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The Open Body
2022 film by Ángeles Huerta From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Open Body (Galician: O corpo aberto) is a 2022 Gothic folk horror drama film directed by Ángeles Huerta from a screenplay by Huerta and Daniel D. García, based on the story "Lobosandaus" by Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín. It stars Tamar Novas alongside María Vázquez and Victória Guerra. It was primarily shot in Galician and Portuguese.
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Plot
Set in 1909, the plot follows Miguel, a teacher destined to the fictional Galician village of Lobosandaus, in the border between Spain and Portugal.[1][2] After his arrival to the village, he meets with Obdulia, a woman seemingly possessed by the spirit of her sister-in-law Dorinda's former (male) lover. Miguel, a man of reason, begins to question himself about the supernatural.[2]
Cast
- Tamar Novas as Miguel[3]
- María Vázquez as Obdulia[3]
- Victória Guerra as Dorinda[3]
- Nicolás Otero as Clamores[4]
- Elena Seijo as Aparecida[4]
- José Fidalgo as Mauro[4]
- Federico Pérez as Turelo[4]
- Miquel Ínsua as Don Fernando[4]
- Izan González as Martín[4]
Production
The screenplay was written by Ángeles Huerta and Daniel D. García, based on Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín's story "Lobosandaus" (from the book Arraianos).[1] The film is a Spanish-Portuguese co-production by OlloVivo (Galicia), Fasten Films (Catalonia), and Cinemate (Portugal), with support of AGADIC and ICAA.[5] Shooting locations included Muíños, Lobeira, and Calvos de Randín (all in the Spanish province of Ourense) and the Portuguese villages of Tourém and Pitões (both in Montalegre).[6] It was primarily shot in Galician and Portuguese,[3] also featuring dialogue in Spanish.[7]
Release
Filmax acquired international rights to the film.[8] The Open Body's festival run included screenings at the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival (MOTELX), the Ourense International Film Festival, the 67th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), and the 60th Gijón International Film Festival.[2][9] It was released theatrically in Spain on 9 December 2022.[1]
Reception
Pablo Vázquez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Novas (in his best performance to date) as the film's standout while citing's the film's "somewhat cumbersome" narration as a negative point.[10]
Santiago Alverú of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ stars, summing it up as "an honest search for the ghost of the evil dreamed".[11]
Miguel Anxo Fernández of La Voz de Galicia deemed The Open Body to be "an honest, brave and well-finished film, destined to last", confirming Ángeles Huerta as "a solvent and welcome director" in the scope of fiction.[12]
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