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Black Beach (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Black Beach' is a 2020 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Esteban Crespo which stars Ral Arvalo alongside Candela Pea.
Plot
Featuring the backdrop of a large-scale political and corporate corruption scheme, Carlos, an unscrupulous executive (and former development cooperator), is sent as a mediator to the kidnapping of an oil company engineer in an African country where he worked in the past, bringing his personal and business interests to collide.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Esteban Crespo and David Moreno. The film is a Pris&Batty Films, Nephilim and BlackBeach AIE production, with the participation of RTVE and Netflix, reportedly boasting a budget of around 7 million. Shooting locations included Ghana, the Canary Islands, Brussels, Toledo, and Madrid.
Release
The film premiered at the 23rd Mlaga Film Festival's main competition on 23 August 2020. Distributed by eOne Films Spain, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 25 September 2020.
Reception
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' gave the "ambitious and well structured" film 70 out of 100 points ("good"), highlighting an "enviable" production design while noting that more excitement is missing, with the more compelling story being the subplot pertaining Pea's supporting character.
Quim Casas of 'El Peridico de Catalunya' gave 'Black Beach' 2 out of 5 stars, writing that it "turns out to be an unbalanced film", remaining in no man's land, "solvent at times. Insufficient at other times", with the "things that happen and are said in the African country seeming to come straight out of a colonial comic book".
Sergio F. Pinilla of 'Cinemana' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, concluding as a veredict that "Arevalo's odyssey is entertaining, moving and thought-provoking".
Marta Medina of 'El Confidencial' deemed the "confusing" film to feature "many possibilities and little sincerity", also considering that "there is something too contrived in both the narration and the mise-en-scne, which prevents the story from flowing naturally".
Accolades
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| rowspan = "6" align = "center" | 2021 || rowspan = "6" | 35th Goya Awards || Best Production Supervision || Carmen Martnez Muoz || || rowspan = "6" |
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| Best Cinematography || ngel Amors ||
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| Best Editing || Fernando Franco, Miguel Doblado ||
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| Best Art Direction || Montse Sanz ||
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| Best Sound || Coque Lahera, Nacho Royo-Villanova, Sergio Testn ||
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| Best Special Effects || Ral Romanillos, Jean-Louis Billard ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2020
References
Category:Films set in Africa
Category:Spanish thriller drama films
Category:2020 thriller drama films
Category:Films shot in Ghana
Category:Films shot in the Canary Islands
Category:Films shot in the province of Toledo
Category:Films shot in Madrid
Category:Films shot in Brussels
Category:2020s Spanish-language films
Category:2020s Spanish films
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