreciable" new wrinkle to the cinema of Arrebato, Buñuel's catholic anti-clericalism and Don Coscarelli's plot twists, also highlighting the performance by Torrent.^[1]

The review in El Mundo rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing about a film full of flaws, generally attributable to the screenplay and, above all, to the budget shortcomings, otherwise featuring an "uneven but very entertaining story" and positively highlighting the insertion of a chapter with historical plausibility within a traditional horror story.^[7]

Jordi Costa of El País considered that even if there are some predictable twists and a few missteps and the film suffers from budgetary constraints, "this story of martyrs and monstrous gods" "deserves to find its audience".^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "No-Do. Para verdaderos fans del fantastique nacional". Fotogramas. 10 June 2009.
^
Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b Costa, Jordi (12 June 2009). "Noticias desde el subsuelo". El País.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Rueda, Luis (17 June 2009). "NO-DO, los fantasmas de El Pardo". La República Cultural.
^ "El 'No-Do' de Elio Quiroga llega a Los Angeles". La Provincia. Prensa Ibérica. 17 September 2009.
^ Jansa, Mercedes (9 March 2009). "El director Elio Quiroga descubre imágenes secretas del NO-DO". El Periódico de Catalunya.
^ A.B. (16 June 2009). "Secretos paranormales". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.

[fotogramas-1] "No-Do. Para verdaderos fans del fantastique nacional". Fotogramas. 10 June 2009.

[goya-2] 
Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[costa-3] Costa, Jordi (12 June 2009). "Noticias desde el subsuelo". El País.

[republicacultural-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Rueda, Luis (17 June 2009). "NO-DO, los fantasmas de El Pardo". La República Cultural.

[lp-5] "El 'No-Do' de Elio Quiroga llega a Los Angeles". La Provincia. Prensa Ibérica. 17 September 2009.

[6] Jansa, Mercedes (9 March 2009). "El director Elio Quiroga descubre imágenes secretas del NO-DO". El Periódico de Catalunya.

[7] A.B. (16 June 2009). "Secretos paranormales". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.

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