La casa (2024 film)
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| Directed by | Álex Montoya |
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| Based on | La casa by Paco Roca |
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| Cinematography | Guillem Oliver |
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| Music by | Fernando Velázquez |
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| Distributed by | A Contracorriente Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
La casa is a 2024 Spanish slice-of-life drama film directed by Álex Montoya based on the graphic novel of the same name by Paco Roca.
Plot[edit]
Three siblings, coping with the grief of their father's death in different ways, confront the dilemma of what to do with the house their father built.[1]
Cast[edit]
- David Verdaguer as José[2][3]
- Luis Callejo as Antonio[2]
- Óscar de la Fuente as Vicente[2]
- Olivia Molina as Silvia[2]
- María Romanillos[3]
- Lorena López as Carla[2]
- Marta Belenguer[3]
- Jordi Aguilar[3]
- Miguel Rellán[3]
Production[edit]
Montoya decided to shoot the film after being gifted the graphic novel, but according to him, it took him nearly seven years to develop the project.[4] The film is a Raw Pictures, Nakamura Films, and Haciendo la casa AIE production, with the participation of RTVE, À Punt, and CreaSGR, the funding from ICAA, ICO, and the collaboration of IVC.[5] Digital tweaks were used to de-age Miguel Rellán in some past scenes.[6] It was shot in locations of the Valencia region.[5]
Release[edit]
The film was presented at the 27th Málaga Film Festival on 5 March 2024.[7] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, was released theatrically in Spain on 1 May 2024.[8][9]
Reception[edit]
Javier Ocaña of El País wrote that Montoya adapts Roca's work "with the calm, subtlety, verve, delicacy and truth of small great works".[10]
Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "an almost surgical drama, very restrained".[11]
Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "the adaptation of the graphic novel that Paco Roca deserved".[12]
Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting some scenes featuring Verdaguer vs. Rellán and Verdaguer vs. de la Fuente as the best things about the film.[13]
Accolades[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 |
27th Málaga Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Álex Montoya, Joana M. Ortueta | Won | [14] |
| Best Music | Fernando Velázquez | Won | |||
| Audience Award | Won | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Erauskin, David (4 March 2024). ""La casa" cómic de Paco Roca llega a las pantallas de cine". Neo2.
- ^ a b c d e Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (29 April 2024). "Los estrenos del 1 de mayo. 'La casa'. Heridas familiares". Aisge.
- ^ a b c d e "La casa". Festival de Málaga. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Rebolledo, Matías G. (6 March 2024). "Álex Montoya construye "La casa" de todas nuestras familias | Festival de Málaga". La Razón.
- ^ a b "Finaliza el rodaje de "La casa"', adaptación de la novela gráfica de Paco Roca". Levante-EMV. Prensa Ibérica. 16 December 2022.
- ^ "De cómic a película, 'La casa' demuestra que "no hay nada más importante que emocionar"". Infobae. 5 March 2024.
- ^ "'La casa' emociona con su reflejo del luto por la muerte de un padre". La Opinión de Málaga. 5 March 2024.
- ^ "'La casa', de Álex Montoya, Premio Feroz Puerta Oscura de los informadores de cine". La Vanguardia. 8 March 2024.
- ^ Velasco, Carmen; Labastida, Mikel (5 May 2024). "Paco Roca: «Me pasa con todos mis cómics: una vez terminados tienen una segunda vida»". Las Provincias. Grupo Vocento.
- ^ Ocaña, Javier (1 May 2024). "'La casa': preciosa adaptación del cómic de Paco Roca sobre la 'familia España'". El País.
- ^ Casas, Quim (30 April 2024). "Crítica de 'La casa': cine y cómic en armonía". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Crespo, Irene (30 April 2024). "Crítica de 'La casa': las cosas que nunca nos dijimos". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Vall, Pere (1 May 2024). "Crítica de 'La casa', la película basada en la obra maestra de Paco Roca sobre la eternidad y la reconciliación con el pasado". Fotogramas.
- ^ Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (9 March 2024). "Festival de Málaga 2024: Palmarés completo con todos los ganadores de la edición". Fotogramas.