The Weasel's Tale

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The Weasel's Tale
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl cuento de las comadrejas
Directed byJuan José Campanella
Screenplay by
  • Juan José Campanella
  • Darren Kloomok
Based onYesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic
by José Martínez Suárez & Augusto Giustozzi
Produced by
  • Axel Kuschevatzky
  • Muriel Cabeza
  • Pierluigi Gazzolo
  • Gerardo Herrero
  • Mariela Besuievski
  • Juan José Campanella
Starring
Edited byJuan José Campanella
Production
companies
  • 100 Bares
  • Telefe / Viacom International Studios
  • Tornasol
  • Jempsa
  • Canarias Cinema 01 AIE
Distributed by
  • BF Paris (ar)
  • Syldavia Cinema (es)
Release dates
  • 16 May 2019 (2019-05-16) (Argentina)
  • 12 July 2019 (2019-07-12) (Spain)
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Spain
LanguageSpanish

The Weasel's Tale (Spanish: El cuento de las comadrejas) is a 2019 Argentine-Spanish black comedy film directed by Juan José Campanella starring Graciela Borges, Oscar Martínez, Luis Brandoni and Marcos Mundstock alongside Clara Lago and Nicolás Francella. It is a remake of 1976 film Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic.

Plot

The plot follows four aged people living in an old mansion (Mara, Pedro and Martín and Norberto), all of them professionally related to the showbiz (respectively

lead actress, bit-part actor, screenwriter and director) and how they deal with the arrival of the young Bárbara and Francisco, who are real estate
developers wanting to purchase the plot.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Juan José Campanella and Darren Kloomok, remaking the 1976 black comedy

Movistar+.[2][4]

Release

Distributed by BF Paris,[5] the film was theatrically released in Argentina on 16 May 2019.[6] Distributed by Syldavia Cinema,[4] it was theatrically released in Spain on 12 July 2019.[7]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregated score of 92% based on 22 positive and 2 negative critic reviews.[8]

Adrian Melo of

social darwinism".[9]

Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that Campanella directs "a twisted, bizarre and macabre story where he reflects human miseries".[10]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía also gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be "a black comedy that shines much more in the script than in the direction", also considering that even if predictable, the ending is "no less enjoyable".[11]

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter presented the film as a "slickly calibrated, classically structured dark comedy" summing up as a bottom-line "old-fashioned fare with an up-to-date edge".[12]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2020 7th Platino Awards Best Director Juan José Campanella Nominated [13][14]
Best Actress Graciela Borges Nominated
Best Original Score Emilio Kauderer Nominated
Best Sound José Luis Díaz Nominated
14th Sur Awards Best Film Nominated [15][16]
Best Director Juan José Campanella Nominated
Best Actress
 Graciela Borges Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Juan José Campanella, Darren Kloomok Nominated
Best Art Direction Nelson Luty Nominated
Best Costume Design Cecilia Monti Nominated
Best Makeup Osvaldo Esperón, Sylvie Imbert, Beatushka Wojtowicz Nominated
Best Cinematography Félix Chango Monti Nominated
Best Sound José Luis Diaz Won
Best Editing Juan José Campanella Nominated
Best Original Score Emilio Kauderer Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^
    ICAA
    . Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Silvestre, Juan (22 May 2019). "'El cuento de las comadrejas': cartel, en primicia, de lo nuevo de Juan José Campanella". Fotogramas.
  3. doi:10.22235/d.v0i31.1820
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  4. ^ a b "'El cuento de las comadrejas' – estreno en cines 12 de julio". Audiovisual451. 8 July 2019.
  5. ^ Domínguez Prost, Micaela (30 May 2019). "La gran batalla: estrenos argentinos de abril y mayo le dan pelea a las producciones y distribuidoras extranjeras". Latam Cinema.
  6. ^ Scholz, Pablo O. (20 August 2019). "Películas más vistas. La odisea de los giles: un éxito sin precedentes para el cine argentino reciente". Clarín.
  7. ^ "Campanella, Darín, "El Marginal 3" y más". El Tribuno. 19 March 2020.
  8. ^ "The Weasels Tale". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  9. ^ Melo, Adrian (7 June 2019). "Veneno lavado". Página|12.
  10. ^ Martínez, Beatriz (11 July 2019). "'El cuento de las comadrejas', la lucha por la supervivencia". El Periódico de Catalunya.
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  12. ^ Holland, Jonathan (23 July 2019). "'The Weasel's Tale' ('El Cuento de las Comadrejas'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  13. ^ "'La trinchera infinita', 'Dolor y gloria' y 'Mientras dure la guerra' encabezan las nominaciones finales a los séptimos Premios PLATINO Xcaret". Audiovisual451. 18 March 2020.
  14. ^ "'Dolor y gloria' y 'La casa de papel', las grandes triunfadoras de los Premios Platino 2020". ¡Hola!. 29 June 2020.
  15. ^ ""Los sonámbulos", con 14 candidaturas, es la película más nominada para los Premios Sur". GPS Audiovisual.
  16. ^ ""Los sonámbulos" buscará una lugar para Argentina en el Oscar". Río Negro. 25 November 2020.


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