Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
They Are All Dead
2014 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
They Are All Dead (Spanish: Todos están muertos) is a 2014 drama film with supernatural elements directed and written by Beatriz Sanchís which stars Elena Anaya. It is an international co-production among companies from Spain, Germany and Mexico.
Remove ads
Plot
Set in the 1990s, it refers back to the 1980s, when Lupe, the lead character, was a rock star.[1] In present time, Lupe suffers from agoraphobia. She lives secluded, only in contact with her son Pancho (a boy scout who hates her) and her Mexican mother Paquita.[2][3] The ghost of her brother Diego breaks into her life.[3]
Cast
- Elena Anaya as Lupe[3]
- Angélica Aragón as Paquita[3]
- Christian Bernal as Pancho[3]
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as Diego[3]
- Patrick Criado as Víctor[3]
- Macarena García as Nadia[4]
- Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Doña Rosario[3]
Production
The film is a production by Avalon PC, Integral Film and Animal de Luz, with funding from Ibermedia and Eurimages.[5] Shooting began on 11 February 2013.[5] Shooting locations included Madrid.[6]
Release
The film was presented on 27 March 2014 at the 17th Málaga Film Festival.[1] Distributed by Avalon,[7] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 30 May 2014.
Reception
Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering Elena Anaya (in a role tailor-made for her) to be the best about the film whereas he assessed that the writing needed more work.[8]
Jordi Costa of El País wrote that "it is not a perfect film, but it is a risky debut feature with a strong identity".[9]
Manuel Piñón of Cinemanía rated the film with 2½ out of 5 stars, considering that despite being an "original and bold" film, it is dragged by a forced homage to 'La movida', assessing that the film may have turned to be a "happy anomaly" if it employed less nostalgia and respect to the past.[2]
Reviewing for Excélsior, Lucero Solórzano deemed the film to be a "a good debut by Beatriz Sanchís" and that, writing shortcomings notwithstanding, it works and is watchable.[10]
Reviewing for The Hollywood Reporter, Jonathan Holland considered the film to be "a challengingly offbeat but persuasively imagined “what if” bid to talk about well-worn family themes in an adventurous new way".[3]
Remove ads
Accolades
Remove ads
See also
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads