Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2016
The Furies (2016 film)
Buy The Furies (2016 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Furies' is a 2016 family comedy-drama film with tragedy elements written and directed by Miguel del Arco. The ensemble cast features Pere Arquillu, Gonzalo de Castro, Elisabet Gelabert, Brbara Lennie, Carmen Machi, Jos Sacristn, Mercedes Sampietro, Alberto San Juan, Macarena Sanz and Emma Surez.
Plot
Marga, the matriarch of the Ponte Alegre family, is set to sell the family's summer house, so she encourages their three children to go there to choose as many items as they wish to preserve.
Cast
Production
The film, debut feature, is an Aqu y All Films and Kamikaze Producciones production, with participation of TVE and Movistar+. It had a 1.5 million budget. Filming began on 10 August 2015. Shooting locations included the seaside town of Suances, Cantabria.
Release
'The Furies' was presented at the 61st Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 23 October 2016, screened as the festival's opening film. Distributed by Wanda Vision, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 11 November 2016.
Reception
Jordi Costa of 'Fotogramas', rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering that "the presentation of characters and conflicts is absolutely exemplary", likewise citing the harmony between director and cast as a positive point, while warning that someone viewers "will get indigestion from the final excesses".
Sergio F. Pinilla of 'Cinemana' rated it 3 out of 5 stars, writing that the film, dialogue-wise, "is too intense", featuring a not quite fitting climax, standing out for "its narrative and stylistic eloquence". He found a likeness with films by Sam Mendes, P.T. Anderson and Woody Allen.
Quim Casas of 'El Peridico de Catalunya' scored 2 out of 5 stars, considering that some of the characters "are more interesting in theory than in practice", wondering if perhaps there was no need for such stridency, concluding that "excess eventually devours intensity".
Accolades
|-
| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2017 || 72nd CEC Medals || Best New Actress || Macarena Sanz || ||
|-
| 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Film Actress in a Minor Role || Emma Surez || ||
|}
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2016
References
Category:Aqu y All Films films
Category:Films shot in Cantabria
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Spanish comedy-drama films
Category:2010 comedy-drama films
Category:2010s Spanish films
Buy The Furies (2016 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2016