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The Goya Murders
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Wikipedia article
'The Goya Murders' is a 2019 Spanish-Belgian crime thriller film directed by Gerardo Herrero and written by ngela Armero which stars Maribel Verd and Aura Garrido alongside Roberto lamo, Gins Garca-Milln, Daniel Grao and Ruth Gabriel.
Plot
A couple of police investigators with different backgrounds and antagonistic personalities (Carmen Cobos and Eva Gonzlez) track a serial killer who starts to leave a trail of crime scenes mirroring the scenes from Francisco Goya's 'Los caprichos' in Madrid.
Cast
Production
A Spanish-Belgian co-production, the film was produced by Tornasol and Los asesinatos de Goya AIE alongside Entre Chien et Loup, with the participation of RTVE and Movistar+ and support from ICAA and the Madrid and Navarra regional administrations. It was shot in Madrid, Pamplona and Brussels.
Release
Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, 'The Goya Murders' was theatrically released in Spain on 18 October 2019.
Reception
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' scored 58 out of 100 points ("so-so"), considering that "its anticlimactic script squanders a visually appealing" premise, assessing the Verd and Garrido duo to be the best thing about the film, while citing the focus on a personal debacle instead of the police subplot, the characters making stupid decisions and the "disappointing" ending as the worst elements about it.
Mireia Mullor of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, highlighting the tandem formed by Verd and Garrido as the best thing about it, while resenting the inability to deliver "anything more than a clich-filled thriller".
Francisco Marinero of 'El Mundo's 'Metrpoli' scored 2 out of 5 stars citing the presence of very skilled performers as a positive point, while pointing out at "a contrived plot with countless clichs of the genre" as a negative point.
Janire Zurbano of 'Cinemana' gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that it "is predictable from its approach to the composition of its characters", yet it manages to entertain, "while the talent of the Verd-Garrido tandem does the rest".
Javier Ocaa of 'El Pas' underscored the film to be "entertaining, it has a good pace and some interesting points" yet, in addition to certain unevenness in the supporting performances, the result falls short because of the stereotypes and the plot predictability.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2019
References
Category:Films shot in Madrid
Category:Films shot in Navarre
Category:Films shot in Brussels
Category:2019 crime thriller films
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Spanish crime thriller films
Category:Films set in Madrid
Category:Belgian crime thriller films
Category:2010s Spanish films
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