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Crime Wave (2018 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Crime Wave' is a 2018 Spanish black comedy film directed by Gracia Querejeta. The cast, led by Maribel Verd, also features Juana Acosta, Paula Echevarra, Antonio Resines, Ral Arvalo, Luis Tosar and Javier Cmara.
Plot
Set in Biscay, the plot follows the mishaps of Leyre, a well-off and happily divorced woman whose son has killed his father in a fit of rage, doing whatever it takes for the crime to remain unsolved, henceforth unleashing a wave of crimes across Bilbao and its surroundings.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by . The film is a Telecinco Cinema, Bowfinger International Pictures, Historias del To Luis and Crimen Zinema A.I.E. production and it had the participation of Mediaset Espaa and Movistar+. It was shot in 2017 in locations of Biscay, including Getxo, Bilbao and Portugalete, as well as in Madrid.
Luis Maras, Ghislain Barrois, lvaro Augustin, Mara Luisa Gutirrez, Santiago Segura and Eduardo Carneros were credited as producers.
Release
Distributed by Universal Pictures International Spain, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 5 October 2018.
Reception
Reviewing for 'El Peridico de Catalunya', Beatriz Martnez rated the film with 2 out of 5 stars, lamenting the tone and the overly histrionic performances, considering that, despite welcoming the attempt to turn male archetypes into female ones, the result is uneven and nears a "retrograde" discourse.
Sergio F. Pinilla of 'Cinemana' gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that Verd does it well enough to sustain the film by herself, concluding that it was "silly, yes, but attractive".
Jordi Batlle Caminal of 'Fotogramas' scored 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the "perfectly matched" cast, while deeming the Querejeta's "stingy" mise-en-scne as the worst feature of the film.
Javier Ocaa of 'El Pas' deemed to be a "deficient" film, configured as a madcap black comedy, yet rarely finding the right tone.
Luis Martnez of 'Metrpoli' gave it 3 out of 5 stars, considering 'Crime Wave' a film "as liberating as absolutely free. Feverish and suicidal. All at the same time", where "it is obligatory to surrender to Verd's ability to be herself in many more ways than imaginable".
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2018
References
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